Douglas Weather in August
Douglas in August
The short of it: Douglas in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 12° · rain 85 mm · daylight 14 h 37 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Douglas an average August high of 19°, a low of 12° and some 85 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 85 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 37 min in mid-August, 97 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Douglas runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Cork, 4 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Douglas, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CorkMunster | 4 km NW | 19° | 12° | 70 mm |
| GlanmireMunster | 5 km NNE | 19° | 12° | 71 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 7 km E | 19° | 12° | 82 mm |
| CarrigalineMunster | 7 km SSE | 19° | 12° | 77 mm |
| CobhMunster | 10 km ESE | 19° | 12° | 79 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 10 km W | 19° | 12° | 68 mm |
| BlarneyMunster | 11 km NW | 19° | 11° | 71 mm |
| CarrigtwohillMunster | 12 km ENE | 19° | 12° | 77 mm |