Kootenay Weather Outlook — Jul 2–8, 2026

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Snapshot

As of 2026-07-02 ~16:30 PDT / 17:30 MDT (Open-Meteo model run). Mild afternoon across the region — Creston 25 °C, Cranbrook 24 °C, Fernie 22 °C, Invermere 23 °C — light-to-moderate SW wind everywhere, pressure easing slowly (−1 to −2 hPa over 6 h).

Daily highs (°C), next 7 days:

Day	Creston	Cranbrook	Fernie	Invermere
Thu Jul 2	25	24	22	24
Fri Jul 3	28	26	25	26
Sat Jul 4	29	28	26	29
Sun Jul 5	29	28	26	29
Mon Jul 6	32	31	27	29
Tue Jul 7	34	33	31	34
Wed Jul 8	27	28	26	30

• Bone dry. 0.0 mm forecast at all four hubs all week; highest rain probability anywhere is 23% (Invermere, Friday).
• Heat spike Mon–Tue Jul 6–7, peaking 33–34 °C, then a ~5° break Wednesday.
• Wind days: Saturday Jul 4 is the roughest — Fernie gusts to 45 km/h, Cranbrook 34, Invermere 34; Invermere also gusts to 44 on Friday. Monday Jul 6 is the calm day (gusts ≤ 21).

What it means for fishing now

• Dry week on falling rivers (Kootenay Region River Flows — 2026-07-02) — water keeps dropping and clearing, but with the heat spike, water temps will climb. Fish dawn to late morning from Monday on; rest the water through hot afternoons (Hot-Weather Stillwater Tactics logic applies to rivers too).
• Tuesday Jul 7 is an early-start day everywhere — 33–34 °C. High-elevation lakes or shaded canyon reaches are the afternoon options.
• Saturday's gusts kill stillwater drifts around Fernie/Cranbrook — plan river time or find lee shorelines; Monday is the stillwater day (light wind before peak heat).
• Slowly falling pressure with no storm codes in the 7-day — stable, hatch-friendly mornings; no thunderstorm flags at any hub yet. Watch the live cards for change.

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