Burns Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Burns Lake is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with July close behind. Burns Lake averages about 2,013 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 59 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,013
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 754 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 713 m
When is the best time to visit Burns Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Burns Lake is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 67 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Burns Lake?
Burns Lake gets a moderate 2,013 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #126 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 754 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -12° / 10°F | 67 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -12° / 10°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 54 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 48 mm | 3 |
| May | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 60 mm | 4 |
| June | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 72 mm | 5 |
| July | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| August | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 59 mm | 4 |
| September | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 68 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 83 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 77 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -13° / 9°F | 56 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ketchikan United States · 384 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 389 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 462 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 607 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 609 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 644 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Smithers Canada · 94 km · 1,766 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Terrace Canada · 170 km · 1,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Anahim Lake Canada · 218 km · 2,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Prince George Canada · 221 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bella Coola Canada · 225 km · 1,445 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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