Dunkeld Weather in August
Dunkeld in August
The short of it: Dunkeld in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 72 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: December & March
August in Dunkeld brings afternoons near 13° and nights around 5°, with about 72 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 72 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 42 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 December and March.
Against its neighbours, Dunkeld runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Penshurst, 25 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Dunkeld, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h