Mount Stuart Weather in August
Mount Stuart in August
The short of it: Mount Stuart in August averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 70 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Mount Stuart an average August high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 70 mm of rain. 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 70 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Mount Stuart runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. West Hobart, 1 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Mount Stuart, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West HobartTasmania | 1 km SE | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| North HobartTasmania | 1 km ESE | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |
| New TownTasmania | 2 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |
| Lenah ValleyTasmania | 2 km W | 13° | 4° | 84 mm |
| Hobart city centreTasmania | 2 km ESE | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| HobartTasmania | 2 km ESE | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 3 km SSE | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| MoonahTasmania | 3 km N | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |