Knock Weather in August
Knock in August
The short of it: Knock in August averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 103 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 49 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 18° · low 10° · rain 103 mm · daylight 14 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Knock an average August high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 103 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 103 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 49 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, Knock runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Kiltamagh, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Knock, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th 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 49 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KiltamaghConnacht | 8 km NW | 18° | 11° | 99 mm |
| ClaremorrisConnacht | 10 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 102 mm |
| BallyhaunisConnacht | 10 km ESE | 18° | 11° | 108 mm |
| SwinfordConnacht | 17 km N | 18° | 11° | 99 mm |
| CharlestownConnacht | 21 km NNE | 18° | 11° | 104 mm |
| FoxfordConnacht | 25 km NNW | 18° | 11° | 94 mm |
| CastlebarConnacht | 26 km WNW | 18° | 11° | 98 mm |
| BallaghaderreenConnacht | 26 km ENE | 18° | 11° | 128 mm |