Launceston Weather in August
Average highs run from 11°C on August 1 to 12°C on August 31, and lows from 3°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 109 mm over about 16 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 11°C
- Average low
- 3°C
- Precipitation
- 109 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 17°CAug 30, 1999
- Reanalysis low
- -3°CAug 22, 2008
- Daylight
- 9 h 56 min to 11 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 5°C
- Wind
- 14.8 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 11°C | 3°C | 13°C 2011 | -2°C 1991 | 55% |
| Aug 2 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2003 | -2°C 1997 | 56% |
| Aug 3 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2000 | -1°C 2015 | 56% |
| Aug 4 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2000 | -2°C 2015 | 56% |
| Aug 5 | 11°C | 3°C | 16°C 2011 | -1°C 2005 | 56% |
| Aug 6 | 11°C | 3°C | 13°C 1999 | 0°C 2015 | 56% |
| Aug 7 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2006 | -2°C 2020 | 55% |
| Aug 8 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 1998 | -2°C 1994 | 55% |
| Aug 9 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2017 | -1°C 1994 | 55% |
| Aug 10 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2017 | -1°C 2020 | 56% |
| Aug 11 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2006 | -2°C 2014 | 55% |
| Aug 12 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2001 | -1°C 2005 | 55% |
| Aug 13 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2009 | -1°C 1998 | 56% |
| Aug 14 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2017 | -2°C 2007 | 56% |
| Aug 15 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2001 | -1°C 2004 | 57% |
| Aug 16 | 11°C | 3°C | 13°C 2016 | -2°C 1998 | 56% |
| Aug 17 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2020 | -1°C 1991 | 55% |
| Aug 18 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 2009 | -1°C 2008 | 53% |
| Aug 19 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 2011 | -2°C 1996 | 52% |
| Aug 20 | 11°C | 3°C | 15°C 1995 | -1°C 2018 | 51% |
| Aug 21 | 11°C | 3°C | 14°C 1995 | -1°C 2013 | 51% |
| Aug 22 | 12°C | 3°C | 14°C 2015 | -3°C 2008 | 51% |
| Aug 23 | 12°C | 3°C | 14°C 2014 | -2°C 2001 | 50% |
| Aug 24 | 12°C | 3°C | 16°C 2005 | -1°C 1992 | 50% |
| Aug 25 | 12°C | 3°C | 16°C 1993 | -1°C 1992 | 49% |
| Aug 26 | 12°C | 3°C | 16°C 1993 | -2°C 1992 | 48% |
| Aug 27 | 12°C | 3°C | 15°C 1994 | -1°C 2018 | 47% |
| Aug 28 | 12°C | 3°C | 14°C 2006 | -2°C 2018 | 46% |
| Aug 29 | 12°C | 3°C | 16°C 2006 | -2°C 2018 | 45% |
| Aug 30 | 12°C | 3°C | 17°C 1999 | 0°C 2004 | 43% |
| Aug 31 | 12°C | 3°C | 16°C 1999 | -2°C 2017 | 43% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- August 1
- sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.