Lake · British Columbia · Canada
Okanagan Lake
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 100 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 10.8 h
- Air
- 15 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 10 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Okanagan Lake 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 | Off | 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 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 11 of 31 | 11 of 28 | 9 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 3 of 31 | 4 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 13 of 31 |
- In January, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In February, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 28 (0 %).
- In March, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In April, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In May, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In June, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In July, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In August, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In September, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In October, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In November, Okanagan Lake averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In December, Okanagan Lake 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 Okanagan Lake
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 100 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 100 %, kiteable on 0 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Kitesurfing at Okanagan Lake: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Okanagan Lake?
Okanagan Lake rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Okanagan Lake 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 Okanagan Lake 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
- Kelowna International Airport (YLW), 14 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 49.8489, -119.4868
- 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
- Squamish Spit
Canada · same kite days as Okanagan Lake in October
0 %Kite days by month at Squamish Spit: Jan 0 %, Feb 0 %, Mar 0 %, Apr 0 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 0 %, Nov 0 %, Dec 0 % - Kitsilano Beach
Canada · 8 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake in October
8 %Kite days by month at Kitsilano Beach: Jan 9 %, Feb 5 %, Mar 3 %, Apr 11 %, May 2 %, Jun 2 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 4 %, Oct 8 %, Nov 7 %, Dec 7 % - Boundry Bay
Canada · 34 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake in October
34 %Kite days by month at Boundry Bay: Jan 44 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 45 %, May 18 %, Jun 23 %, Jul 15 %, Aug 21 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 34 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 46 % - Victoria
Canada · 24 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake in October
24 %Kite days by month at Victoria: Jan 31 %, Feb 37 %, Mar 29 %, Apr 37 %, May 39 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 24 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 30 % - Rathtrevor Beach
Canada · 30 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake 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 % - Jordan River
Canada · 22 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake in October
22 %Kite days by month at Jordan River: Jan 34 %, Feb 42 %, Mar 28 %, Apr 36 %, May 49 %, Jun 48 %, Jul 65 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 29 % - Comox Spit
Canada · 23 points more kite days than Okanagan Lake 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 % - Lake Nitinat
Canada · same kite days as Okanagan Lake 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 %
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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 Okanagan Lake 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/okanagan-lake
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