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Desolation Sound in September

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Desolation Sound is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 21 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Desolation Sound is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
12h 30mon average

Is September a good time to visit Desolation Sound?

Yes. September 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in September, against 44°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in September, against 7°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in September, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in September, against 49% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

12h 30m in September, against 8h 06m to 16h 20m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August82°28°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. September74°23°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. October63°17°low 43°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Desolation Sound sits, in September

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:52 AMsets 7:35 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.