Compton Weather in August
Compton in August
The short of it: Compton in August averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 7° · rain 98 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Compton an average August high of 14°, a low of 7° and some 98 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 98 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 41 min in mid-August, 54 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 March and December.
Against its neighbours, Compton runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Moorak, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Compton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoorakSouth Australia | 8 km SE | 14° | 7° | 98 mm |
| Mount GambierSouth Australia | 9 km ESE | 15° | 7° | 98 mm |
| Sutton TownSouth Australia | 10 km E | 15° | 7° | 98 mm |
| GlencoeSouth Australia | 14 km NNW | 14° | 7° | 101 mm |
| WorrolongSouth Australia | 15 km E | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| Port MacDonnellSouth Australia | 27 km S | 14° | 8° | 92 mm |
| NangwarrySouth Australia | 32 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 90 mm |
| MillicentSouth Australia | 38 km NW | 15° | 7° | 100 mm |