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Nuuk in October: every year compared

In October, Nuuk averages highs of 1.5 °C and lows of -2.9 °C, with 79 mm of precipitation. The warmest October was 2010 (2.9 °C), the coldest 1963 (-8.2 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 1.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -2.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 79 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through October

Normal high and low for each day of October in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every October in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of October since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 6 of 86 (+2.2 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 1.6 °C · +2.2 °C vs normal · rank 6 of 86

Warmest years

120102.9 °C
220122.7 °C
320192.3 °C
420031.8 °C
520221.7 °C

Coldest years

11963-8.2 °C
21942-8.0 °C
31950-7.4 °C
41943-7.4 °C
51947-7.1 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	1.6 °C	3.3 °C	-0.3 °C	112 mm	16 days	22 cm	17 days
2024	-0.5 °C	1.7 °C	-2.6 °C	54 mm	23 days	36 cm	8 days
2023	1.0 °C	3.1 °C	-1.0 °C	53 mm	20 days	10 cm	8 days
2022	1.7 °C	3.4 °C	-0.2 °C	103 mm	16 days	21 cm	16 days
2021	0.8 °C	3.0 °C	-1.0 °C	30 mm	19 days	9 cm	3 days
2020	1.0 °C	2.8 °C	-0.9 °C	95 mm	17 days	8 cm	11 days
2019	2.3 °C	4.5 °C	0.3 °C	42 mm	15 days	16 cm	7 days
2018	-4.5 °C	-1.7 °C	-7.2 °C	61 mm	29 days	30 cm	9 days
2017	0.8 °C	3.2 °C	-1.1 °C	100 mm	23 days	15 cm	13 days
2016	-2.2 °C	0.4 °C	-4.8 °C	106 mm	22 days	35 cm	10 days
2015	-1.8 °C	0.3 °C	-3.7 °C	114 mm	21 days	42 cm	9 days
2014	-1.7 °C	0.3 °C	-3.8 °C	73 mm	20 days	28 cm	11 days
2013	0.8 °C	2.6 °C	-0.9 °C	73 mm	22 days	12 cm	8 days
2012	2.7 °C	4.5 °C	1.0 °C	134 mm	12 days	20 cm	14 days
2011	-3.3 °C	-1.1 °C	-5.8 °C	36 mm	27 days	22 cm	7 days
2010	2.9 °C	4.9 °C	1.1 °C	16 mm	10 days	5 cm	5 days
2009	-1.3 °C	0.7 °C	-3.5 °C	52 mm	25 days	34 cm	11 days
2008	-1.0 °C	1.4 °C	-3.2 °C	165 mm	20 days	50 cm	11 days
2007	-0.4 °C	1.9 °C	-2.4 °C	30 mm	18 days	17 cm	4 days
2006	1.3 °C	3.3 °C	-0.4 °C	26 mm	16 days	4 cm	4 days
2005	-0.7 °C	1.2 °C	-2.6 °C	80 mm	26 days	46 cm	8 days
2004	1.3 °C	3.2 °C	-0.7 °C	88 mm	20 days	37 cm	15 days
2003	1.8 °C	4.3 °C	-1.1 °C	120 mm	16 days	30 cm	13 days
2002	-1.9 °C	0.4 °C	-4.2 °C	8 mm	29 days	6 cm	6 days
2001	0.4 °C	2.1 °C	-1.9 °C	51 mm	20 days	21 cm	15 days
2000	-2.2 °C	-0.1 °C	-4.7 °C	52 mm	29 days	36 cm	11 days
1999	-1.5 °C	0.7 °C	-3.8 °C	45 mm	26 days	16 cm	6 days
1998	-1.9 °C	0.2 °C	-4.3 °C	97 mm	21 days	53 cm	13 days
1997	0.6 °C	2.5 °C	-1.5 °C	90 mm	22 days	35 cm	14 days
1996	-3.3 °C	-1.3 °C	-5.9 °C	83 mm	31 days	52 cm	9 days
1995	-3.6 °C	-0.9 °C	-6.6 °C	91 mm	28 days	43 cm	12 days
1994	-2.4 °C	0.0 °C	-5.3 °C	55 mm	27 days	33 cm	9 days
1993	0.6 °C	2.8 °C	-1.9 °C	171 mm	23 days	45 cm	18 days
1992	0.0 °C	2.2 °C	-2.6 °C	80 mm	23 days	17 cm	16 days
1991	-1.7 °C	0.1 °C	-3.9 °C	143 mm	24 days	69 cm	16 days
1990	-1.8 °C	0.2 °C	-4.4 °C	56 mm	28 days	34 cm	11 days
1989	-3.4 °C	-1.0 °C	-5.9 °C	41 mm	27 days	23 cm	10 days
1988	-1.1 °C	1.2 °C	-3.8 °C	75 mm	24 days	33 cm	13 days
1987	-1.9 °C	0.3 °C	-4.2 °C	134 mm	24 days	48 cm	14 days
1986	-5.1 °C	-2.6 °C	-8.2 °C	53 mm	28 days	29 cm	12 days
1985	-1.5 °C	1.2 °C	-3.9 °C	75 mm	29 days	29 cm	4 days
