Nanaimo Weather in October
Average highs run from 15°C on October 1 to 11°C on October 31, and lows from 11°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 16 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 13°C
- Average low
- 9°C
- Precipitation
- 96 mm
- Record high
- 20°COct 3, 2022
- Record low
- 1°COct 28, 1991
- Daylight
- 11 h 38 min to 9 h 54 min
- Cloud cover
- 71%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 9.0 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 15°C | 11°C | 20°C 2022 | 8°C 2002 | 37% |
| Oct 2 | 15°C | 11°C | 19°C 2020 | 9°C 2013 | 38% |
| Oct 3 | 14°C | 11°C | 20°C 2022 | 7°C 2023 | 38% |
| Oct 4 | 14°C | 11°C | 19°C 2022 | 7°C 2005 | 38% |
| Oct 5 | 14°C | 11°C | 18°C 2014 | 8°C 1990 | 40% |
| Oct 6 | 14°C | 11°C | 19°C 2022 | 7°C 2021 | 42% |
| Oct 7 | 15°C | 11°C | 20°C 2023 | 8°C 2021 | 42% |
| Oct 8 | 14°C | 10°C | 18°C 2022 | 6°C 2019 | 43% |
| Oct 9 | 14°C | 10°C | 18°C 2015 | 6°C 2019 | 45% |
| Oct 10 | 13°C | 10°C | 18°C 2015 | 5°C 2019 | 46% |
| Oct 11 | 13°C | 9°C | 18°C 1991 | 6°C 2019 | 48% |
| Oct 12 | 13°C | 9°C | 17°C 1991 | 6°C 2002 | 49% |
| Oct 13 | 13°C | 10°C | 17°C 2022 | 7°C 2002 | 50% |
| Oct 14 | 13°C | 10°C | 18°C 2004 | 7°C 2017 | 50% |
| Oct 15 | 13°C | 9°C | 17°C 1991 | 7°C 2001 | 51% |
| Oct 16 | 13°C | 10°C | 17°C 2022 | 7°C 1996 | 52% |
| Oct 17 | 13°C | 9°C | 16°C 2022 | 4°C 1996 | 52% |
| Oct 18 | 12°C | 9°C | 15°C 1989 | 7°C 1996 | 52% |
| Oct 19 | 12°C | 9°C | 16°C 2022 | 5°C 1996 | 53% |
| Oct 20 | 12°C | 9°C | 18°C 2003 | 5°C 1996 | 52% |
| Oct 21 | 12°C | 9°C | 17°C 1988 | 6°C 2012 | 54% |
| Oct 22 | 12°C | 9°C | 16°C 2003 | 5°C 2012 | 55% |
| Oct 23 | 12°C | 8°C | 18°C 2007 | 6°C 2020 | 56% |
| Oct 24 | 11°C | 8°C | 15°C 2005 | 5°C 2020 | 56% |
| Oct 25 | 11°C | 8°C | 16°C 1990 | 3°C 2020 | 55% |
| Oct 26 | 11°C | 8°C | 17°C 2018 | 4°C 2020 | 55% |
| Oct 27 | 11°C | 8°C | 16°C 2006 | 4°C 2023 | 55% |
| Oct 28 | 11°C | 8°C | 16°C 2006 | 1°C 1991 | 55% |
| Oct 29 | 11°C | 8°C | 16°C 2014 | 3°C 1991 | 57% |
| Oct 30 | 11°C | 7°C | 15°C 2009 | 4°C 1996 | 58% |
| Oct 31 | 11°C | 7°C | 16°C 2015 | 3°C 2006 | 58% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 6:54 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 5:56 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA00102BFHH, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.