Canning Weather in August
Canning in August
The short of it: Canning in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 13° · rain 81 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Canning an average August high of 25°, a low of 13° and some 81 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-August, 74 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Canning runs about middling and drier than most in August. Wolfville, 10 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Canning, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WolfvilleNova Scotia | 10 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 76 mm |
| New MinasNova Scotia | 10 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 84 mm |
| KentvilleNova Scotia | 11 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 84 mm |
| WindsorNova Scotia | 30 km SE | 25° | 14° | 74 mm |
| KingstonNova Scotia | 45 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 86 mm |
| GreenwoodNova Scotia | 45 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 86 mm |
| Mount UniackeNova Scotia | 55 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 90 mm |
| Middle SackvilleNova Scotia | 68 km SE | 24° | 13° | 90 mm |