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Fernie in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Fernie is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 36 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Fernie is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
14h 20mon average

Is August a good time to visit Fernie?

Yes. August is one of Fernie's best months (July to August).

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

39% cover in August, against 38% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

14h 20m in August, against 8h 13m to 16h 12m 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. July76°24°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August77°25°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September66°19°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Fernie sits, in August

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:30 AMsets 9:00 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 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 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.