Medicine Hat climate

Medicine Hat Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Medicine Hat, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on October 1 to 8°C on October 31, and lows from 5°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Medicine Hat, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

October at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Reanalysis high
27°COct 3, 2011
Reanalysis low
-17°COct 29, 1991
Daylight
11 h 38 min to 9 h 50 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
65%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
18.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Oct 117°C5°C27°C 2012-8°C 201917%
Oct 217°C4°C27°C 1992-6°C 199916%
Oct 316°C4°C27°C 2011-8°C 201716%
Oct 416°C4°C26°C 2011-7°C 201716%
Oct 515°C3°C24°C 2003-6°C 200017%
Oct 615°C3°C26°C 2003-6°C 200017%
Oct 714°C3°C25°C 2010-6°C 201618%
Oct 814°C2°C25°C 2020-6°C 200918%
Oct 914°C2°C24°C 2000-9°C 200919%
Oct 1014°C2°C25°C 2010-7°C 201919%
Oct 1114°C2°C24°C 1991-8°C 200918%
Oct 1213°C2°C22°C 1991-10°C 200917%
Oct 1313°C2°C20°C 1999-7°C 199717%
Oct 1413°C2°C22°C 2010-7°C 199217%
Oct 1513°C1°C25°C 1991-8°C 199216%
Oct 1613°C1°C24°C 1997-7°C 199217%
Oct 1712°C1°C23°C 2003-7°C 202018%
Oct 1812°C1°C24°C 2003-7°C 202017%
Oct 1912°C1°C23°C 2003-6°C 202017%
Oct 2012°C1°C25°C 2014-5°C 202016%
Oct 2112°C1°C26°C 2003-8°C 200217%
Oct 2211°C0°C21°C 1999-9°C 202017%
Oct 2311°C0°C22°C 1999-10°C 202016%
Oct 2410°C0°C23°C 2007-11°C 202016%
Oct 2510°C-1°C19°C 2005-15°C 202016%
Oct 2610°C-1°C21°C 2003-9°C 201217%
Oct 279°C-1°C19°C 2016-13°C 199118%
Oct 289°C-1°C19°C 2008-15°C 199118%
Oct 299°C-2°C21°C 2008-17°C 199118%
Oct 308°C-2°C15°C 1999-15°C 199118%
Oct 318°C-2°C19°C 2008-17°C 200318%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Medicine Hat, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 7:01 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:11 AM, sunset 6:01 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

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.