Strand Weather in August
Strand in August
The short of it: Strand in August averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 92 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 92 mm · daylight 17 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Strand an average August high of 15°, a low of 10° and some 92 mm of rain. No month in Strand runs warmer: highs about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 92 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, Strand runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Sortland, 2 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Strand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SortlandNordland | 2 km W | 15° | 10° | 91 mm |
| SigerfjordNordland | 6 km SSE | 14° | 10° | 94 mm |
| StokmarknesNordland | 26 km SW | 14° | 10° | 88 mm |
| MyreNordland | 28 km NNW | 14° | 10° | 96 mm |
| BorkenesTroms | 30 km ENE | 14° | 10° | 94 mm |
| MelbuNordland | 34 km SW | 14° | 10° | 86 mm |
| LødingenNordland | 39 km SE | 16° | 10° | 91 mm |
| HarstadTroms | 45 km ENE | 15° | 10° | 96 mm |