Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Kelowna, Canada

Topdrukte — Big White ski season, Christmas Day closures

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Valley inversion fog (15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)), Big White ski season (26 nov – 4 apr (meestal)), Christmas Day closures (24 dec – 1 jan)

Druk — Big White ski season

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Big White ski season (26 nov – 4 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Big White ski season

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Big White ski season (26 nov – 4 apr (meestal))

Druk — Big White ski season

• Natuur

  Orchard blossom

  15 apr – 20 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The benches above the lake go white and pink for a few weeks as the cherries and apples come out, ahead of the vines. A late frost in this window is what decides whether there is any fruit in July. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Big White ski season (26 nov – 4 apr (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Orchard blossom (15 apr – 20 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Okanagan Lake swimming season, Summer break in Canada

• Seizoen

  Okanagan Lake swimming season

  20 jun – 10 sep · meestalZee op temperatuurDruk

  The lake takes until late June to warm up and holds it into early September, which is exactly when the city fills with people from Vancouver and Calgary. Beach parking downtown is gone by ten.

Topdrukte — Okanagan Lake swimming season, Canada Day

• Natuur

  Cherry and stone fruit harvest

  1 jul – 10 sep · meestal

  Cherries first in July, then peaches and apricots through August at the roadside stands on the way out to Kelowna's east bench. Late-season Lapins and Staccatos are the reason the valley exports in August rather than June. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Canada Day

  1 julNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday. Banks, government offices and many shops close, towns put on daytime concerts and parades with fireworks after dark, and hotels and ferries fill when it makes a long weekend. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Wildfire smoke season

  10 jul – 15 sep · meestal

  The Okanagan is one of the driest, most fire-prone valleys in Canada, and smoke from interior fires — some of them on the hills above the city — can sit in it for a week at a time. Evacuation alerts in the hillside suburbs are not unusual. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Okanagan Lake swimming season (20 jun – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Okanagan Lake swimming season, Summer break in Canada

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Okanagan Lake swimming season (20 jun – 10 sep (meestal)), Cherry and stone fruit harvest (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)), Wildfire smoke season (10 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Okanagan Lake swimming season, Summer break in Canada

• Natuur

  Wine harvest

  5 sep – 31 okt · meestalBoek vroeg

  Picking and crush run through September and October and the wineries along the Naramata and Lakeshore roads are working rather than posing, which is the better time to visit them. Tasting rooms shorten their hours from November. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Okanagan Lake swimming season (20 jun – 10 sep (meestal)), Cherry and stone fruit harvest (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal)), Wildfire smoke season (10 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wine harvest (5 sep – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Big White ski season

• Seizoen

  Valley inversion fog

  15 nov – 31 jan · meestalMistseizoenRisico

  Cold air pools on the lake and the whole floor of the valley greys over for days, which delays flights into the small airport more than any other weather here. Drive up to the ski hill and you come out into sun.

• Opening

  Big White ski season

  26 nov – 4 apr · meestalDruk

  An hour up the hill from the airport, opening around American Thanksgiving and running to early April, with the snow-ghost trees that the place is known for. The mountain sits above the valley cloud more often than not. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Big White ski season, Christmas Day closures

• Feestdag

  Christmas Day closures

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  Christmas Day is a statutory holiday nationwide: most shops, museums and many restaurants close and transit runs a holiday schedule. Boxing Day brings sales crowds to the malls where it is kept, and 1 January is another quiet, mostly closed day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Valley inversion fog (15 nov – 31 jan (meestal)), Big White ski season (26 nov – 4 apr (meestal))