Glencoe Weather in August
Glencoe in August
The short of it: Glencoe in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 79 mm · daylight 13 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Glencoe an average August high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 54 min in mid-August, 67 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Glencoe runs about middling and about as wet in August. Bothwell, 18 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Glencoe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BothwellOntario | 18 km SW | 26° | 16° | 81 mm |
| West LorneOntario | 19 km SSE | 26° | 15° | 82 mm |
| StrathroyOntario | 24 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 75 mm |
| WatfordOntario | 26 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 75 mm |
| Oil SpringsOntario | 33 km W | 27° | 16° | 76 mm |
| RidgetownOntario | 38 km SSW | 26° | 16° | 82 mm |
| PetroliaOntario | 38 km WNW | 26° | 15° | 74 mm |
| WyomingOntario | 39 km NW | 26° | 15° | 73 mm |