Will it rain tomorrow in North Cowichan?

rain possible. Rain: 7.8 mm. Low 9 °C, High 20 °C.

What will the weather be like at the weekend in North Cowichan?

Sat 17/10: clear sky, 3 °C / 16 °C, rain unlikely.

How far ahead does this North Cowichan forecast go?

This page shows 7 days. The model run used here is from 16/10/2026, 05:21 UTC, and the page fetches a new one every 30 minutes.

North Cowichan weather

Temperature, rain and wind in North Cowichan (British Columbia, Canada), a city of about 29,676 people: how it is right now, hour by hour into tomorrow, the next 7 days and what each month of the year is like.

This page is not in Google’s index: the city is small, or it gets the same forecast as a large city next to it.

Right now

Thursday 15 October, 22:00 (America/Vancouver)

9 °C

Clear sky

Feels like

9 °C

Humidity

81%

Wind

5 km/h

WSW · Beaufort 1

Dew point

6 °C

Cloud cover

Pressure

1,025 hPa

Hour by hour

Next 24 hours, in the city’s local time.

Time	Conditions	Temperature	Rain	Wind
22:00	Clear sky	9 °C	0.0 mm	5 km/h
23:00	Clear sky	9 °C	0.0 mm	5 km/h
00:00	Clear sky	9 °C	0.0 mm	6 km/h
01:00	Fair	9 °C	0.0 mm	7 km/h
02:00	Fair	9 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
03:00	Fair	9 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
04:00	Partly cloudy	9 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
05:00	Partly cloudy	9 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
06:00	Partly cloudy	9 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
07:00	Partly cloudy	9 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
08:00	Partly cloudy	9 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
09:00	Partly cloudy	11 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
10:00	Clear sky	15 °C	0.0 mm	10 km/h
11:00	Fair	17 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
12:00	Fair	18 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
13:00	Fair	19 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
14:00	Fair	20 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
15:00	Partly cloudy	20 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
16:00	Partly cloudy	20 °C	0.0 mm	8 km/h
17:00	Partly cloudy	19 °C	0.0 mm	7 km/h
18:00	Partly cloudy	16 °C	0.0 mm	9 km/h
19:00	Partly cloudy	14 °C	0.0 mm	12 km/h
20:00	Rain	13 °C	0.4 mm	15 km/h
21:00	Rain	12 °C	0.4 mm	15 km/h

Next 7 days

Day	Conditions	Low	High	Rain outlook
Thu 15/10	Clear sky	9 °C	9 °C	no rain expected · 0.0 mm
Fri 16/10	Fair	9 °C	20 °C	rain possible · 7.8 mm
Sat 17/10	Clear sky	3 °C	16 °C	rain unlikely · 0.2 mm
Mon 19/10	Cloudy	3 °C	12 °C	rain unlikely · 0.1 mm
Tue 20/10	Clear sky	1 °C	14 °C	no rain expected · 0.0 mm
Wed 21/10	Clear sky	0 °C	15 °C	no rain expected · 0.0 mm
Thu 22/10	Partly cloudy	2 °C	15 °C	rain unlikely · 0.2 mm

This column is our own reading: the global model does not publish a probability of precipitation for this region, so we classify the day from the forecast symbol and the total in millimetres. It is not an official probability figure.

Our own chart, drawn from the 7-day forecast for North Cowichan shown above.

What each number means

Rain (mm): 1 millimetre of rain is 1 litre of water per square metre. Up to 2 mm in a day is drizzle; from 10 mm it is proper rain; more than 50 mm in a few hours is the amount that floods streets.
Humidity: Relative humidity is how much water vapour the air holds compared with the most it can hold at that temperature. Above 80% sweat evaporates slowly and heat feels worse; below 30% your throat and eyes dry out.
Dew point: The dew point is the temperature at which the air would start to condense. The closer it is to the air temperature, the muggier it feels. Above 20 °C the air already feels heavy.
Feels like: "Feels like" combines temperature, wind and humidity: strong wind carries heat away from the body, so it feels colder than the thermometer; high humidity in the heat makes it feel warmer.
Wind: Wind is given as a speed and the direction it blows from. Up to 20 km/h you barely notice it; at 40 km/h it moves branches and parasols; above 60 km/h it brings down trees and roof tiles.
Cloud cover: Cloud cover as a percentage is how much of the sky is covered. Up to 20% is a clear sky; above 80% the sun barely gets through.
Chance of rain: The model does not publish a probability of precipitation for this region. This column is our own reading: the global model does not publish a probability of precipitation for this region, so we classify the day from the forecast symbol and the total in millimetres. It is not an official probability figure.

Month-by-month climate

In October, North Cowichan averages 10 °C and about 98 mm of rain over the month, on the 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025) climatology.

Warmest month

August

Coldest month

December

Wettest month

November

Driest month

July

Month	Mean temperature	Rain	Mean humidity
January	4 °C	123 mm	90%
February	4 °C	68 mm	85%
March	6 °C	90 mm	84%
April	8 °C	60 mm	79%
May	13 °C	45 mm	76%
June	15 °C	38 mm	75%
July	18 °C	23 mm	71%
August	19 °C	29 mm	71%
September	15 °C	52 mm	76%
October	10 °C	98 mm	83%
November	6 °C	132 mm	88%
December	4 °C	118 mm	90%

Our own chart, from the NASA POWER 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025) climatology for the coordinates of North Cowichan.

