Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Fort Simpson in
October.
Typical October weather in Fort Simpson: 2.4°C by day, -5.3°C at night, 32 mm of rain over 6.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high2.4°C
Typical low-5.3°C
Rain32 mm
Wet days6.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 85). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 49 from latitude 61.86°.
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 61.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 49. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -5.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -5.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5955953
- NOAA station
- CA002202101 · FORT SIMPSON A
- Station distance
- 12.4 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 23 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.