Cambridge Weather in August
Cambridge in August
The short of it: Cambridge in August averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 56 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
August in Cambridge brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 5°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 56 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-August, 65 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Cambridge runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Seven Mile Beach, 5 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Cambridge, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Mile BeachTasmania | 5 km ESE | 14° | 5° | 49 mm |
| MorningtonTasmania | 5 km SW | 13° | 4° | 68 mm |
| Acton ParkTasmania | 6 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 57 mm |
| WarraneTasmania | 6 km WSW | 13° | 4° | 68 mm |
| Clarendon ValeTasmania | 6 km S | 13° | 5° | 57 mm |
| HowrahTasmania | 7 km SSW | 13° | 5° | 56 mm |
| RokebyTasmania | 7 km S | 13° | 5° | 57 mm |
| LindisfarneTasmania | 7 km WSW | 13° | 5° | 64 mm |