Moss Weather in August
Moss in August
The short of it: Moss in August averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 91 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & July
Thirty years of records give Moss an average August high of 21°, a low of 12° and some 91 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 91 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-August, 143 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and July.
Against its neighbours, Moss runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Rygge, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
August in Moss, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RyggeØstfold | 8 km SE | 21° | 12° | 90 mm |
| RyggebyenØstfold | 8 km SE | 21° | 12° | 90 mm |
| HortenVestfold | 10 km W | 21° | 13° | 90 mm |
| TofteAkershus | 13 km NNW | 20° | 12° | 94 mm |
| ÅsgårdstrandVestfold | 14 km SW | 20° | 13° | 89 mm |
| VestbyAkershus | 20 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 91 mm |
| HolmestrandVestfold | 20 km WNW | 20° | 13° | 98 mm |
| TønsbergVestfold | 23 km SW | 21° | 14° | 90 mm |