1984	-3.6 °C	-1.1 °C	-6.4 °C	17 mm	30 days	12 cm	4 days
1983	-2.6 °C	-0.3 °C	-5.3 °C	84 mm	31 days	57 cm	14 days
1982	-4.5 °C	-2.2 °C	-7.1 °C	33 mm	27 days	17 cm	7 days
1981	-1.8 °C	1.0 °C	-4.5 °C	100 mm	27 days	51 cm	10 days
1980	0.4 °C	2.6 °C	-1.6 °C	30 mm	23 days	9 cm	7 days
1979	-1.2 °C	1.6 °C	-4.4 °C	10 mm	24 days	6 cm	3 days
1978	-1.6 °C	0.4 °C	-4.0 °C	174 mm	26 days	85 cm	18 days
1977	-3.8 °C	-1.2 °C	-6.6 °C	84 mm	27 days	36 cm	12 days
1976	-4.6 °C	-1.8 °C	-7.6 °C	38 mm	30 days	24 cm	7 days
1975	-5.9 °C	-4.0 °C	-8.2 °C	49 mm	31 days	23 cm	8 days
1974	-0.2 °C	1.6 °C	-2.2 °C	113 mm	22 days	34 cm	20 days
1973	-1.5 °C	0.5 °C	-3.7 °C	54 mm	25 days	12 cm	10 days
1972	-1.1 °C	0.6 °C	-2.9 °C	172 mm	24 days	82 cm	27 days
1971	-4.1 °C	-1.8 °C	-6.7 °C	36 mm	31 days	25 cm	9 days
1970	-1.8 °C	-0.2 °C	-3.9 °C	78 mm	27 days	25 cm	11 days
1969	-2.6 °C	-0.8 °C	-4.5 °C	68 mm	29 days	39 cm	11 days
1968	-1.9 °C	0.1 °C	-4.3 °C	28 mm	27 days	10 cm	4 days
1967	-2.8 °C	-1.1 °C	-4.8 °C	58 mm	30 days	32 cm	14 days
1966	-1.1 °C	0.6 °C	-3.2 °C	136 mm	23 days	19 cm	18 days
1965	-5.0 °C	-2.9 °C	-7.2 °C	82 mm	29 days	31 cm	13 days
1964	-5.8 °C	-3.4 °C	-8.2 °C	112 mm	29 days	54 cm	14 days
1963	-8.2 °C	-6.0 °C	-10.5 °C	82 mm	30 days	48 cm	12 days
1962	-6.8 °C	-4.5 °C	-9.2 °C	46 mm	31 days	28 cm	8 days
1961	-5.3 °C	-2.9 °C	-7.7 °C	109 mm	28 days	38 cm	12 days
1960	-0.4 °C	1.4 °C	-2.7 °C	150 mm	22 days	21 cm	13 days
1959	-5.8 °C	-3.4 °C	-8.4 °C	82 mm	30 days	40 cm	14 days
1958	-6.2 °C	-4.0 °C	-8.8 °C	57 mm	29 days	23 cm	9 days
1957	-4.8 °C	-2.7 °C	-7.6 °C	128 mm	28 days	83 cm	18 days
1956	-5.1 °C	-2.6 °C	-7.9 °C	139 mm	29 days	52 cm	21 days
1955	-4.7 °C	-2.5 °C	-7.0 °C	56 mm	28 days	13 cm	9 days
1954	-5.3 °C	-3.0 °C	-8.0 °C	112 mm	30 days	58 cm	13 days
1953	-5.7 °C	-3.2 °C	-8.9 °C	66 mm	30 days	42 cm	13 days
1952	-2.5 °C	-0.2 °C	-5.1 °C	104 mm	25 days	27 cm	13 days
1951	-5.8 °C	-3.1 °C	-9.0 °C	65 mm	28 days	40 cm	8 days
1950	-7.4 °C	-4.9 °C	-10.2 °C	40 mm	30 days	15 cm	9 days
1949	-5.7 °C	-3.3 °C	-8.3 °C	48 mm	29 days	22 cm	10 days
1948	-5.1 °C	-3.0 °C	-7.9 °C	137 mm	31 days	86 cm	21 days
1947	-7.1 °C	-4.9 °C	-9.4 °C	73 mm	30 days	21 cm	10 days
1946	-4.0 °C	-1.5 °C	-6.9 °C	101 mm	29 days	38 cm	15 days
1945	-2.3 °C	-0.3 °C	-4.7 °C	122 mm	22 days	16 cm	14 days
1944	-3.9 °C	-1.4 °C	-6.3 °C	227 mm	30 days	109 cm	23 days
1943	-7.4 °C	-5.0 °C	-10.1 °C	88 mm	31 days	47 cm	12 days
1942	-8.0 °C	-5.4 °C	-10.7 °C	62 mm	31 days	39 cm	10 days
1941	-3.1 °C	-0.7 °C	-5.6 °C	96 mm	29 days	31 cm	15 days
1940	-5.1 °C	-2.9 °C	-7.5 °C	39 mm	30 days	26 cm	8 days

October records

Hottest day

16.0 °C

October 10, 2010 estimate

Coldest night

-20.6 °C

October 22, 1963 estimate

Wettest day

56 mm

October 30, 1985 estimate

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Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in October?

Highs average 1.5 °C and lows -2.9 °C. A typical October brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 22 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in October?

About 79 mm falls in October, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest October was 1944 (227 mm), the driest 2002 (8 mm).

What was the warmest October in Nuuk?

2010, with a mean temperature of 2.9 °C. The coldest was 1963 (-8.2 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 6 of 86.