Longside Weather in August
Longside in August
The short of it: Longside in August averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 72 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Longside an average August high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-August, 128 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Longside runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Mintlaw, 4 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Longside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MintlawScotland | 4 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 74 mm |
| PeterheadScotland | 9 km E | 18° | 10° | 71 mm |
| BoddamScotland | 11 km ESE | 18° | 10° | 71 mm |
| StrichenScotland | 12 km NW | 18° | 10° | 75 mm |
| Cruden BayScotland | 12 km SSE | 18° | 10° | 73 mm |
| Port ErrollScotland | 13 km SSE | 18° | 10° | 72 mm |
| New PitsligoScotland | 17 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 76 mm |
| EllonScotland | 19 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 72 mm |