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Desolation Sound in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Desolation Sound is chilly: highs near 44°F, lows near 28°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Desolation Sound is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
44°F7°Caverage
Low
28°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
8h 34mon average

Is January a good time to visit Desolation Sound?

January sits outside Desolation Sound's best months, which run from July to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about five 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in January, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

8h 34m in January, against 8h 06m to 16h 20m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December44°7°low 29°low -2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January44°7°low 28°low -2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February47°8°low 29°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Desolation Sound sits, in January

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:13 AMsets 4:42 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.