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Fernie in April

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Fernie is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 26°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Fernie is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
26°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
13h 41mon average

Is April a good time to visit Fernie?

April sits outside Fernie's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 45°F in April, against 26°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in April, against -3°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in April, against 24% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in April, against 38% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

13h 41m in April, against 8h 13m to 16h 12m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March36°2°low 18°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April45°7°low 26°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May55°13°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Fernie sits, in April

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:50 AMsets 8:31 PM
Above the sea
1,463 mupland
Latitude
49.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sunshine Village183 km north

The land around Fernie, shaded by its typical high in April, 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 April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Fernie

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fernie. 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 (1,463 m) against the climate model's (1,561 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 (1,463 m) against the climate model's (1,561 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.