Watson Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Watson Lake is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with August and June close behind. Watson Lake averages about 2,020 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 73 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,020
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 628 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 686 m
When is the best time to visit Watson Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Watson Lake is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 51 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Watson Lake?
Watson Lake gets a moderate 2,020 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate July (71) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #124 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 628 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 | -14° / 7°F | -21° / -6°F | 51 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -19° / -2°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -16° / 3°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| May | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| June | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 80 mm | 4 |
| July | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 73 mm | 4 |
| August | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 65 mm | 3 |
| September | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 57 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 60 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -21° / -6°F | 46 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Whitehorse Canada · 349 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 381 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 556 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 640 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 805 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 809 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dease Lake Canada · 201 km · 1,977 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skagway United States · 370 km · 1,525 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Nelson Canada · 379 km · 2,141 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Haines United States · 388 km · 1,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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