Tower Weather in August
Tower in August
The short of it: Tower in August averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 11 °C (53 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 38 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 19° · low 11° · rain 72 mm · daylight 14 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Tower an average August high of 19°, a low of 11° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 38 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Tower runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Blarney, 3 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Tower, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlarneyMunster | 3 km ENE | 19° | 11° | 71 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 5 km SSE | 19° | 12° | 68 mm |
| KillumneyMunster | 7 km SSW | 18° | 12° | 80 mm |
| CorkMunster | 10 km ESE | 19° | 12° | 70 mm |
| DouglasMunster | 13 km ESE | 19° | 12° | 85 mm |
| GlanmireMunster | 14 km E | 19° | 12° | 71 mm |
| CarrigalineMunster | 19 km SE | 19° | 12° | 77 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 20 km ESE | 19° | 12° | 82 mm |