Kingston Weather in August
Kingston in August
The short of it: Kingston 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 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 72 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
August in Kingston 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 24 min in mid-August, 66 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 January and February.
Against its neighbours, Kingston runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Kingston Beach, 1 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Kingston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston BeachTasmania | 1 km ESE | 13° | 5° | 72 mm |
| Blackmans BayTasmania | 3 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 74 mm |
| TaroonaTasmania | 5 km NE | 12° | 5° | 78 mm |
| Mount NelsonTasmania | 6 km NNE | 12° | 4° | 87 mm |
| MargateTasmania | 7 km SSW | 13° | 5° | 74 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 8 km N | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 9 km N | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| Sandy BayTasmania | 9 km N | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |