Donabate Weather in August
Donabate in August
The short of it: Donabate in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 14 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 20° · low 12° · rain 86 mm · daylight 14 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Donabate an average August high of 20°, a low of 12° and some 86 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 47 min in mid-August, 105 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, Donabate runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Malahide, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Donabate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 14 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalahideLeinster | 4 km S | 20° | 12° | 85 mm |
| An RosLeinster | 5 km NE | 20° | 11° | 87 mm |
| SwordsLeinster | 5 km SW | 20° | 11° | 79 mm |
| PortmarnockLeinster | 7 km S | 20° | 12° | 85 mm |
| DonaghmedeLeinster | 10 km S | 20° | 12° | 82 mm |
| SkerriesLeinster | 11 km NNE | 20° | 11° | 88 mm |
| BeaumontLeinster | 12 km SSW | 20° | 12° | 76 mm |
| BalbrigganLeinster | 14 km N | 19° | 11° | 87 mm |