Peterhead Weather in August
Peterhead in August
The short of it: Peterhead in August averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 71 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 71 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
August in Peterhead brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 10°, with about 71 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 71 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, Peterhead runs about middling and drier than most in August. Boddam, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Peterhead, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoddamScotland | 4 km S | 18° | 10° | 71 mm |
| LongsideScotland | 9 km W | 18° | 10° | 72 mm |
| Cruden BayScotland | 11 km SSW | 18° | 10° | 73 mm |
| Port ErrollScotland | 11 km SSW | 18° | 10° | 72 mm |
| HattonScotland | 12 km SW | 18° | 10° | 76 mm |
| MintlawScotland | 13 km W | 18° | 10° | 74 mm |
| CrimondScotland | 13 km NW | 18° | 10° | 71 mm |
| StrichenScotland | 20 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 75 mm |