Athy Weather in August
Athy in August
The short of it: Athy in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 12° · rain 79 mm · daylight 14 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Athy an average August high of 19°, a low of 12° and some 79 mm of rain. The height of summer in Athy, with afternoons near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 44 min in mid-August, 102 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Athy runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Carlow, 17 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Athy, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarlowLeinster | 17 km SSE | 20° | 12° | 82 mm |
| KildareLeinster | 19 km NNE | 19° | 11° | 78 mm |
| PortlaoiseLeinster | 22 km WNW | 19° | 11° | 102 mm |
| Droichead NuaLeinster | 24 km NNE | 19° | 11° | 78 mm |
| NaasLeinster | 33 km NE | 19° | 11° | 77 mm |
| KilkennyLeinster | 42 km SSW | 20° | 11° | 84 mm |
| TullamoreLeinster | 46 km NW | 19° | 11° | 113 mm |
| CelbridgeLeinster | 49 km NE | 19° | 11° | 80 mm |