Cobar Weather in August
Cobar in August
The short of it: Cobar in August averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 10 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 5° · rain 21 mm · daylight 10 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Cobar an average August high of 18°, a low of 5° and some 21 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 5°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 21 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 59 min in mid-August, 42 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Cobar runs about middling and drier than most in August. Nyngan, 129 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Cobar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NynganNew South Wales | 129 km E | 20° | 4° | 20 mm |
| BourkeNew South Wales | 157 km N | 21° | 6° | 11 mm |
| CondobolinNew South Wales | 216 km SE | 17° | 3° | 27 mm |
| HillstonNew South Wales | 223 km S | 18° | 4° | 28 mm |
| NarromineNew South Wales | 241 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 32 mm |
| CoonambleNew South Wales | 250 km ENE | 20° | 4° | 25 mm |
| GilgandraNew South Wales | 269 km E | 18° | 3° | 30 mm |
| WalgettNew South Wales | 273 km NE | 21° | 5° | 21 mm |