Ski Weather in August
Ski in August
The short of it: Ski in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 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 20° · low 11° · rain 92 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & July
Thirty years of records give Ski an average August high of 20°, a low of 11° and some 92 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 92 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 34 min in mid-August, 145 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, Ski runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Greverud, 6 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Ski, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h