Witless Bay Weather in August
Witless Bay in August
The short of it: Witless Bay in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 95 mm (3.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 95 mm · daylight 14 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Witless Bay an average August high of 21°, a low of 12° and some 95 mm of rain. No month in Witless Bay runs warmer: highs about 21°. It is the driest month of the year, only 95 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 14 min in mid-August, 80 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Witless Bay runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Bay Bulls, 4 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Witless Bay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 22 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay BullsNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 98 mm |
| GouldsNewfoundland and Labrador | 20 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 101 mm |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox CoveNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 105 mm |
| SouthlandsNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km N | 21° | 12° | 104 mm |
| PearlgateNewfoundland and Labrador | 24 km N | 21° | 12° | 105 mm |
| HolyroodNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km WNW | 21° | 12° | 88 mm |
| KilbrideNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 104 mm |
| GlendaleNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km N | 21° | 12° | 105 mm |