Exeter Weather in August
Exeter in August
The short of it: Exeter in August averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 10 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 3° · rain 72 mm · daylight 10 h 50 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Exeter an average August high of 14°, a low of 3° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 50 min in mid-August, 48 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Exeter runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Bowral, 18 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Exeter, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BowralNew South Wales | 18 km NNE | 14° | 3° | 61 mm |
| NowraNew South Wales | 40 km SE | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| Albion ParkNew South Wales | 42 km E | 19° | 8° | 70 mm |
| DaptoNew South Wales | 45 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 67 mm |
| FigtreeNew South Wales | 53 km ENE | 18° | 8° | 70 mm |
| Wollongong city centreNew South Wales | 56 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |
| WollongongNew South Wales | 57 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 70 mm |
| GoulburnNew South Wales | 57 km WSW | 14° | 2° | 50 mm |