Claresholm Weather in August
Claresholm in August
The short of it: Claresholm in August averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 27 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 24° · low 9° · rain 44 mm · daylight 14 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Claresholm an average August high of 24°, a low of 9° and some 44 mm of rain. The height of summer in Claresholm, with afternoons near 24°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 27 min in mid-August, 90 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, Claresholm runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Fort Macleod, 37 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Claresholm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort MacleodAlberta | 37 km SSE | 26° | 9° | 39 mm |
| NantonAlberta | 38 km NNW | 24° | 9° | 47 mm |
| VulcanAlberta | 47 km NNE | 24° | 8° | 43 mm |
| CoalhurstAlberta | 57 km SE | 26° | 10° | 37 mm |
| Picture ButteAlberta | 60 km ESE | 25° | 9° | 35 mm |
| High RiverAlberta | 64 km NNW | 24° | 8° | 51 mm |
| LethbridgeAlberta | 66 km ESE | 26° | 10° | 37 mm |
| Pincher CreekAlberta | 67 km SSW | 25° | 9° | 40 mm |