Preston Weather in August
Preston in August
The short of it: Preston in August averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 53 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Preston an average August high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 53 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 41 min in mid-August, 54 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Preston runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Northcote, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Preston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h