Fort St. John weather in October

In October, Fort St. John sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 10.1 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 3°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 18 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 St. John's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort St. John's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:46 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 1.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.2; out of 10

Fort St. John is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 946/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1975

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

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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 3°C by the end.

A typical October day in Fort St. John reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°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	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Avg low (°C)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5

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

How October really feels in Fort St. John

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Fort St. John 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	-9° / -17°	25	7.1	7.6	7.3	0.0
Feb	-6° / -14°	16	4.5	5.3	9.1	0.0
Mar	-0° / -10°	23	6.6	7.1	11.4	0.0
Apr	9° / -2°	25	5.7	3.4	13.8	1.8
May	16° / 4°	40	8.2	1.1	16	5.1
Jun	20° / 8°	75	10.9	0	17.3	6.0
Jul	22° / 10°	80	11.3	0	16.8	6.4
Aug	21° / 9°	47	8.6	0	14.9	6.6
Sep	15° / 5°	43	8.1	0.5	12.5	4.8
Oct	7° / -1°	33	7.3	3.7	10.1	1.2
Nov	-3° / -10°	31	7.4	7.3	7.9	0.0
Dec	-8° / -15°	23	5.6	6.4	6.7	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	39	38	39	39	38	38	38	37	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	61	62	61	61	62	62	62	63	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Fort St. John gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 4 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 (%)	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24
Snow chance (%)	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20

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

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 11 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 144 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 5:15 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)	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.0	8.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:49	7:51	7:53	7:55	7:57	7:59	8:02	8:04	8:06	8:08	8:10	8:13	8:15	8:17	8:19
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:27	6:25	6:22	6:19	6:17	6:14	6:11	6:09	6:06	6:03	6:01	5:58	5:56	5:53	5:50	5:48	5:45	5:43	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:33	5:31	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:15	6:30
2	11.2	7:17	6:27
3	11.1	7:19	6:25
4	11.0	7:21	6:22
5	10.9	7:23	6:19
6	10.9	7:25	6:17
7	10.8	7:27	6:14
8	10.7	7:29	6:11
9	10.6	7:32	6:09
10	10.5	7:34	6:06
11	10.5	7:36	6:03
12	10.4	7:38	6:01
13	10.3	7:40	5:58
14	10.2	7:42	5:56
15	10.1	7:44	5:53
16	10.1	7:46	5:50
17	10.0	7:49	5:48
18	9.9	7:51	5:45
19	9.8	7:53	5:43
20	9.8	7:55	5:40
21	9.7	7:57	5:38
22	9.6	7:59	5:36
23	9.5	8:02	5:33
24	9.4	8:04	5:31
25	9.4	8:06	5:28
26	9.3	8:08	5:26
27	9.2	8:10	5:24
28	9.1	8:13	5:21
29	9.1	8:15	5:19
30	9.0	8:17	5:17
31	8.9	8:19	5:15

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.92 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)	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	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
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.5	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.3	Dim
31	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Fort St. John?

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

1.2

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 St. John.

What to pack for Fort St. John in October

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

In October, Fort St. John sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Fort St. John in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fort St. John peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 5 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	6	7	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Fort St. John 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 St. John is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.3× the cleanest month (March, 4 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Fort St. John's WHO annual average of 9 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	5	4	6	22	8	12	9	6	7	12	11
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	4	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	22	Moderate
Jun	8	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	6	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Fort St. John?

Fort St. John sits at 56.2°N, 120.9°W, 696 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Grande Prairie, 176 km away.

Topography around Fort St. John

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort St. John has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 685 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 963 m.

The land around Fort St. John is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), trees (26%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

126 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

466 m

trees 50%

80 km

963 m

trees 67%

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← September Fort St. John year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Grande Prairie 176 km · Prince George 286 km · Jasper 415 km · Terrace 526 km · Stony Plain 532 km · Spruce Grove 536 km · St. Albert 545 km · Wîhkwêntôwin 557 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 St. John (56.2499°, -120.8529°, elevation 696 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	12	2
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	10	1
7	10	1
8	10	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	9	0
12	8	0
13	8	-1
14	8	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-1
17	7	-1
18	7	-1
19	6	-2
20	6	-2
21	6	-2
22	5	-2
23	5	-3
24	5	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	3	-4
28	3	-4
29	3	-4
30	2	-5
31	2	-5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	37	63
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

	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