Dinner Plain Weather in August
Dinner Plain in August
The short of it: Dinner Plain in August averages a high of 4 °C (40 °F) and a low of -2 °C (29 °F), with 135 mm (5.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -2° · rain 135 mm · daylight 10 h 43 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Dinner Plain an average August high of 4°, a low of -2° and some 135 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 4°, nights near -2°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 135 mm, the 2nd wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 10 h 43 min in mid-August, 52 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Dinner Plain runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Hotham Heights, 9 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Dinner Plain, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 21 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Jun–Sep
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotham HeightsVictoria | 9 km WNW | 3° | -2° | 159 mm |
| Falls CreekVictoria | 18 km N | 4° | -2° | 158 mm |
| Mount BeautyVictoria | 32 km N | 13° | 3° | 129 mm |
| TawongaVictoria | 38 km NNW | 13° | 3° | 132 mm |
| BrightVictoria | 41 km NW | 13° | 2° | 138 mm |
| PorepunkahVictoria | 47 km NW | 14° | 3° | 142 mm |
| MyrtlefordVictoria | 69 km NW | 14° | 3° | 115 mm |
| Mount BullerVictoria | 73 km W | 5° | -1° | 153 mm |