Battery Point Weather in August
Battery Point in August
The short of it: Battery Point in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 4° · rain 79 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Battery Point an average August high of 13°, a low of 4° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 79 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-August, 66 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 January and February.
Against its neighbours, Battery Point runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Sandy Bay, 1 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Battery Point, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy BayTasmania | 1 km SW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| Hobart city centreTasmania | 1 km NW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| HobartTasmania | 1 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 2 km WSW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 2 km SW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| North HobartTasmania | 2 km NW | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |
| West HobartTasmania | 3 km NW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| Mount StuartTasmania | 3 km NW | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |