Hay River Weather in August
Hay River in August
The short of it: Hay River in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 44 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Hay River an average August high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 58 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 44 min in mid-August, 156 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Hay River runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Fort Providence, 116 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Hay River, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort ProvidenceNorthwest Territories | 116 km WNW | 21° | 8° | 42 mm |
| YellowknifeNorthwest Territories | 197 km NNE | 17° | 10° | 47 mm |
| Behchokǫ̀Northwest Territories | 221 km N | 19° | 9° | 50 mm |
| Fort SmithNorthwest Territories | 233 km ESE | 21° | 9° | 63 mm |
| High LevelAlberta | 266 km SSW | 22° | 8° | 44 mm |
| ChatehAlberta | 288 km SW | 22° | 7° | 46 mm |
| La CrêteAlberta | 295 km S | 22° | 9° | 48 mm |
| Fort SimpsonNorthwest Territories | 318 km WNW | 21° | 8° | 63 mm |