Parikkala Weather in August
Parikkala in August
The short of it: Parikkala in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 11 °C (53 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 11° · rain 73 mm · daylight 15 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Parikkala an average August high of 20°, a low of 11° and some 73 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 73 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 52 min in mid-August, 164 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Parikkala runs about middling and about as wet in August. Rautjärvi, 15 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Parikkala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RautjärviSouth Karelia | 15 km SSW | 20° | 12° | 74 mm |
| SaarenkyläSouth Karelia | 17 km NE | 20° | 11° | 73 mm |
| PunkaharjuSouth Savo | 24 km NNW | 20° | 12° | 71 mm |
| KhiitolaKarelia | 36 km SSE | 20° | 12° | 74 mm |
| Lakhdenpokh’yaKarelia | 37 km E | 20° | 11° | 72 mm |
| UukuniemiSouth Karelia | 38 km NE | 20° | 11° | 74 mm |
| KerimäkiSouth Savo | 42 km NNW | 20° | 12° | 71 mm |
| KesälahtiNorth Karelia | 42 km NNE | 20° | 11° | 73 mm |