Ballarat climate

Ballarat Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ballarat, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 11°C on August 1 to 13°C on August 31, and lows from 3°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ballarat, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
20°CAug 27, 2007
Reanalysis low
-2°CAug 29, 2018
Daylight
10 h 13 min to 11 h 15 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
16.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 111°C3°C16°C 20110°C 200445%
Aug 211°C3°C17°C 2011-1°C 201445%
Aug 311°C3°C19°C 2011-2°C 201445%
Aug 411°C3°C17°C 2011-2°C 201546%
Aug 511°C3°C15°C 2000-2°C 199347%
Aug 611°C3°C14°C 20000°C 199346%
Aug 711°C3°C15°C 2006-1°C 199846%
Aug 811°C3°C16°C 2000-1°C 200945%
Aug 911°C3°C15°C 1993-1°C 199246%
Aug 1011°C3°C16°C 2002-2°C 200347%
Aug 1111°C3°C15°C 20011°C 199546%
Aug 1211°C3°C15°C 2001-1°C 199546%
Aug 1311°C3°C16°C 20060°C 199545%
Aug 1411°C3°C17°C 20170°C 200346%
Aug 1511°C3°C17°C 2001-1°C 199645%
Aug 1611°C3°C15°C 1997-1°C 200344%
Aug 1711°C3°C16°C 19950°C 201043%
Aug 1811°C3°C18°C 20160°C 199142%
Aug 1912°C3°C16°C 19950°C 201741%
Aug 2012°C3°C18°C 1995-2°C 200340%
Aug 2112°C3°C16°C 2006-2°C 199440%
Aug 2212°C3°C16°C 20120°C 199739%
Aug 2312°C3°C16°C 1993-1°C 200239%
Aug 2412°C3°C17°C 19990°C 199239%
Aug 2512°C3°C18°C 20040°C 200238%
Aug 2612°C3°C19°C 20070°C 200238%
Aug 2713°C4°C20°C 20070°C 201739%
Aug 2813°C4°C18°C 2014-1°C 201739%
Aug 2913°C4°C19°C 2005-2°C 201838%
Aug 3013°C4°C19°C 2007-1°C 201939%
Aug 3113°C4°C20°C 1999-1°C 201739%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ballarat, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

August 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:03 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.