Fort McMurray weather in October

In October, Fort McMurray sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of October to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Fort McMurray's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort McMurray's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 28 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:10 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.1; out of 10

Fort McMurray is municipality in Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,276/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1947

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← September Fort McMurray year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 2°C by the end.

A typical October day in Fort McMurray reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 9°C cooler than September and about 10°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1
Avg low (°C)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	11	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	10	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	8	-1
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-2
17	6	-2
18	6	-2
19	6	-2
20	6	-2
21	5	-3
22	5	-3
23	5	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-5
29	2	-5
30	2	-5
31	1	-6

How October really feels in Fort McMurray

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

1 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Fort McMurray weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-12° / -21°	15	5.1	6.2	7.2	0.0
Feb	-8° / -19°	12	3.6	4.4	9.1	0.0
Mar	-0° / -13°	17	5.3	5	11.4	0.0
Apr	9° / -3°	24	5.6	3.3	13.9	2.1
May	17° / 4°	37	7.6	0.8	16.1	5.5
Jun	21° / 9°	79	11.7	0	17.4	6.0
Jul	23° / 12°	82	13.4	0	16.9	6.3
Aug	22° / 10°	63	10.3	0	14.9	6.5
Sep	16° / 5°	51	8.5	0.3	12.5	4.9
Oct	7° / -2°	28	6.4	3.2	10	1.1
Nov	-4° / -11°	18	5.7	6.2	7.8	0.0
Dec	-10° / -19°	16	4.8	5.7	6.6	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	32
Cloudier (%)	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Fort McMurray gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18
Snow chance (%)	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	4
2	22	4
3	21	5
4	21	5
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	21	12
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	20	13
25	20	13
26	20	13
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	18	15
30	18	15
31	18	15

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of October to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 4:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.0	8.9	8.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:39	7:41	7:43
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:49	5:46	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:35	5:33	5:30	5:27	5:25	5:22	5:19	5:17	5:14	5:11	5:09	5:06	5:04	5:01	4:59	4:56	4:54	4:51	4:49	4:47	4:44	4:42	4:40	4:37	4:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:37	5:52
2	11.2	6:39	5:49
3	11.1	6:41	5:46
4	11.0	6:44	5:43
5	10.9	6:46	5:41
6	10.8	6:48	5:38
7	10.8	6:50	5:35
8	10.7	6:52	5:33
9	10.6	6:54	5:30
10	10.5	6:57	5:27
11	10.4	6:59	5:25
12	10.3	7:01	5:22
13	10.3	7:03	5:19
14	10.2	7:05	5:17
15	10.1	7:07	5:14
16	10.0	7:10	5:11
17	9.9	7:12	5:09
18	9.9	7:14	5:06
19	9.8	7:16	5:04
20	9.7	7:19	5:01
21	9.6	7:21	4:59
22	9.6	7:23	4:56
23	9.5	7:25	4:54
24	9.4	7:27	4:51
25	9.3	7:30	4:49
26	9.2	7:32	4:47
27	9.2	7:34	4:44
28	9.1	7:36	4:42
29	9.0	7:39	4:40
30	8.9	7:41	4:37
31	8.9	7:43	4:35

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.4	Dim
24	1.4	Dim
25	1.4	Dim
26	1.3	Dim
27	1.3	Dim
28	1.3	Dim
29	1.3	Dim
30	1.2	Dim
31	1.2	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Fort McMurray?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fort McMurray.

What to pack for Fort McMurray in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Fort McMurray sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Fort McMurray in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fort McMurray peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	3	5	6	4	3	2	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Fort McMurray in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Fort McMurray is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 14.2× the cleanest month (October, 1 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Fort McMurray's WHO annual average of 6.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	4	2	3	4	16	8	20	8	5	1	3	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	4	Good
Feb	2	Good
Mar	3	Good
Apr	4	Good
May	16	Moderate
Jun	8	Good
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	8	Good
Sep	5	Good
Oct	1	Good
Nov	3	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Fort McMurray?

Fort McMurray sits at 56.7°N, 111.4°W, 258 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is St. Albert, 373 km away.

Topography around Fort McMurray

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fort McMurray.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort McMurray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Fort McMurray is covered by trees (52%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

trees 52%

16 km

230 m

trees 65%

80 km

581 m

trees 78%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Fort McMurray year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: St. Albert 373 km · Edmonton 377 km · Sherwood Park 378 km · Wîhkwêntôwin 379 km · Spruce Grove 390 km · Stony Plain 392 km · Lloydminster 394 km · Leduc 409 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fort McMurray (56.7268°, -111.381°, elevation 258 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	11	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	10	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	8	-1
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-2
17	6	-2
18	6	-2
19	6	-2
20	6	-2
21	5	-3
22	5	-3
23	5	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-5
29	2	-5
30	2	-5
31	1	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	4
2	22	4
3	21	5
4	21	5
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	21	12
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	20	13
25	20	13
26	20	13
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	18	15
30	18	15
31	18	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	11	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	10	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	8	-1
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-2
17	6	-2
18	6	-2
19	6	-2
20	6	-2
21	5	-3
22	5	-3
23	5	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-5
29	2	-5
30	2	-5
31	1	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	4
2	22	4
3	21	5
4	21	5
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	21	12
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	20	13
25	20	13
26	20	13
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	18	15
30	18	15
31	18	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	11	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	10	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	8	-1
12	8	-1
13	8	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-2
17	6	-2
18	6	-2
19	6	-2
20	6	-2
21	5	-3
22	5	-3
23	5	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-4
26	3	-4
27	3	-4
28	3	-5
29	2	-5
30	2	-5
31	1	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	31	69
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	4
2	22	4
3	21	5
4	21	5
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	21	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	21	12
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	20	13
25	20	13
26	20	13
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	18	15
30	18	15
31	18	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100