Béthune Weather in August
Béthune in August
The short of it: Béthune in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 14° · rain 70 mm · daylight 14 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Béthune an average August high of 23°, a low of 14° and some 70 mm of rain. No month in Béthune runs warmer: highs about 23°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 30 min in mid-August, 92 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Béthune runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Bruay-la-Buissière, 8 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Béthune, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruay-la-BuissièreHauts-de-France | 8 km SW | 23° | 14° | 72 mm |
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 16 km SE | 24° | 13° | 71 mm |
| LensHauts-de-France | 17 km SE | 24° | 14° | 70 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 23 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 73 mm |
| ArmentièresHauts-de-France | 24 km NE | 24° | 14° | 70 mm |
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 26 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 70 mm |
| LommeHauts-de-France | 28 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 70 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 28 km SSE | 24° | 13° | 69 mm |