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12 kn+. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00. How we count.

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Lagoon City

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.

  1. J18
  2. F21
  3. M28
  4. A27
  5. M14
  6. J11
  7. J4
  8. A6
  9. S10
  10. O16
  11. N26
  12. D23
Kite days by month at Lagoon City: Jan 18 %, Feb 21 %, Mar 28 %, Apr 27 %, May 14 %, Jun 11 %, Jul 4 %, Aug 6 %, Sep 10 %, Oct 16 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 23 %
  • Prime 60 % and more
  • Good 40 to 59 %
  • Possible 20 to 39 %
  • Off under 20 %
  • No data hatched
  • Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 0, reached 50 %
  • Kite days
    16 % Offabout 5 of 31 days
    Too light, kiteable, too strong
    • Too light 84 %
    • Kiteable 16 %
    • Too strong 0 %
    Best hours
    10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
    Daylight
    11.0 h
    Air
    14 °Cdaily maximum, 12 °C during kite hours
    Rain
    12 of 31with 1 mm or more
    In one sentence

    In October, Lagoon City averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (16 %).

Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.

Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Trip odds at Lagoon City

Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.

How the wind behaves

In March, the windiest month

  • Too light 72 %
  • Kiteable 28 %
  • Too strong 0 %

Too light on 72 %, kiteable on 28 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Best hours: 11:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

NESW

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind mostly from WNW (293°), fairly steady direction.

Kitesurfing at Lagoon City: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lagoon City?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 28 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Lagoon City windy in October?

Rarely. 16 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 5 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Lagoon City get in a year?

About 62 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.

Live forecast

The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.

Live forecast from Windy

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Spot facts

Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Water body
Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport
Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (YLK), 28 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone
UTC-04:00 in October
Coordinates
44.5487, -79.2166
Model
ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Satellite view of Lagoon City

Conditions, checked against kite guides

Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.

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In October, 16 % of days at Lagoon City met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/lagoon-city

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