Forest Weather in August
Forest in August
The short of it: Forest in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 77 mm · daylight 14 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Forest an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 31 min in mid-August, 93 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Forest runs about middling and drier than most in August. Saint-Gilles, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Forest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-GillesBrussels Capital | 2 km NE | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| UccleBrussels Capital | 2 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| AnderlechtBrussels Capital | 2 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| IxellesBrussels Capital | 3 km NE | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital | 4 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital | 4 km NNE | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| EtterbeekBrussels Capital | 5 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 79 mm |
| DilbeekFlanders | 6 km NW | 24° | 14° | 77 mm |