Gordon Weather in August
Gordon in August
The short of it: Gordon in August averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 98 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & January
Thirty years of records give Gordon an average August high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 98 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 11°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 98 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 March and January.
Against its neighbours, Gordon runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Ballarat, 23 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Gordon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BallaratVictoria | 23 km W | 12° | 4° | 71 mm |
| WendoureeVictoria | 25 km WNW | 12° | 4° | 70 mm |
| Bacchus MarshVictoria | 31 km ESE | 15° | 5° | 37 mm |
| SunburyVictoria | 54 km E | 14° | 5° | 46 mm |
| LaraVictoria | 56 km SSE | 15° | 6° | 39 mm |
| TarneitVictoria | 56 km ESE | 15° | 6° | 38 mm |
| Wyndham ValeVictoria | 57 km SE | 15° | 6° | 38 mm |
| HillsideVictoria | 57 km ESE | 15° | 6° | 40 mm |