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Fernie in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Fernie is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 32°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Fernie is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 0°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
10h 36mon average

Is October a good time to visit Fernie?

October sits outside Fernie's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in October, against 26°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in October, against -3°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in October, against 24% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in October, against 38% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

10h 36m in October, against 8h 13m to 16h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September66°19°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October52°11°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November36°2°low 21°low -6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Fernie sits, in October

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:00 AMsets 6:52 PM
Above the sea
1,463 mupland
Latitude
49.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sunshine Village183 km north

The land around Fernie, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Fernie

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fernie. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,463 m) against the climate model's (1,561 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,463 m) against the climate model's (1,561 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.