Gaspé Weather in August
Gaspé in August
The short of it: Gaspé in August averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 88 mm · daylight 14 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Gaspé brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 11°, with about 88 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 21 min in mid-August, 85 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; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Gaspé runs about middling and drier than most in August. Perce, 41 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Gaspé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 15 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerceQuebec | 41 km SSE | 22° | 12° | 116 mm |
| Grande-RiviereQuebec | 48 km S | 22° | 12° | 113 mm |
| ChandlerQuebec | 56 km SSW | 22° | 12° | 109 mm |
| MurdochvilleQuebec | 76 km W | 19° | 9° | 97 mm |
| Île-de-LamèqueNew Brunswick | 110 km S | 23° | 13° | 100 mm |
| New CarlisleQuebec | 111 km SW | 23° | 12° | 109 mm |
| BonaventureQuebec | 115 km SW | 22° | 13° | 105 mm |
| LamèqueNew Brunswick | 116 km S | 23° | 14° | 98 mm |