Frequently asked questions

Will it rain tomorrow in North Cowichan?: rain possible. Rain: 7.8 mm. Low 9 °C, High 20 °C.
What is the temperature in North Cowichan right now?: 9 °C, clear sky. Feels like: 9 °C. Humidity: 81%.
What will the weather be like at the weekend in North Cowichan?: Sat 17/10: clear sky, 3 °C / 16 °C, rain unlikely.
Which is the wettest month in North Cowichan?: November — ~132 mm (25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025), NASA POWER).
How far ahead does this North Cowichan forecast go?: This page shows 7 days. The model run used here is from 16/10/2026, 05:21 UTC, and the page fetches a new one every 30 minutes.

Nearby cities

Forecasts for places near North Cowichan:

How to read this page

How to read the min and the max

The week’s high (20 °C) arrives in the afternoon, about two hours after solar noon; the low (0 °C) just before sunrise. Both are air temperature in the shade, two metres above ground — in direct sun or over asphalt a thermometer reads higher.

Where this number comes from

The North Cowichan forecast comes from MET Norway, a partir do ECMWF HRES e, na área nórdica, do MEPS, run of 16/10/2026, 05:21 UTC. The month-by-month climate comes from NASA POWER, climatology of 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025). Both are credited in full at the foot of this page.

What a forecast cannot promise

Out to two days accuracy is high; by day seven the trend matters more than the exact figure. For North Cowichan the model publishes no rain probability, so the expectation column is our reading.

Severe weather warnings

This page is informational. For official warnings of storms, gales or flooding affecting North Cowichan, go to your national weather service through the World Meteorological Organization warning portal.

WMO Severe Weather Information Centre

Understanding the weather and climate of North Cowichan

Is this week in North Cowichan above or below the October normal?

The average of the next 7 days in North Cowichan works out at 9 °C, against a normal of 10 °C for October over 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025). That is 1 °C below typical, a modest gap and well within week-to-week variation.

Within the week the highest maximum lands on Fri 16/10 (20 °C) and the lowest minimum on Wed 21/10 (0 °C). Forecast rain adds up to 8.3 mm, roughly 8% of everything North Cowichan gets in an average October (98 mm). The wettest day is Fri 16/10, with 7.8 mm.

When is the wettest and the driest month in North Cowichan?

On the 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025) climatology, the wettest month in North Cowichan is November, at about 132 mm, and the driest is July, at 23 mm. November takes 5.7 times more than July, so rain in North Cowichan has a real season even though it never stops altogether. For October, the month you are reading this in, the average is 98 mm.

What does the dew point say about how North Cowichan feels?

Right now in North Cowichan the air is at 9 °C with a dew point of 6 °C and relative humidity of 81%. With the two values that close, sweat evaporates slowly and the heat weighs more than the thermometer suggests — that is the working definition of muggy.

What is the climate of North Cowichan like through the year?

The warmest month in North Cowichan is August (19 °C on average) and the coldest is December (4 °C), a swing of about 15 °C around an annual mean of 10 °C. A swing of this size means a genuinely temperate climate: summer and winter call for different clothes, different housing and different habits.

Because North Cowichan lies in the northern hemisphere, at 48.84° north, summer falls in June, July and August, in the middle of the calendar.

How far is North Cowichan from Victoria?

The nearest large city to North Cowichan is Victoria, about 51 km away in a straight line, to the south-east, with 289,625 inhabitants. In that band the temperature of the two rarely differs by more than a degree or two, but a summer downpour can hit one and miss the other: heat showers are only a few kilometres wide. Being larger, Victoria shows up in more searches, and plenty of people end up reading its forecast assuming it covers North Cowichan.

Words on this page

Apparent temperature

The temperature the body actually feels, rather than the one on the thermometer. It combines air temperature with wind, which carries heat away faster, and humidity, which slows the evaporation of sweat. That is why 30 °C in dry air with a breeze is easier than 28 °C in still, muggy air.

Apparent temperature

Dew point

The temperature air would have to cool to, at constant pressure and moisture, for water to start condensing. The closer the dew point sits to the air temperature, the less room the vapour has and the muggier the day feels.

Dew point

Millimetre of rain

The depth of water rain would leave on a flat surface with no run-off. One millimetre is one litre per square metre, no matter how large the area measured is.

Standard definition by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) · Millimetre of rain

Relative humidity

How much water vapour the air holds compared with the most it could hold at that temperature, as a percentage. Because that ceiling rises with heat, the same amount of vapour reads high at dawn and low in the afternoon.

Relative humidity

Climate normal

The average of a climate element — temperature, rainfall, humidity — computed over a long, standardised period, usually thirty years. It does not predict anything: it says what is typical for that place in that month, and gives you a ruler for calling a week warm or wet.

Standard definition by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) · Climate normal

Forecast model

A program that solves the equations of the atmosphere on a grid of points and steps forward in time from the state observed now. Your city forecast is the model value at the nearest grid point, which is why two neighbouring towns get almost the same numbers.

Standard definition by MET Norway (Meteorologisk institutt) · Forecast model

Model run

The time the model was executed with the latest observations. Every forecast belongs to a run, and runs age: one from six hours ago knows nothing about the shower that started afterwards. It is the first thing to check when two sources disagree.

Standard definition by MET Norway (Meteorologisk institutt) · Model run

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Source, model and licence

Model: MET Norway, a partir do ECMWF HRES e, na área nórdica, do MEPS
Model run: 16/10/2026, 05:21 UTC
Source: MET Norway (Meteorologisk institutt) — Locationforecast 2.0 — Based on data from MET Norway. Licence: CC BY 4.0 / NLOD 2.0.
Month-by-month climate: NASA POWER — Climatology (MERRA-2, 2001–2020) — The data was obtained from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project — Climatology API v2. Dados públicos da NASA, citação obrigatória.
Cities, coordinates and population: Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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