Lens Weather in August
Lens in August
The short of it: Lens in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 29 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 24° · low 14° · rain 70 mm · daylight 14 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Lens brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 14°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. The height of summer in Lens, with afternoons near 24°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 29 min in mid-August, 91 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, Lens runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Liévin, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Lens, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 4 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 71 mm |
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 10 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 70 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 16 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 69 mm |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France | 17 km NW | 23° | 14° | 70 mm |
| DouaiHauts-de-France | 19 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 68 mm |
| Bruay-la-BuissièreHauts-de-France | 20 km WNW | 23° | 14° | 72 mm |
| LoosHauts-de-France | 24 km NE | 24° | 14° | 70 mm |
| LommeHauts-de-France | 26 km NNE | 24° | 14° | 70 mm |