Petawawa Weather in August
Petawawa in August
The short of it: Petawawa in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 12° · rain 87 mm · daylight 14 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Petawawa an average August high of 26°, a low of 12° and some 87 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 87 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 7 min in mid-August, 76 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Petawawa runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Pembroke, 15 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Petawawa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PembrokeOntario | 15 km SE | 26° | 12° | 92 mm |
| Chalk RiverOntario | 19 km NW | 25° | 12° | 86 mm |
| Deep RiverOntario | 28 km NW | 25° | 12° | 88 mm |
| Fort-CoulongeQuebec | 42 km E | 25° | 13° | 97 mm |
| CobdenOntario | 42 km SE | 26° | 12° | 88 mm |
| EganvilleOntario | 43 km SSE | 25° | 12° | 83 mm |
| RenfrewOntario | 66 km SE | 26° | 13° | 83 mm |
| ShawvilleQuebec | 70 km ESE | 25° | 13° | 86 mm |