Taroona Weather in August
Taroona in August
The short of it: Taroona in August averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 5° · rain 78 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Taroona an average August high of 12°, a low of 5° and some 78 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 12°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 78 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-August, 66 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 January and February.
Against its neighbours, Taroona runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Mount Nelson, 4 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Taroona, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount NelsonTasmania | 4 km NW | 12° | 4° | 87 mm |
| Kingston BeachTasmania | 5 km SSW | 13° | 5° | 72 mm |
| KingstonTasmania | 5 km SW | 13° | 5° | 72 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 5 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| Sandy BayTasmania | 6 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| TranmereTasmania | 6 km ENE | 13° | 5° | 55 mm |
| Battery PointTasmania | 6 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 6 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 79 mm |