Halifax Weather in August
Halifax in August
The short of it: Halifax in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 48 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 19° · low 12° · rain 88 mm · daylight 14 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Halifax an average August high of 19°, a low of 12° and some 88 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 48 min in mid-August, 106 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Halifax runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Huddersfield, 9 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Halifax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h