Cardston Weather in August
Cardston in August
The short of it: Cardston in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 9° · rain 36 mm · daylight 14 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cardston an average August high of 26°, a low of 9° and some 36 mm of rain. The height of summer in Cardston, with afternoons near 26°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 23 min in mid-August, 87 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cardston runs about middling and drier than most in August. Magrath, 40 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Cardston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagrathAlberta | 40 km NE | 26° | 9° | 36 mm |
| RaymondAlberta | 55 km ENE | 26° | 9° | 37 mm |
| Pincher CreekAlberta | 57 km NW | 25° | 9° | 40 mm |
| Fort MacleodAlberta | 58 km N | 26° | 9° | 39 mm |
| LethbridgeAlberta | 66 km NNE | 26° | 10° | 37 mm |
| CoalhurstAlberta | 66 km NNE | 26° | 10° | 37 mm |
| North BrowningMontana | 73 km SSE | 27° | 9° | 29 mm |
| BrowningMontana | 75 km SSE | 27° | 9° | 29 mm |