Antigonish Weather in August
Antigonish in August
The short of it: Antigonish in August averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 103 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 14° · rain 103 mm · daylight 14 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Antigonish an average August high of 25°, a low of 14° and some 103 mm of rain. No month in Antigonish runs warmer: highs about 25°. Wet spells are common — about 103 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 6 min in mid-August, 75 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Antigonish runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Mulgrave, 47 km to the E, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Antigonish, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MulgraveNova Scotia | 47 km E | 23° | 15° | 110 mm |
| JudiqueNova Scotia | 49 km NE | 23° | 15° | 99 mm |
| TrentonNova Scotia | 50 km W | 24° | 14° | 81 mm |
| Port HawkesburyNova Scotia | 50 km E | 23° | 15° | 108 mm |
| New GlasgowNova Scotia | 51 km W | 24° | 14° | 81 mm |
| StellartonNova Scotia | 52 km W | 25° | 14° | 83 mm |
| Pictou LandingNova Scotia | 53 km W | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| PictouNova Scotia | 56 km W | 24° | 14° | 76 mm |