Prescot Weather in August
Prescot in August
The short of it: Prescot in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 12° · rain 83 mm · daylight 14 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Prescot an average August high of 20°, a low of 12° and some 83 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 47 min in mid-August, 104 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 May and July.
Against its neighbours, Prescot runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Huyton, 3 km to the SW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Prescot, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuytonEngland | 3 km SW | 20° | 13° | 76 mm |
| St HelensEngland | 5 km ENE | 20° | 12° | 84 mm |
| KirkbyEngland | 8 km NW | 20° | 12° | 80 mm |
| WidnesEngland | 9 km SSE | 21° | 13° | 76 mm |
| RuncornEngland | 11 km SSE | 21° | 13° | 76 mm |
| Great SankeyEngland | 11 km ESE | 20° | 13° | 79 mm |
| LiverpoolEngland | 12 km W | 20° | 13° | 72 mm |
| SkelmersdaleEngland | 14 km N | 20° | 12° | 95 mm |