Drogheda Weather in August
Drogheda in August
The short of it: Drogheda in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 48 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 20° · low 11° · rain 91 mm · daylight 14 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Drogheda an average August high of 20°, a low of 11° and some 91 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 91 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 48 min in mid-August, 106 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, Drogheda runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Laytown, 8 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Drogheda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h