Athabasca Weather in August
Athabasca in August
The short of it: Athabasca in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 9° · rain 57 mm · daylight 14 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Athabasca an average August high of 23°, a low of 9° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 55 min in mid-August, 111 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and September.
Against its neighbours, Athabasca runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Morinville, 105 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Athabasca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 41 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MorinvilleAlberta | 105 km SSW | 22° | 9° | 52 mm |
| Fort SaskatchewanAlberta | 113 km S | 23° | 9° | 51 mm |
| Slave LakeAlberta | 114 km NW | 21° | 9° | 66 mm |
| KlarvattenAlberta | 121 km S | 23° | 10° | 55 mm |
| BaturynAlberta | 121 km S | 22° | 10° | 56 mm |
| Hollick-KenyonAlberta | 122 km S | 23° | 10° | 56 mm |
| BrintnellAlberta | 122 km S | 23° | 10° | 55 mm |
| St. AlbertAlberta | 123 km S | 23° | 10° | 56 mm |