October Weather in Kitimat British Columbia, Canada

Daily high temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 57°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 64°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 46°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 53°F.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kitimat typically range from 56°F to 73°F, while on December 31, the coldest day of the year, they range from 27°F to 34°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Laubach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (4,794 miles away) and Koszalin, Poland (4,698 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kitimat (view comparison).

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The month of October in Kitimat experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 76% to 82%.

The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time.

For reference, on October 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on July 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 44%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kitimat, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 56% and ending it at 71%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 71% on November 3, and its lowest chance is 38% on July 31.

Over the course of October in Kitimat, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 56% to 69%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Kitimat is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 8.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.8 inches or falls below 4.7 inches, and ending the month at 10.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.8 inches or falls below 6.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 10.1 inches on October 27.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during October in Kitimat is increasing, starting the month at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds -0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of October in Kitimat, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 2 hours, 5 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 4 minutes, 11 seconds, and weekly decrease of 29 minutes, 16 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 9 hours, 26 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Kitimat is 7:37 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 57 minutes later at 8:34 AM on October 31.

The latest sunset is 7:09 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 8 minutes earlier at 6:00 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kitimat during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during October, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:01 AM and sets 17 hours, 10 minutes later, at 10:11 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:52 AM and sets 7 hours, 22 minutes later, at 4:13 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Kitimat is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Kitimat is gradually increasing during October, increasing from 4.4 miles per hour to 4.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kitimat throughout October is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 55% on October 21.

Kitimat is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Kitimat is gradually decreasing during October, falling by 3°F, from 51°F to 48°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Kitimat typically lasts for 6.8 months (207 days), from around April 12 to around November 5, rarely starting before March 19 or after May 1, and rarely ending before October 12 or after November 24.

The month of October in Kitimat is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly decreasing from 97% to 61% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Kitimat are essentially constant during October, remaining within 16°F of 1,318°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Kitimat is decreasing during October, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 2.0 kWh to 0.9 kWh, over the course of the month.