Peterborough Weather in August
Peterborough in August
The short of it: Peterborough in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 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 14° · rain 85 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Peterborough an average August high of 26°, a low of 14° and some 85 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-August, 71 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, Peterborough runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Lakefield, 15 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Peterborough, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h