Penguin Weather in August
Penguin in August
The short of it: Penguin in August averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 6° · rain 102 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Penguin an average August high of 13°, a low of 6° and some 102 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-August, 61 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 February and January.
Against its neighbours, Penguin runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Sulphur Creek, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Penguin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 18 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 23 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur CreekTasmania | 5 km NW | 13° | 6° | 109 mm |
| West UlverstoneTasmania | 5 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 98 mm |
| UlverstoneTasmania | 10 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 97 mm |
| GawlerTasmania | 11 km SE | 13° | 6° | 106 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 14 km ESE | 14° | 6° | 94 mm |
| HavenviewTasmania | 14 km WNW | 13° | 5° | 130 mm |
| BrooklynTasmania | 15 km WNW | 13° | 6° | 117 mm |
| RomaineTasmania | 15 km W | 13° | 5° | 130 mm |