Summerside Weather in August
Summerside in August
The short of it: Summerside in August averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 10 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 80 mm · daylight 14 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Summerside an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 80 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 10 min in mid-August, 77 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, Summerside runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Kensington, 12 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Summerside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 12 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KensingtonPrince Edward Island | 12 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 81 mm |
| Strait ShoresNew Brunswick | 40 km SSW | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| Cap-PeleNew Brunswick | 43 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 80 mm |
| Cap-AcadieNew Brunswick | 46 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 80 mm |
| TidnishNova Scotia | 47 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 76 mm |
| CornwallPrince Edward Island | 47 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| WinsloePrince Edward Island | 48 km ESE | 24° | 14° | 83 mm |
| West RoyaltyPrince Edward Island | 50 km ESE | 24° | 15° | 84 mm |