Halifax Weather in August
Halifax in August
The short of it: Halifax in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 94 mm (3.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 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 24° · low 15° · rain 94 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Halifax an average August high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 94 mm of rain. The height of summer in Halifax, with afternoons near 24°. It is the driest month of the year, only 94 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-August, 72 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, Halifax runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Schmidtville, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Halifax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SchmidtvilleNova Scotia | 0 km SSW | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Spring GardenNova Scotia | 0 km WSW | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Downtown HalifaxNova Scotia | 1 km N | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Halifax South EndNova Scotia | 1 km S | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Quinpool DistrictNova Scotia | 2 km W | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| WoodsideNova Scotia | 2 km ENE | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| WestmountNova Scotia | 3 km W | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Downtown DartmouthNova Scotia | 3 km NNE | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |