Ely Weather in August
Ely in August
The short of it: Ely in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 61 mm · daylight 14 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Ely an average August high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 61 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 40 min in mid-August, 100 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 May and July.
Against its neighbours, Ely runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Newmarket, 20 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Ely, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewmarketEngland | 20 km SSE | 23° | 13° | 60 mm |
| MarchEngland | 21 km NW | 22° | 12° | 62 mm |
| CambridgeEngland | 24 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 58 mm |
| WisbechEngland | 30 km NNW | 22° | 12° | 64 mm |
| HuntingdonEngland | 31 km WSW | 22° | 13° | 59 mm |
| ThetfordEngland | 33 km E | 22° | 13° | 63 mm |
| Bury St EdmundsEngland | 35 km ESE | 22° | 13° | 59 mm |
| HaverhillEngland | 37 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |