Kettering Weather in August
Kettering in August
The short of it: Kettering in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 40 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 12° · rain 68 mm · daylight 14 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Kettering an average August high of 22°, a low of 12° and some 68 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 68 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kettering runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Wellingborough, 11 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Kettering, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WellingboroughEngland | 11 km SSE | 22° | 12° | 65 mm |
| CorbyEngland | 11 km NNE | 22° | 12° | 71 mm |
| RushdenEngland | 15 km SE | 22° | 12° | 66 mm |
| NorthamptonEngland | 20 km SSW | 22° | 12° | 67 mm |
| Wigston MagnaEngland | 32 km NW | 22° | 12° | 65 mm |
| BedfordEngland | 34 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| RugbyEngland | 37 km W | 22° | 12° | 66 mm |
| Saint NeotsEngland | 37 km ESE | 22° | 12° | 60 mm |