Sand Weather in August
Sand in August
The short of it: Sand in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 97 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 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 20° · low 10° · rain 97 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Sand an average August high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 97 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 97 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-August, 152 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sand runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Skarnes, 17 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Sand, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkarnesInnlandet | 17 km SSE | 20° | 10° | 98 mm |
| RåholtAkershus | 24 km WSW | 20° | 10° | 96 mm |
| KirkenærInnlandet | 29 km ENE | 21° | 9° | 94 mm |
| ÅrnesAkershus | 30 km S | 20° | 10° | 98 mm |
| SpetalenInnlandet | 31 km SE | 20° | 9° | 98 mm |
| MauraAkershus | 32 km WSW | 19° | 10° | 101 mm |
| NeskollenAkershus | 32 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 98 mm |
| KongsvingerInnlandet | 34 km SE | 20° | 9° | 99 mm |