Weather inOctober

[catherine101]

Hi
I am about to set off from Lisbon on the 18th October, any advice on what to expect weather wise? It is my first pilgrimage and I am looking forward to trying the quieter route but the first leg was recently described to me as brutal! I hope I have chosen the right route!

Catherine

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Vigo last October; it will be about the same this October:
2010 Temp. (°F) Dew Pt (°F) Hum (%) SL Press. (in) Vis (mi) Wind (mph) Precip. (in) Events
Oct high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum
1 69 60 50 57 52 48 94 82 64 30.09 30.02 29.95 6 6 6 10 5 21 0.00
2 69 62 55 59 56 52 100 87 60 29.98 29.86 29.71 6 5 0 25 11 36 0.00 Fog , Rain
3 62 58 55 61 58 54 100 97 82 29.71 29.47 29.24 5 2 0 44 17 59 0.00 Fog , Rain
4 64 58 53 57 53 48 100 84 59 29.98 29.87 29.65 6 5 2 12 6 24 0.00 Fog , Rain
5 57 54 51 57 54 48 100 97 82 29.98 29.86 29.74 6 3 0 17 10 30 0.00 Fog , Rain
6 66 60 53 59 55 54 100 93 72 29.89 29.83 29.77 6 4 0 7 2 - 0.00 Fog , Rain
7 68 62 55 63 58 54 100 95 78 29.86 29.78 29.71 6 4 0 21 5 22 0.00 Fog , Rain
8 62 60 57 61 59 57 100 95 82 29.71 29.61 29.53 6 4 1 23 14 47 0.00 Fog , Rain
9 66 58 51 59 53 50 100 87 63 29.71 29.66 29.62 6 5 0 14 7 24 0.00 Fog , Rain
10 68 60 51 57 52 48 94 84 56 29.71 29.66 29.62 6 6 3 10 5 23 0.00 Rain
11 71 61 51 63 54 48 100 83 64 29.68 29.65 29.62 6 6 2 14 3 13 0.00
12 71 62 53 61 55 52 94 82 60 29.77 29.72 29.68 6 6 6 7 4 - 0.00
13 73 62 51 59 55 50 100 81 60 29.95 29.86 29.77 6 6 6 10 4 - 0.00
14 71 60 50 59 54 48 100 86 43 29.98 29.95 29.92 6 5 0 7 2 16 0.00 Fog
15 66 57 48 55 51 46 100 84 64 29.98 29.95 29.92 6 6 5 8 2 - 0.00
16 66 56 46 52 48 45 94 77 49 30.01 29.96 29.92 6 6 6 10 4 18 0.00
17 66 56 46 50 46 41 94 73 46 30.15 30.10 30.04 6 6 6 12 5 - 0.00
18 66 55 44 46 44 41 87 71 46 30.21 30.17 30.15 6 6 6 10 5 - 0.00
19 66 54 41 50 45 39 93 76 52 30.15 30.10 30.04 - - - 8 3 - 0.00
20 69 56 42 52 47 43 100 78 43 30.06 30.03 30.01 - - - 8 3 - 0.00
21 69 58 46 54 48 45 94 77 43 30.12 30.08 30.04 - - - 9 3 - 0.00
22 62 55 48 54 48 43 94 81 63 30.15 30.11 30.09 6 5 4 7 3 18 0.00 Fog
23 62 56 50 55 52 48 100 87 68 30.15 30.13 30.09 6 5 2 9 2 - 0.00 Fog
24 59 56 53 59 55 52 100 97 94 30.15 30.12 30.06 6 3 0 9 3 - 0.00 Fog
25 66 58 50 57 53 46 100 85 56 30.27 30.17 30.12 6 5 0 6 3 - 0.00 Fog
26 64 54 44 50 46 41 93 76 49 30.36 30.31 30.27 6 6 6 8 3 18 0.00
27 66 56 46 54 48 45 100 85 56 30.33 30.31 30.27 6 6 6 6 2 - 0.00 Fog
28 68 58 48 55 50 45 100 81 55 30.27 30.14 29.98 6 5 2 12 3 - 0.00 Fog
29 57 52 48 55 51 46 100 89 67 29.95 29.77 29.65 6 5 0 18 10 37 0.00 Fog , Rain
30 60 54 32 54 50 32 100 93 77 29.86 29.59 29.39 6 5 0 20 9 41 0.00 Fog , Rain , Thunderstorm
31 53 42 32 50 39 32 100 94 82 30.01 29.63 29.39 6 5 2 24 10 41 0.00 Rain , Thunderstorm

 

[sulu]

The weather this October is one for the record books. It will have to break eventually but currently unseasonably hot, high 20´s Celsius. Be prepared for anything, hasn´t rained in weeks, walking in the afternoons is awful, like summer, cooler at nights but not cold.
Sue

 

[mikevasey]

Hi
I am about to set off from Lisbon on the 18th October, any advice on what to expect weather wise? It is my first pilgrimage and I am looking forward to trying the quieter route but the first leg was recently described to me as brutal! I hope I have chosen the right route!

Catherine

Hi Catherine,

What little portions of the camino I walked south of Porto felt a lot better for walking if less social than the section north of Porto.

We met a 69 year old Irish woman just before Azambuja and then again in Rabacal, she had struggled with the 30km legs on the Tomar route, but that could also because the Temps were around 35c and higher.

Have a good camino and hope the weather has cooled down by the time you get there.

Mike

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Re: Weather in October

Santiago de Compostela

October 2010:
It began with eight days of rain; 13 days of rain for the entire month.
The temperature did not reach 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the entire month.

October 2011:
No rain yet.
Eleven days in the first 18 with a high temperature over 80.

Sevilla:

October 2010:
Two days over 80 degrees.

October 2011:
Every day over 80 degrees; six over 90 degrees.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It was below freezing in Leon this morning! Fall has fell...

 

[sulu]

The strange thing is that todays weather forecast shows rain over most of Spain, but not Galicia! It looked like probably not Portugal either but that bit is always cut off.

 

[mikevasey]

I will ignore the record books the next time I walk a camino, Im just going to bring kit for all possibilities, layering up or down.