Red Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Red Lake is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with July and June close behind. Red Lake averages about 2,073 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 81 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,073
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 716 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 379 m
When is the best time to visit Red Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Red Lake is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 28 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Red Lake?
Red Lake gets a moderate 2,073 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate August (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #115 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 42% of the annual 716 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -24° / -11°F | 28 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -22° / -8°F | 21 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -13° / 9°F | 32 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| May | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 86 mm | 5 |
| June | 70 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 115 mm | 5 |
| July | 72 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 100 mm | 5 |
| August | 76 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 81 mm | 5 |
| September | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 84 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 64 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 37 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -20° / -4°F | 30 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 170 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 276 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 439 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Duluth United States · 484 km · best in Sep · 2,261 h sun/yr
- Fargo United States · 511 km · best in Aug · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Minot United States · 622 km · best in Sep · 2,684 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pikangikum Canada · 85 km · 2,075 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Poplar Hill Canada · 121 km · 2,129 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kenora Canada · 148 km · 2,173 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cat Lake Canada · 155 km · 2,073 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- North Spirit Lake Canada · 168 km · 2,122 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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