Glencoe Weather in August
Glencoe in August
The short of it: Glencoe in August averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 101 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 7° · rain 101 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Glencoe an average August high of 14°, a low of 7° and some 101 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 101 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 41 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 March and December.
Against its neighbours, Glencoe runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Compton, 14 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Glencoe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComptonSouth Australia | 14 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 98 mm |
| Sutton TownSouth Australia | 18 km SE | 15° | 7° | 98 mm |
| Mount GambierSouth Australia | 20 km SE | 15° | 7° | 98 mm |
| MoorakSouth Australia | 21 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 98 mm |
| WorrolongSouth Australia | 24 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| NangwarrySouth Australia | 24 km NE | 14° | 6° | 90 mm |
| MillicentSouth Australia | 26 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 100 mm |
| Port MacDonnellSouth Australia | 40 km S | 14° | 8° | 92 mm |