Mount Helen Weather in August
Mount Helen in August
The short of it: Mount Helen in August averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 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 11° · low 4° · rain 80 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Mount Helen an average August high of 11°, a low of 4° and some 80 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 11°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 80 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 December.
Against its neighbours, Mount Helen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Sebastopol, 6 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Mount Helen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th 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
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SebastopolVictoria | 6 km NW | 12° | 4° | 70 mm |
| Ballarat EastVictoria | 7 km N | 12° | 4° | 71 mm |
| DelacombeVictoria | 7 km NW | 12° | 4° | 68 mm |
| BallaratVictoria | 7 km NNW | 12° | 4° | 71 mm |
| Ballarat CentralVictoria | 7 km NNW | 12° | 4° | 71 mm |
| AlfredtonVictoria | 8 km NW | 12° | 4° | 70 mm |
| WendoureeVictoria | 11 km NNW | 12° | 4° | 70 mm |
| Bacchus MarshVictoria | 50 km E | 15° | 5° | 37 mm |