Musselburgh climate

Musselburgh Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 18°C on August 1 to 17°C on August 31, and lows from 11°C to 10°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 Musselburgh, 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
17°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CAug 20, 1995
Reanalysis low
6°CAug 23, 1993
Daylight
16 h 03 min to 13 h 54 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
11°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 118°C11°C24°C 19958°C 201554%
Aug 218°C11°C23°C 19958°C 201554%
Aug 318°C11°C21°C 20048°C 202054%
Aug 418°C11°C23°C 20039°C 199754%
Aug 518°C11°C24°C 20039°C 200154%
Aug 618°C11°C24°C 20038°C 201754%
Aug 718°C11°C22°C 20037°C 201553%
Aug 818°C11°C23°C 19978°C 200752%
Aug 918°C11°C25°C 20037°C 200152%
Aug 1018°C11°C23°C 19957°C 201652%
Aug 1118°C11°C24°C 19957°C 199353%
Aug 1218°C11°C25°C 19977°C 199354%
Aug 1318°C11°C23°C 19977°C 199453%
Aug 1418°C11°C21°C 19976°C 199254%
Aug 1518°C11°C22°C 19958°C 199455%
Aug 1618°C11°C24°C 19958°C 201558%
Aug 1718°C11°C23°C 19957°C 199358%
Aug 1817°C11°C25°C 19957°C 199257%
Aug 1917°C11°C24°C 19957°C 201457%
Aug 2017°C11°C26°C 19956°C 201455%
Aug 2117°C11°C26°C 19957°C 200456%
Aug 2217°C11°C23°C 19956°C 201454%
Aug 2317°C10°C20°C 20136°C 199354%
Aug 2417°C10°C21°C 20196°C 201453%
Aug 2517°C10°C24°C 20196°C 201452%
Aug 2617°C10°C21°C 20137°C 199350%
Aug 2717°C10°C21°C 20196°C 199850%
Aug 2817°C10°C20°C 19918°C 199248%
Aug 2917°C10°C21°C 19917°C 199246%
Aug 3017°C10°C23°C 19916°C 202046%
Aug 3117°C10°C21°C 20057°C 201845%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 5:16 AM, sunset 9:19 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 8:09 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.