Newstead Weather in August
Newstead in August
The short of it: Newstead in August averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 81 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Newstead an average August high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 81 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 81 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 29 min in mid-August, 62 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 February.
Against its neighbours, Newstead runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. East Launceston, 1 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Newstead, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East LauncestonTasmania | 1 km WNW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| South LauncestonTasmania | 2 km SW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| WaverleyTasmania | 2 km ENE | 14° | 5° | 82 mm |
| Launceston city centreTasmania | 2 km WNW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| LauncestonTasmania | 2 km W | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| NorwoodTasmania | 3 km SE | 14° | 5° | 78 mm |
| West LauncestonTasmania | 3 km WSW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| Kings MeadowsTasmania | 3 km S | 13° | 5° | 83 mm |