Medicine Hat weather in October

In October, Medicine Hat sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Medicine Hat's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Medicine Hat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 26 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:54 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Medicine Hat is city in southeast Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 564/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1894

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 16°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical October day in Medicine Hat reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 9°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)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2

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

How October really feels in Medicine Hat

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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.

Medicine Hat weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -12°	15	5	5.7	8.3	0.0
Feb	-1° / -11°	12	4.2	4.3	9.7	0.0
Mar	5° / -6°	20	5.6	4.7	11.5	0.5
Apr	12° / 0°	35	7.1	2.8	13.5	3.3
May	18° / 5°	53	9.4	1.1	15.1	5.7
Jun	22° / 10°	86	11.1	0	16.1	6.4
Jul	26° / 12°	39	6.8	0	15.7	7.5
Aug	26° / 12°	39	6.6	0	14.3	7.6
Sep	20° / 7°	34	6.1	0.3	12.4	7.0
Oct	12° / 1°	26	5.4	1.5	10.5	3.7
Nov	4° / -6°	21	5.6	4.9	8.8	0.2
Dec	-2° / -10°	15	4.6	5.2	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 47%. 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 (%)	60	59	58	57	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	49	48
Cloudier (%)	40	41	42	43	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Medicine Hat gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 2 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 (%)	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10

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

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 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 4:53 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)	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:52	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:29	5:54
2	11.3	6:31	5:52
3	11.3	6:33	5:49
4	11.2	6:34	5:47
5	11.2	6:36	5:45
6	11.1	6:37	5:43
7	11.0	6:39	5:41
8	11.0	6:41	5:38
9	10.9	6:42	5:36
10	10.8	6:44	5:34
11	10.8	6:46	5:32
12	10.7	6:47	5:30
13	10.6	6:49	5:28
14	10.6	6:51	5:26
15	10.5	6:52	5:24
16	10.5	6:54	5:22
17	10.4	6:55	5:20
18	10.3	6:57	5:18
19	10.3	6:59	5:16
20	10.2	7:00	5:14
21	10.2	7:02	5:12
22	10.1	7:04	5:10
23	10.0	7:06	5:08
24	10.0	7:07	5:06
25	9.9	7:09	5:04
26	9.9	7:11	5:02
27	9.8	7:12	5:00
28	9.7	7:14	4:59
29	9.7	7:16	4:57
30	9.6	7:17	4:55
31	9.6	7:19	4:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.71 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)	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Medicine Hat?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Medicine Hat.

What to pack for Medicine Hat in October

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

In October, Medicine Hat sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Medicine Hat in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Medicine Hat peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Medicine Hat?

Medicine Hat sits at 50.0°N, 110.7°W, 673 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Lethbridge, 158 km away.

Topography around Medicine Hat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Medicine Hat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 690 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 880 m.

The land around Medicine Hat is covered by grassland (38%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

grassland 38%

16 km

195 m

grassland 64%

80 km

880 m

grassland 70%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Medicine Hat year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Lethbridge 158 km · Swift Current 207 km · Okotoks 247 km · Chestermere 248 km · Auburn Bay 251 km · Cranston 252 km · McKenzie Towne 252 km · Taradale 260 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 Medicine Hat (50.0393°, -110.6766°, elevation 673 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. 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	16	4
2	16	4
3	16	4
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	14	3
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	12	1
17	12	1
18	12	1
19	12	1
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-2
29	9	-2
30	8	-2
31	8	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

	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