Carmacks Weather in August
Carmacks in August
The short of it: Carmacks in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 6° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 57 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Carmacks an average August high of 20°, a low of 6° and some 46 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 57 min in mid-August, 171 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Carmacks runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Haines Junction, 162 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Carmacks, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 13 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haines JunctionYukon | 162 km SSW | 19° | 5° | 42 mm |
| WhitehorseYukon | 166 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 43 mm |
| MayoYukon | 168 km N | 19° | 6° | 49 mm |
| Dawson CityYukon | 270 km NW | 20° | 5° | 52 mm |
| SkagwayAlaska | 297 km S | 17° | 8° | 75 mm |
| HainesAlaska | 321 km S | 19° | 10° | 83 mm |
| YakutatAlaska | 338 km SW | 17° | 10° | 362 mm |
| TokAlaska | 368 km WNW | 19° | 5° | 47 mm |