Gordon Head Weather in August
Gordon Head in August
The short of it: Gordon Head in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 14 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 21 mm · daylight 14 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
August in Gordon Head brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 13°, with about 21 mm of rain over the month. No month in Gordon Head runs warmer: highs about 23°. Rain is modest, about 21 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 19 min in mid-August, 84 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Gordon Head runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Shelbourne, 3 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Gordon Head, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShelbourneBritish Columbia | 3 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 20 mm |
| Oak BayBritish Columbia | 4 km SSE | 23° | 13° | 20 mm |
| VictoriaBritish Columbia | 6 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| CareyBritish Columbia | 6 km WSW | 23° | 13° | 22 mm |
| Victoria-DowntownBritish Columbia | 7 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| FairfieldBritish Columbia | 8 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |
| SaanichBritish Columbia | 8 km NNW | 22° | 13° | 22 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 9 km SW | 23° | 13° | 21 mm |