Prospect Vale Weather in August
Prospect Vale in August
The short of it: Prospect Vale in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 5° · rain 86 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & March
Thirty years of records give Prospect Vale an average August high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 86 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 86 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 February and March.
Against its neighbours, Prospect Vale runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Summerhill, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Prospect Vale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st 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 29 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SummerhillTasmania | 2 km NE | 13° | 5° | 83 mm |
| Blackstone HeightsTasmania | 3 km NW | 13° | 5° | 86 mm |
| HadspenTasmania | 3 km SW | 13° | 4° | 84 mm |
| West LauncestonTasmania | 4 km NE | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| TrevallynTasmania | 4 km N | 13° | 5° | 87 mm |
| South LauncestonTasmania | 5 km NE | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| Kings MeadowsTasmania | 5 km ENE | 13° | 5° | 83 mm |
| LauncestonTasmania | 5 km NNE | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |