Dover Weather in August
Dover in August
The short of it: Dover in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 84 mm · daylight 14 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dover an average August high of 22°, a low of 11° and some 84 mm of rain. No month in Dover runs warmer: highs about 22°. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 21 min in mid-August, 86 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Dover runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Hare Bay, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Dover, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 11 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km WSW | 22° | 11° | 83 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km NNE | 22° | 11° | 92 mm |
| GamboNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km WSW | 22° | 11° | 82 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 81 mm |
| New-Wes-ValleyNewfoundland and Labrador | 43 km NE | 23° | 11° | 90 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 49 km WNW | 22° | 12° | 100 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 52 km S | 22° | 12° | 84 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 54 km S | 22° | 12° | 84 mm |