Forth Weather in August
Forth in August
The short of it: Forth in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 111 mm (4.4 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 5° · rain 111 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Forth an average August high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 111 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 111 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-August, 62 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, Forth runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Turners Beach, 6 km to the N, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Forth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turners BeachTasmania | 6 km N | 14° | 6° | 94 mm |
| GawlerTasmania | 6 km WNW | 13° | 6° | 106 mm |
| UlverstoneTasmania | 7 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 97 mm |
| DonTasmania | 9 km ENE | 13° | 6° | 99 mm |
| Stony RiseTasmania | 9 km E | 13° | 6° | 99 mm |
| MiandettaTasmania | 11 km E | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| SpreytonTasmania | 11 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 102 mm |
| West UlverstoneTasmania | 11 km NW | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |