Newcastle Weather in August
Newcastle in August
The short of it: Newcastle in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 50 mm · daylight 10 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
August in Newcastle brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 50 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 50 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 55 min in mid-August, 45 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Newcastle runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Merewether, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Newcastle, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 26 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MerewetherNew South Wales | 4 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 49 mm |
| AdamstownNew South Wales | 5 km W | 19° | 8° | 49 mm |
| MayfieldNew South Wales | 5 km NW | 20° | 8° | 46 mm |
| WaratahNew South Wales | 6 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 46 mm |
| New LambtonNew South Wales | 7 km W | 19° | 8° | 49 mm |
| Adamstown HeightsNew South Wales | 7 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 49 mm |
| LambtonNew South Wales | 8 km W | 19° | 8° | 47 mm |
| CharlestownNew South Wales | 9 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 49 mm |