Peterborough Weather in August
Peterborough in August
The short of it: Peterborough in August averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 34 mm · daylight 10 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Peterborough an average August high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 34 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 34 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Peterborough runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Orroroo, 34 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Peterborough, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrrorooSouth Australia | 34 km NW | 16° | 3° | 34 mm |
| JamestownSouth Australia | 34 km SW | 15° | 3° | 48 mm |
| LauraSouth Australia | 55 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 45 mm |
| GladstoneSouth Australia | 56 km SW | 16° | 5° | 45 mm |
| NapperbySouth Australia | 71 km WSW | 17° | 7° | 37 mm |
| Crystal BrookSouth Australia | 72 km SW | 17° | 6° | 41 mm |
| WilmingtonSouth Australia | 78 km WNW | 16° | 5° | 38 mm |
| BurraSouth Australia | 78 km S | 14° | 4° | 44 mm |