Waverley Weather in August
Waverley in August
The short of it: Waverley in August averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 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 14° · low 5° · rain 82 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & March
Thirty years of records give Waverley an average August high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 82 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, Waverley runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Newstead, 2 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Waverley, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewsteadTasmania | 2 km WSW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| RavenswoodTasmania | 2 km N | 13° | 4° | 95 mm |
| Saint LeonardsTasmania | 3 km SSE | 14° | 5° | 82 mm |
| NorwoodTasmania | 3 km S | 14° | 5° | 78 mm |
| East LauncestonTasmania | 3 km W | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| South LauncestonTasmania | 4 km WSW | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| Launceston city centreTasmania | 4 km W | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |
| LauncestonTasmania | 4 km W | 14° | 5° | 81 mm |