Basingstoke Weather in August
Basingstoke in August
The short of it: Basingstoke in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 65 mm · daylight 14 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Basingstoke an average August high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 65 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 34 min in mid-August, 95 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Basingstoke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Reading, 23 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Basingstoke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadingEngland | 23 km NNE | 23° | 13° | 63 mm |
| BracknellEngland | 29 km NE | 22° | 12° | 65 mm |
| GuildfordEngland | 36 km E | 23° | 13° | 64 mm |
| WokingEngland | 37 km E | 23° | 13° | 61 mm |
| MaidenheadEngland | 39 km NE | 23° | 13° | 61 mm |
| WaterloovilleEngland | 43 km S | 22° | 13° | 65 mm |
| SloughEngland | 44 km NE | 23° | 13° | 60 mm |
| SouthamptonEngland | 46 km SSW | 22° | 14° | 59 mm |