Altona Weather in August
Altona in August
The short of it: Altona in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 12° · rain 69 mm · daylight 14 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Altona an average August high of 26°, a low of 12° and some 69 mm of rain. No month in Altona runs warmer: highs about 26°. Wet spells are common — about 69 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 23 min in mid-August, 86 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Altona runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. St. Jean Baptiste, 24 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Altona, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 16 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jean BaptisteManitoba | 24 km NE | 26° | 12° | 70 mm |
| PembinaNorth Dakota | 28 km ESE | 26° | 12° | 69 mm |
| WinklerManitoba | 29 km WNW | 26° | 13° | 77 mm |
| MorrisManitoba | 31 km NNE | 26° | 12° | 70 mm |
| WalhallaNorth Dakota | 33 km SW | 26° | 13° | 75 mm |
| CavalierNorth Dakota | 35 km S | 26° | 12° | 70 mm |
| MordenManitoba | 41 km WNW | 26° | 13° | 77 mm |
| CarmanManitoba | 54 km NW | 25° | 12° | 65 mm |