Fort McMurray Weather in October
Average highs run from 11°C on October 1 to 0°C on October 31, and lows from 1°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 40 mm over about 9 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 6°C
- Average low
- -2°C
- Precipitation
- 40 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 23°COct 1, 2008
- Reanalysis low
- -20°COct 29, 1996
- Daylight
- 11 h 31 min to 9 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- -2°C
- Wind
- 7.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 11°C | 1°C | 23°C 2008 | -7°C 2004 | 32% |
| Oct 2 | 10°C | 1°C | 23°C 2008 | -6°C 2018 | 32% |
| Oct 3 | 10°C | 0°C | 22°C 2008 | -8°C 2018 | 32% |
| Oct 4 | 10°C | 0°C | 21°C 2008 | -10°C 2018 | 31% |
| Oct 5 | 9°C | 0°C | 20°C 2003 | -10°C 2018 | 30% |
| Oct 6 | 9°C | 0°C | 22°C 2003 | -11°C 2018 | 30% |
| Oct 7 | 8°C | -1°C | 19°C 2003 | -8°C 2018 | 31% |
| Oct 8 | 8°C | -1°C | 17°C 2010 | -10°C 2018 | 32% |
| Oct 9 | 8°C | -1°C | 17°C 2010 | -10°C 2018 | 32% |
| Oct 10 | 7°C | -1°C | 20°C 2010 | -10°C 2018 | 31% |
| Oct 11 | 7°C | -1°C | 19°C 1991 | -7°C 2012 | 32% |
| Oct 12 | 7°C | -2°C | 13°C 2014 | -8°C 2018 | 32% |
| Oct 13 | 7°C | -2°C | 14°C 2014 | -11°C 2018 | 33% |
| Oct 14 | 6°C | -2°C | 16°C 2007 | -8°C 2018 | 33% |
| Oct 15 | 6°C | -2°C | 17°C 2007 | -10°C 2020 | 32% |
| Oct 16 | 6°C | -2°C | 15°C 2007 | -12°C 2020 | 32% |
| Oct 17 | 5°C | -2°C | 16°C 2015 | -11°C 1992 | 33% |
| Oct 18 | 5°C | -3°C | 15°C 2015 | -11°C 1991 | 33% |
| Oct 19 | 5°C | -3°C | 14°C 2014 | -12°C 2020 | 33% |
| Oct 20 | 4°C | -3°C | 13°C 1999 | -11°C 2002 | 34% |
| Oct 21 | 4°C | -3°C | 13°C 1998 | -10°C 2002 | 34% |
| Oct 22 | 4°C | -4°C | 18°C 1998 | -11°C 2020 | 33% |
| Oct 23 | 3°C | -4°C | 14°C 1999 | -12°C 2020 | 32% |
| Oct 24 | 3°C | -4°C | 17°C 2007 | -14°C 2020 | 31% |
| Oct 25 | 3°C | -4°C | 12°C 2005 | -14°C 2020 | 31% |
| Oct 26 | 2°C | -5°C | 12°C 1998 | -13°C 1991 | 31% |
| Oct 27 | 2°C | -5°C | 9°C 2005 | -15°C 1991 | 30% |
| Oct 28 | 2°C | -5°C | 8°C 2005 | -14°C 2012 | 31% |
| Oct 29 | 1°C | -5°C | 7°C 1998 | -20°C 1996 | 30% |
| Oct 30 | 1°C | -6°C | 8°C 1999 | -20°C 1996 | 30% |
| Oct 31 | 0°C | -6°C | 6°C 2011 | -20°C 2012 | 29% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 7:00 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:33 AM, sunset 5:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.