Somerset Weather in August
Somerset in August
The short of it: Somerset in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 25 °C (77 °F), with 151 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 25° · rain 151 mm · daylight 13 h 20 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & December
Thirty years of records give Somerset an average August high of 30°, a low of 25° and some 151 mm of rain. No month in Somerset runs warmer: highs about 30°. Wet spells are common — about 151 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 20 min in mid-August, 45 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 April and December.
Against its neighbours, Somerset runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Sandys Parish, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Somerset, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandys ParishSandys | 0 km SSW | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| Southampton ParishSouthampton | 5 km SSE | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| Warwick ParishWarwick | 7 km ESE | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| Pembroke ParishPembroke | 7 km E | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| HamiltonHamilton city | 8 km E | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| Paget ParishPaget | 8 km ESE | 30° | 25° | 150 mm |
| Devonshire ParishDevonshire | 10 km E | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |
| Smith's ParishSmithʼs | 12 km E | 30° | 25° | 151 mm |