Ambleside Weather in August
Ambleside in August
The short of it: Ambleside in August averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 98 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
August in Ambleside brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 6°, with about 98 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 98 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-August, 62 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Ambleside runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Miandetta, 2 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Ambleside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 12 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiandettaTasmania | 2 km WNW | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| East DevonportTasmania | 2 km NE | 14° | 6° | 97 mm |
| DevonportTasmania | 3 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| SpreytonTasmania | 4 km SSW | 14° | 6° | 102 mm |
| LatrobeTasmania | 7 km SE | 14° | 6° | 103 mm |
| ForthTasmania | 12 km W | 13° | 5° | 111 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 13 km WNW | 14° | 6° | 94 mm |
| ShearwaterTasmania | 14 km ENE | 14° | 6° | 86 mm |