Ridgetown Weather in August
Ridgetown in August
The short of it: Ridgetown in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 82 mm · daylight 13 h 53 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Ridgetown an average August high of 26°, a low of 16° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 53 min in mid-August, 66 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Ridgetown runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Bothwell, 22 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Ridgetown, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BothwellOntario | 22 km N | 26° | 16° | 81 mm |
| ChathamOntario | 25 km W | 27° | 17° | 76 mm |
| West LorneOntario | 30 km NE | 26° | 15° | 82 mm |
| GlencoeOntario | 38 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 79 mm |
| Oil SpringsOntario | 43 km NNW | 27° | 16° | 76 mm |
| WallaceburgOntario | 45 km WNW | 27° | 16° | 73 mm |
| TilburyOntario | 49 km WSW | 27° | 17° | 76 mm |
| PetroliaOntario | 54 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 74 mm |