Glarus Weather in August
Glarus in August
The short of it: Glarus in August averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 186 mm (7.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 13 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 22° · low 13° · rain 186 mm · daylight 14 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Glarus an average August high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 186 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 186 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 13 min in mid-August, 79 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, Glarus runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Jona, 27 km to the NW, is 3° warmer by day.
August in Glarus, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h