Dashwood Weather in August
Dashwood in August
The short of it: Dashwood in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 24 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 23° · low 12° · rain 33 mm · daylight 14 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Dashwood an average August high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 33 mm of rain. No month in Dashwood runs warmer: highs about 23°. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 24 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, Dashwood runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Qualicum Beach, 6 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Dashwood, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualicum BeachBritish Columbia | 6 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 33 mm |
| Whisky CreekBritish Columbia | 7 km S | 23° | 12° | 36 mm |
| CoombsBritish Columbia | 10 km SE | 23° | 12° | 34 mm |
| French CreekBritish Columbia | 12 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 34 mm |
| BowserBritish Columbia | 15 km NW | 23° | 12° | 35 mm |
| ParksvilleBritish Columbia | 16 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 34 mm |
| Englishman River SouthBritish Columbia | 20 km ESE | 23° | 13° | 35 mm |
| Hornby IslandBritish Columbia | 22 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 35 mm |