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Desolation Sound in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Desolation Sound is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Desolation Sound is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 24mon average

Is August a good time to visit Desolation Sound?

Yes. August is one of Desolation Sound's best months (July to September).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in August, against 44°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 7°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in August, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 49% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 24m in August, against 8h 06m to 16h 20m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July80°27°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September74°23°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Desolation Sound sits, in August

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:06 AMsets 8:40 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sonora Island40 km west

The land around Desolation Sound, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Desolation Sound

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Desolation Sound. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (634 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (634 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.