Barnstaple climate

Barnstaple Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 20°C on August 1 to 18°C on August 31, and lows from 13°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 mm over about 16 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Barnstaple, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CAug 1, 1995
Reanalysis low
8°CAug 21, 2014
Daylight
15 h 21 min to 13 h 36 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
17.3 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 120°C13°C27°C 199510°C 201550%
Aug 220°C13°C25°C 199511°C 199652%
Aug 320°C13°C26°C 199510°C 199652%
Aug 420°C13°C26°C 200310°C 202052%
Aug 520°C13°C26°C 200311°C 199851%
Aug 620°C13°C23°C 199511°C 199351%
Aug 720°C13°C25°C 202011°C 200751%
Aug 820°C13°C26°C 20039°C 200552%
Aug 920°C13°C25°C 200310°C 200751%
Aug 1020°C13°C25°C 199510°C 200152%
Aug 1119°C13°C26°C 199510°C 201752%
Aug 1219°C13°C27°C 202010°C 199352%
Aug 1319°C13°C24°C 20209°C 199353%
Aug 1419°C13°C22°C 19978°C 199453%
Aug 1519°C13°C24°C 19959°C 200853%
Aug 1619°C13°C24°C 199510°C 201554%
Aug 1719°C13°C24°C 19958°C 199356%
Aug 1819°C13°C25°C 19959°C 199156%
Aug 1919°C13°C26°C 19959°C 201456%
Aug 2019°C13°C27°C 19958°C 201455%
Aug 2119°C12°C27°C 19958°C 201455%
Aug 2219°C12°C25°C 199510°C 201453%
Aug 2319°C12°C23°C 20169°C 199352%
Aug 2419°C12°C24°C 20198°C 199352%
Aug 2519°C12°C22°C 20019°C 199350%
Aug 2619°C12°C23°C 199110°C 199349%
Aug 2719°C12°C23°C 20178°C 199349%
Aug 2819°C12°C22°C 19919°C 199847%
Aug 2919°C12°C22°C 20089°C 199246%
Aug 3019°C12°C23°C 20058°C 201045%
Aug 3118°C12°C23°C 19918°C 201044%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Barnstaple, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

August 1
sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 9:03 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 8:04 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.