Hammerfest Weather in August
Hammerfest in August
The short of it: Hammerfest in August averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 18 h 25 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 12° · low 8° · rain 53 mm · daylight 18 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Hammerfest an average August high of 12°, a low of 8° and some 53 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 12°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 25 min in mid-August, 335 minutes less than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Hammerfest runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Rypefjord, 2 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Hammerfest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Oct–May
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RypefjordFinnmark | 2 km S | 12° | 8° | 53 mm |
| ÁvanuorriFinnmark | 52 km NE | 11° | 7° | 52 mm |
| ØksfjordFinnmark | 68 km SW | 13° | 9° | 55 mm |
| AltaFinnmark | 79 km SSW | 16° | 9° | 46 mm |
| LakselvFinnmark | 83 km SE | 16° | 8° | 54 mm |
| HonningsvågFinnmark | 91 km ENE | 12° | 9° | 56 mm |
| SkjervøyTroms | 123 km WSW | 15° | 11° | 55 mm |
| KjøllefjordFinnmark | 138 km ENE | 13° | 8° | 51 mm |