Baddeck Weather in August
Baddeck in August
The short of it: Baddeck in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 115 mm (4.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 14° · rain 115 mm · daylight 14 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Baddeck an average August high of 23°, a low of 14° and some 115 mm of rain. The height of summer in Baddeck, with afternoons near 23°. Wet spells are common — about 115 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 8 min in mid-August, 76 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Baddeck runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Eskasoni 3, 20 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Baddeck, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eskasoni 3Nova Scotia | 20 km SSE | 22° | 15° | 109 mm |
| WhycocomaghNova Scotia | 31 km WSW | 22° | 14° | 112 mm |
| Balls CreekNova Scotia | 34 km E | 23° | 14° | 97 mm |
| Sydney ForksNova Scotia | 35 km E | 23° | 14° | 100 mm |
| Georges RiverNova Scotia | 36 km ENE | 23° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Howie CentreNova Scotia | 37 km E | 23° | 14° | 99 mm |
| North SydneyNova Scotia | 40 km ENE | 23° | 15° | 95 mm |
| CoxheathNova Scotia | 40 km E | 23° | 14° | 99 mm |