Sandy Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Sandy Lake is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and July close behind. Sandy Lake averages about 2,163 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 91 mm of rain in August.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,163
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 697 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Elevation
- 292 m
When is the best time to visit Sandy Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sandy Lake is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 27 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sandy Lake?
Sandy Lake gets a moderate 2,163 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #80 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 July, carries about 42% of the annual 697 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -26° / -15°F | 27 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -24° / -11°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -16° / 3°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -6° / 21°F | 37 mm | 3 |
| May | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 73 mm | 4 |
| June | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 99 mm | 5 |
| July | 73 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 103 mm | 5 |
| August | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 91 mm | 4 |
| September | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 84 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 63 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -12° / 10°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -22° / -8°F | 28 mm | 0 |
See Sandy Lake on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 343 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 442 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 593 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Duluth United States · 697 km · best in Sep · 2,261 h sun/yr
- Fargo United States · 727 km · best in Aug · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Minot United States · 773 km · best in Sep · 2,684 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Keewaywin Canada · 35 km · 2,124 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- North Spirit Lake Canada · 69 km · 2,122 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Muskrat Dam Canada · 113 km · 2,163 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Sachigo Lake Canada · 119 km · 2,166 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Poplar Hill Canada · 122 km · 2,129 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Put the Sandy Lake sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Sandy Lake's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: