Kootenay Lake

Crawford Bay weather today

Crawford Bay reads 25.3°C right now, from Environment Canada's Creston station.

Updated Pacific Time.

This page reads Environment Canada’s forecast and observation feeds directly, and a scheduled job refreshes the stored copy every ten minutes, so nothing below is more than a few minutes old once the site has current data.

Current conditions

6 min ago

25.3°C

Wind
14 km/h S
Humidity
38%
Dew point
9.8°C
Snow depth
0 cm

Measured at CRESTON CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, 642 m.

Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Crawford Bay has no Environment Canada station of its own. This reading comes from Environment Canada's Creston station, about 69 km away. Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Crawford Bay keeps Mountain Standard Time all year, the same as Creston and the rest of the East Shore — one hour ahead of Nelson's Pacific clock in winter, level with it in summer.

The current-conditions figures above come from Environment Canada’s SWOB observation network, a single point-in-time reading at the station named on the tile. The 7-day forecast below is a separate feed: a multi-day outlook issued for the whole Creston region rather than for Crawford Bay alone, so the two can read slightly differently on a day with local variation.

7-day forecast

23 min ago
  • Today

    A few clouds

    11°

  • Wednesday

    A mix of sun and cloud

    23°

  • Thursday

    Sunny

    23°

    13°

  • Friday

    Showers

    18°

  • Saturday

    Cloudy

    16°

  • Sunday

    A mix of sun and cloud

    17°

  • Monday

    A mix of sun and cloud

    16°

High and low in degrees Celsius, for the Creston forecast region.

Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Wind on the lake today

Environment Canada's Creston station reads 14 km/h from the S, measured on the ground in town. This page has no separate sensor out on the water, so treat this as a starting point rather than the exact wind on the lake itself.

Kootenay Lake sits in a long, narrow valley, and wind on the open water can run stronger and gustier than a shore reading suggests, especially where the valley narrows. Anyone heading out by boat or paddling gear should treat the figure above as a baseline and check conditions on the water itself before committing to a crossing.

Weather warnings in effect

Warnings come from the same Environment Canada feed as the forecast above, and cover things like a wind warning, a heavy snowfall warning or an extreme cold warning issued for the whole Creston region rather than for Crawford Bay alone.

Environment Canada has no active weather warning for the Creston right now.

Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Typical weather by month

This site stores a snapshot from each feed automatically, but it has not yet been running the full year that a month-by-month average needs. Once a year of readings has built up, this section will show Crawford Bay’s typical high and low for each month instead of a single day’s reading.

That kind of average is most useful for planning a trip weeks or months ahead, when the current forecast above has not been issued yet. Until then, the 7-day forecast and today’s reading are the most current picture this page can offer.

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Common questions

Is there a 14-day forecast for Crawford Bay?

No. This page shows Environment Canada's own 7-day outlook for the Creston, and Environment Canada does not publish a 14-day forecast for this area.

How far is the weather station from Crawford Bay?

The Environment Canada station behind this page sits in Creston, about 69 km from Crawford Bay. Crawford Bay has no forecast or observing station of its own, so this is the nearest official reading.

Where does the wind reading come from?

The wind reading on this page comes from Environment Canada's Creston station, not a sensor out on the water. This page has no separate on-water wind sensor, so treat it as a starting point rather than the exact wind you would feel out on the lake.

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