Don Weather in August
Don in August
The short of it: Don in August averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 99 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 6° · rain 99 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Don an average August high of 13°, a low of 6° and some 99 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 99 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-August, 61 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 February and January.
Against its neighbours, Don runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Devonport, 3 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Don, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 14 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevonportTasmania | 3 km E | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| MiandettaTasmania | 4 km SE | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| AmblesideTasmania | 5 km SE | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| East DevonportTasmania | 6 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 97 mm |
| SpreytonTasmania | 7 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 102 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 7 km WNW | 14° | 6° | 94 mm |
| ForthTasmania | 9 km WSW | 13° | 5° | 111 mm |
| UlverstoneTasmania | 12 km W | 14° | 6° | 97 mm |