Sortland Weather in August
Sortland in August
The short of it: Sortland in August averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 17 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 10° · rain 91 mm · daylight 17 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Sortland an average August high of 15°, a low of 10° and some 91 mm of rain. The height of summer in Sortland, with afternoons near 15°. Wet spells are common — about 91 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 37 min in mid-August, 383 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Sortland runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Strand, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Sortland, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 15 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StrandNordland | 2 km E | 15° | 10° | 92 mm |
| SigerfjordNordland | 7 km SE | 14° | 10° | 94 mm |
| StokmarknesNordland | 25 km SW | 14° | 10° | 88 mm |
| MyreNordland | 28 km NNW | 14° | 10° | 96 mm |
| BorkenesTroms | 32 km ENE | 14° | 10° | 94 mm |
| MelbuNordland | 33 km SW | 14° | 10° | 86 mm |
| LødingenNordland | 40 km SE | 16° | 10° | 91 mm |
| HarstadTroms | 47 km ENE | 15° | 10° | 96 mm |