Rockingham Weather in August
Rockingham in August
The short of it: Rockingham in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 91 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Rockingham an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 91 mm of rain. The height of summer in Rockingham, with afternoons near 24°. It is the driest month of the year, only 91 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-August, 72 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Rockingham runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Clayton Park, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Rockingham, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton ParkNova Scotia | 1 km S | 24° | 14° | 93 mm |
| FairviewNova Scotia | 2 km S | 24° | 14° | 93 mm |
| Convoy PlaceNova Scotia | 2 km ESE | 24° | 15° | 93 mm |
| Clayton Park WestNova Scotia | 3 km SW | 24° | 14° | 92 mm |
| Halifax North EndNova Scotia | 3 km ESE | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| FairmountNova Scotia | 3 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 93 mm |
| Halifax West EndNova Scotia | 3 km SE | 24° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Kearney LakeNova Scotia | 4 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 91 mm |