Lake · British Columbia · Canada
Lake Nimpkish
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.
- 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.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 0 % Offabout 0 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 96 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 4 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 10.8 h
- Air
- 14 °Cdaily maximum, 12 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 18 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
| Kite days% of days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Daylighth | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 21 of 31 | 17 of 28 | 18 of 31 | 18 of 30 | 15 of 31 | 14 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 18 of 31 | 21 of 30 | 22 of 31 |
- In January, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In February, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 28 (0 %).
- In March, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In April, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In May, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In June, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In July, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In August, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In September, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In October, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In November, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In December, Lake Nimpkish averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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 Lake Nimpkish
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 January, the windiest month
- Too light 93 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 7 %
Too light on 93 %, kiteable on 0 %, too strong on 7 % of days.
Kitesurfing at Lake Nimpkish: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Nimpkish?
Lake Nimpkish rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lake Nimpkish windy in October?
Rarely. 0 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 0 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lake Nimpkish get in a year?
About 0 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
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Port Hardy Airport (YZT), 50 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 50.3236, -126.9270
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in British Columbia
Kite days in October, % of days
- Calvin Bay
Canada · 48 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
48 %Kite days by month at Calvin Bay: Jan 56 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 59 %, May 53 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 37 %, Aug 38 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 48 % - Nootka Island
Canada · 27 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
27 %Kite days by month at Nootka Island: Jan 32 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 40 %, May 37 %, Jun 35 %, Jul 23 %, Aug 22 %, Sep 21 %, Oct 27 %, Nov 31 %, Dec 26 % - Cox Bay
Canada · 44 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
44 %Kite days by month at Cox Bay: Jan 52 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 53 %, May 60 %, Jun 53 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 51 %, Dec 47 % - Comox Spit
Canada · 23 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
23 %Kite days by month at Comox Spit: Jan 33 %, Feb 24 %, Mar 29 %, Apr 27 %, May 10 %, Jun 11 %, Jul 9 %, Aug 8 %, Sep 19 %, Oct 23 %, Nov 30 %, Dec 29 % - Wickannish
Canada · 26 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
26 %Kite days by month at Wickannish: Jan 39 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 28 %, Apr 33 %, May 33 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 26 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 30 % - Lake Nitinat
Canada · same kite days as Lake Nimpkish in October
0 %Kite days by month at Lake Nitinat: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 0 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 % - Bamfield
Canada · 21 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
21 %Kite days by month at Bamfield: Jan 32 %, Feb 31 %, Mar 26 %, Apr 27 %, May 20 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 4 %, Sep 12 %, Oct 21 %, Nov 31 %, Dec 26 % - Rathtrevor Beach
Canada · 30 points more kite days than Lake Nimpkish in October
30 %Kite days by month at Rathtrevor Beach: Jan 43 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 30 %, May 14 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 6 %, Aug 10 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 30 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 38 %
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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, 0 % of days at Lake Nimpkish 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/lake-nimpkish
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