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Smoky Lake in October

Cool and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Smoky Lake is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 29 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Smoky Lake is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
10h 20mon average

Is October a good time to visit Smoky Lake?

October sits outside Smoky Lake's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about one day 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 54°F in October, against 19°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in October, against -7°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in October, against 17% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in October, against 48% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

10h 20m in October, against 7h 26m to 17h 04m 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. September67°19°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October54°12°low 35°low 2°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November35°2°low 19°low -7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Smoky Lake sits, in October

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:56 AMsets 6:35 PM
Above the sea
580 mlow-lying
Latitude
54.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Banff388 km south-west

The land around Smoky Lake, 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 Smoky Lake

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Smoky Lake. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.