Thunder Bay climate

Thunder Bay Weather in October

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

Average highs run from 14°C on October 1 to 5°C on October 31, and lows from 4°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 wet days.

October day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Thunder Bay, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
10°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Record high
30°COct 2, 2023
Record low
-12°COct 30, 2020
Daylight
11 h 39 min to 9 h 58 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Oct 114°C4°C24°C 2021-3°C 201841%
Oct 214°C4°C30°C 2023-3°C 201541%
Oct 313°C4°C29°C 2023-2°C 201539%
Oct 413°C4°C28°C 2025-4°C 202038%
Oct 513°C4°C27°C 20250°C 201537%
Oct 613°C3°C21°C 2025-3°C 201238%
Oct 712°C3°C17°C 2021-6°C 201237%
Oct 812°C3°C18°C 2017-3°C 202536%
Oct 912°C3°C23°C 2013-4°C 202236%
Oct 1011°C3°C21°C 2016-4°C 202236%
Oct 1111°C2°C24°C 2015-4°C 201236%
Oct 1211°C2°C20°C 2013-6°C 201238%
Oct 1311°C2°C16°C 2021-6°C 201837%
Oct 1410°C2°C18°C 2014-3°C 201738%
Oct 1510°C2°C20°C 2016-2°C 202038%
Oct 1610°C2°C14°C 2017-4°C 202038%
Oct 179°C1°C19°C 2017-8°C 201538%
Oct 189°C1°C21°C 2017-8°C 201840%
Oct 199°C1°C25°C 2021-7°C 202040%
Oct 208°C1°C21°C 2017-9°C 202040%
Oct 218°C0°C21°C 2017-6°C 202139%
Oct 228°C0°C17°C 2017-6°C 201839%
Oct 238°C0°C17°C 2022-4°C 202039%
Oct 247°C0°C19°C 2022-7°C 202040%
Oct 257°C0°C15°C 2014-9°C 202039%
Oct 267°C0°C13°C 2025-6°C 201539%
Oct 276°C-1°C14°C 2025-7°C 202037%
Oct 286°C-1°C15°C 2022-9°C 201337%
Oct 296°C-1°C18°C 2022-11°C 201336%
Oct 306°C-1°C18°C 2022-12°C 202035%
Oct 315°C-2°C12°C 2022-9°C 202333%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Thunder Bay, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

October 1
sunrise 7:57 AM, sunset 7:36 PM
October 31
sunrise 8:41 AM, sunset 6:39 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CA006048260, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.