Climate · Chilko Lake

Chilko Lake in July

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Chilko Lake is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Chilko Lake is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
16h 07mon average

Is July a good time to visit Chilko Lake?


Yes. July is one of Chilko Lake's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in July, against 27°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in July, against -3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in July, against 33% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in July, against 48% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

16h 07m in July, against 7h 53m to 16h 35m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. June64°18°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. July72°22°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. August73°23°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Chilko Lake sits, in July

America/Vancouver

this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
5:15 AMsets 9:30 PM
Above the sea
1,230 mupland
Latitude
51.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Desolation Sound159 km south

The land around Chilko Lake, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in July

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Chilko Lake. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,360 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,360 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.