With just a few days until Halloween, I thought I’d take a quick look back at Halloween’s past to see the scary truth about our late-October weather trends.

It shouldn’t shock you to know that our weather is usually cool and wet on October 31st.

Here are your Halloween weather statistics for Victoria, based on the past 10 years of climate data collected by Environment Canada at YYJ.

6 out of 10 times we get some rain on Halloween. 90% of the time temperatures stay above freezing. 4 out of the last 10 years, Trick-or-treaters have been outside in temperatures warmer than 8°C.

Highest temperature: 18.9°C 1954

Lowest temperature:  -3.1°C 2002

Normal High: 11°C

Normal Low: 5°C

 

YEAR    HIGH    LOW     PRECIP

2013    10.8     8.6        2.4mm

2012    11.7     9.2        14.8mm

2011    12.4     2.7        0.0mm

2010    13.1     3.4        2.2mm

2009    13.5     3.9        1.6mm 

2008    12.7     9.4        4.6mm

2007    9.8       2.5        0.2mm

2006    7.7      -2.6       0.0mm

2005    12.4     9.1        10.4mm

2004    12.6     0.2        0.00mm