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Chilko Lake in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Chilko Lake is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 32°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Chilko Lake is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 0°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
10h 29mon average

Is October a good time to visit Chilko Lake?

October sits outside Chilko Lake's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in October, against 27°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in October, against -3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in October, against 33% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in October, against 48% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

10h 29m in October, against 7h 53m to 16h 35m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September65°18°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October52°11°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November37°3°low 19°low -7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Chilko Lake sits, in October

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:39 AMsets 6:26 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Chilko Lake

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.