Squamish Weather in August
Squamish in August
The short of it: Squamish in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 70 mm · daylight 14 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Squamish an average August high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 70 mm of rain. No month in Squamish runs warmer: highs about 22°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 26 min in mid-August, 89 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Squamish runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. West Vancouver, 41 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Squamish, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West VancouverBritish Columbia | 41 km S | 22° | 14° | 55 mm |
| North VancouverBritish Columbia | 43 km S | 23° | 14° | 65 mm |
| West EndBritish Columbia | 46 km S | 23° | 14° | 52 mm |
| Downtown VancouverBritish Columbia | 46 km S | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |
| ChinatownBritish Columbia | 47 km S | 24° | 15° | 54 mm |
| Hastings-SunriseBritish Columbia | 47 km S | 24° | 15° | 61 mm |
| Grandview-WoodlandsBritish Columbia | 47 km S | 24° | 15° | 57 mm |
| East HastingsBritish Columbia | 48 km S | 24° | 15° | 57 mm |