Freetown Weather in August
Freetown in August
The short of it: Freetown in August averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 26 °C (78 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 0 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 90° · low 78° · rain 4.4 in. · daylight 13 h 0 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Freetown an average August high of 90°, a low of 78° and some 4.4 in. of rain. No month in Freetown runs warmer: highs about 90°. Wet spells are common — about 4.4 in., the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 0 min in mid-August, 32 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, 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, Freetown runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Rock Sound, 9 mi to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Freetown, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.8 in. more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 9 mph
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock SoundOther | 9 mi NE | 90° | 78° | 4.4 in. |
| Governor’s HarbourCentral Eleuthera | 27 mi N | 89° | 78° | 4.3 in. |
| Arthur’s TownCat Island | 39 mi ESE | 90° | 78° | 4.3 in. |
| Black PointBlack Point | 47 mi S | 90° | 78° | 4.3 in. |
| Dunmore TownOther | 55 mi NNW | 89° | 78° | 4.3 in. |
| Spanish WellsSpanish Wells | 61 mi NNW | 90° | 78° | 4.5 in. |
| NassauNew Providence | 69 mi WNW | 91° | 77° | 7.4 in. |
| KillarneyNew Providence | 74 mi WNW | 91° | 76° | 8.0 in. |