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Satellite view of McNeill Bay; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

McNeill Bay

CanadaBritish Columbia · Canada · Pacific Ocean

48.4116, -123.3130 · Gonzales, 1 km

  • 12°Sea · August
  • 21°High · August
  • 10.5 hSunshine · July
The dot marks McNeill Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

McNeill Bay in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 10°CSea temperature
  • 3.9 hSunshine a day
  • 18 daysRainy days in the month108 mm in total
  • 10 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 46Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 25 kmAirport: Friday Harbor Airport (FRD)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 9.8 °C — 0.3 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 10.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −1.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August12 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJuly and August10 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August18 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan8°2 h147 mm
  2. Feb8°3 h84 mm
  3. Mar8°4 h106 mm
  4. Apr9°6 h70 mm
  5. May10°8 h52 mm
  6. Jun11°9 h37 mm
  7. Jul12°10 h18 mm
  8. Aug12°9 h27 mm
  9. Sep11°7 h50 mm
  10. Oct10°4 h108 mm
  11. Nov9°2 h154 mm
  12. Dec8°1 h137 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
8°10°12°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8°Feb: 8°Mar: 8°Apr: 9°May: 10°Jun: 11°Jul: 12°Aug: 12°Sep: 11°Oct: 10°Nov: 9°Dec: 8°12°8°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5 °C (High 7° / Low 4°)Feb: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 4°)Mar: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 5°)Apr: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)May: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 9°)Jun: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 11°)Jul: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 13°)Aug: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 14°)Sep: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Oct: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Nov: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Dec: 5 °C (High 7° / Low 4°)17°5°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 147 mmFeb: 84 mmMar: 106 mmApr: 70 mmMay: 52 mmJun: 37 mmJul: 18 mm18Aug: 27 mmSep: 50 mmOct: 108 mmNov: 154 mm154Dec: 137 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.5 hFeb: 3.4 hMar: 4.3 hApr: 6.2 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 8.6 hJul: 10.5 h10.5Aug: 9.2 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 3.9 hNov: 2.0 hDec: 1.2 h1.2

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at McNeill Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at McNeill Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January748147211.514
February74884173.413
March958106214.312
April127970176.211
May1591052137.99
June17111137128.610
July21131218710.510
Augustwarmest sea2114122779.29
September18121150116.98
October13910108183.910
November969154222.014
December748137221.215

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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