Holyrood Weather in August
Holyrood in August
The short of it: Holyrood in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 88 mm · daylight 14 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Holyrood an average August high of 21°, a low of 12° and some 88 mm of rain. No month in Holyrood runs warmer: highs about 21°. It is the driest month of the year, only 88 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 14 min in mid-August, 80 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Holyrood runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, 4 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Holyrood, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 33 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-LakeviewNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km NW | 21° | 12° | 88 mm |
| Conception Bay SouthNewfoundland and Labrador | 16 km NE | 21° | 12° | 92 mm |
| Clarke's BeachNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km NNW | 21° | 12° | 88 mm |
| ParadiseNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km NE | 21° | 12° | 98 mm |
| Bay BullsNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 98 mm |
| Witless BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 95 mm |
| Bay RobertsNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km NNW | 21° | 12° | 87 mm |
| SouthlandsNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km ENE | 21° | 12° | 104 mm |