Lancaster Weather in August
Lancaster in August
The short of it: Lancaster in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 14° · rain 64 mm · daylight 14 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
August in Lancaster brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 14°, with about 64 mm of rain over the month. No month in Lancaster runs warmer: highs about 23°. It is the driest month of the year, only 64 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 5 min in mid-August, 74 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Lancaster runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Island View Heights, 1 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Lancaster, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 14 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island View HeightsNew Brunswick | 1 km SE | 23° | 14° | 64 mm |
| Quinton HeightsNew Brunswick | 2 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 63 mm |
| GreendaleNew Brunswick | 3 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 63 mm |
| Fairville PlateauNew Brunswick | 3 km E | 23° | 14° | 64 mm |
| MilfordNew Brunswick | 3 km NE | 23° | 14° | 63 mm |
| Saint John WestNew Brunswick | 5 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 64 mm |
| Fundy HeightsNew Brunswick | 5 km E | 24° | 14° | 64 mm |
| North EndNew Brunswick | 5 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 64 mm |