Orstad Weather in August
Orstad in August
The short of it: Orstad in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 135 mm (5.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 12° · rain 135 mm · daylight 15 h 26 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Orstad an average August high of 19°, a low of 12° and some 135 mm of rain. No month in Orstad runs warmer: highs about 19°. Wet spells are common — about 135 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 26 min in mid-August, 138 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Orstad runs about middling and drier than most in August. Kleppe, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Orstad, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 33 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h