Riverside Weather in August
Riverside in August
The short of it: Riverside in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 90 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 29 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 5° · rain 90 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Riverside an average August high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 90 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 90 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 January.
Against its neighbours, Riverside runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Trevallyn, 5 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Riverside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TrevallynTasmania | 5 km ESE | 13° | 5° | 87 mm |
| Blackstone HeightsTasmania | 5 km SSE | 13° | 5° | 86 mm |
| LeganaTasmania | 6 km N | 14° | 6° | 87 mm |
| NewnhamTasmania | 6 km ENE | 14° | 5° | 84 mm |
| InvermayTasmania | 7 km E | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| LauncestonTasmania | 7 km ESE | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| Launceston city centreTasmania | 7 km E | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| West LauncestonTasmania | 7 km ESE | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |