The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during October at communities and parks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for the Avalon Peninsula, Eastern Newfoundland, Central Newfoundland, Western Newfoundland and Labrador.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.
Avalon Peninsula
Average monthly precipitation in October
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
15 |
Come By Chance |
5.2 |
131 |
17 |
Harbour Grace |
5.4 |
138 |
20 |
Long Harbour |
5.3 |
135 |
19 |
St John's |
6.1 |
156 |
17 |
St Shotts |
5.6 |
143 |
Eastern Newfoundland
October averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
19 |
Bonavista |
4.5 |
115 |
16 |
St Lawrence |
6.2 |
157 |
18 |
Terra Nova National Park |
4.2 |
105 |
Central Newfoundland
Average amount of rain and snow in October
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
17 |
Baie Verte |
4.4 |
112 |
17 |
Burgeo |
6.1 |
155 |
20 |
Gander |
4.5 |
114 |
16 |
Grand Falls |
3.7 |
94 |
14 |
Harbour Breton |
5.8 |
147 |
16 |
Musgrave Harbour |
4.0 |
100 |
12 |
Springdale |
3.5 |
88 |
Western Newfoundland
Precipitation totals for October
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
18 |
Channel-Port-Aux-Basques |
5.7 |
145 |
19 |
Corner Brook |
4.4 |
112 |
17 |
Deer Lake |
3.5 |
89 |
18 |
Gros Morne National Park |
6.2 |
159 |
15 |
Port Saunders |
3.8 |
97 |
19 |
Rocky Harbour |
4.8 |
123 |
18 |
St Anthony |
4.9 |
125 |
19 |
Stephenville |
5.0 |
127 |
Labrador
Total precipitation during October
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
18 |
Cartwright |
4.0 |
102 |
21 |
Churchill Falls |
3.2 |
82 |
16 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay |
3.2 |
81 |
16 |
Makkovik |
3.6 |
92 |
16 |
Mary's Harbour |
3.7 |
93 |
15 |
Nain |
2.9 |
74 |
20 |
Wabush Lake |
3.0 |
76 |