Ranua Weather in August
Ranua in August
The short of it: Ranua in August averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 16 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 72 mm · daylight 16 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
August in Ranua brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 72 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 47 min in mid-August, 249 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Ranua runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Pudasjärvi, 62 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Ranua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PudasjärviNorth Ostrobothnia | 62 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| Yli-IiNorth Ostrobothnia | 68 km SSW | 18° | 10° | 61 mm |
| KuivaniemiNorth Ostrobothnia | 72 km WSW | 18° | 10° | 67 mm |
| SimoLapland | 73 km WSW | 18° | 10° | 68 mm |
| RovaniemiLapland | 75 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 70 mm |
| SaarenkyläLapland | 75 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 69 mm |
| NivavaaraLapland | 75 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 69 mm |
| PosioLapland | 77 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 71 mm |