Skipton Weather in August
Skipton in August
The short of it: Skipton in August averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 4° · rain 58 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Skipton an average August high of 13°, a low of 4° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 3rd 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 December and March.
Against its neighbours, Skipton runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Beaufort, 29 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Skipton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeaufortVictoria | 29 km N | 12° | 4° | 66 mm |
| SmythesdaleVictoria | 29 km E | 12° | 4° | 69 mm |
| HaddonVictoria | 32 km ENE | 12° | 4° | 69 mm |
| Ross CreekVictoria | 34 km E | 12° | 4° | 70 mm |
| Smythes CreekVictoria | 38 km ENE | 12° | 4° | 68 mm |
| LucasVictoria | 39 km ENE | 12° | 4° | 69 mm |
| DelacombeVictoria | 41 km ENE | 12° | 4° | 68 mm |
| Mitchell ParkVictoria | 42 km ENE | 12° | 3° | 68 mm |