Skien climate

Skien Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 21°C on August 1 to 17°C on August 31, and lows from 13°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 109 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 Skien, 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
12°C
Precipitation
109 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CAug 10, 2004
Reanalysis low
6°CAug 28, 1993
Daylight
16 h 40 min to 14 h 10 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
8.6 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 121°C13°C27°C 20048°C 199243%
Aug 221°C13°C28°C 19958°C 199342%
Aug 321°C13°C27°C 19958°C 201544%
Aug 421°C13°C24°C 20199°C 200744%
Aug 520°C13°C27°C 200610°C 199344%
Aug 620°C13°C27°C 199710°C 200544%
Aug 720°C13°C27°C 20038°C 200544%
Aug 820°C13°C25°C 20038°C 200043%
Aug 920°C13°C27°C 20048°C 200044%
Aug 1020°C13°C28°C 20049°C 201643%
Aug 1120°C13°C27°C 20037°C 201642%
Aug 1220°C13°C27°C 20048°C 201642%
Aug 1320°C13°C27°C 19979°C 199342%
Aug 1420°C12°C25°C 20026°C 199342%
Aug 1520°C12°C25°C 19968°C 201943%
Aug 1620°C12°C26°C 199510°C 199842%
Aug 1720°C12°C26°C 19979°C 200543%
Aug 1819°C12°C27°C 19957°C 199344%
Aug 1919°C12°C25°C 19978°C 199844%
Aug 2019°C12°C25°C 19978°C 201344%
Aug 2119°C12°C24°C 19978°C 199345%
Aug 2219°C12°C24°C 19957°C 199346%
Aug 2319°C12°C24°C 20027°C 200446%
Aug 2419°C11°C24°C 20078°C 199346%
Aug 2518°C11°C22°C 20167°C 199246%
Aug 2618°C11°C23°C 20026°C 199847%
Aug 2718°C11°C23°C 20197°C 199346%
Aug 2818°C11°C22°C 20026°C 199345%
Aug 2918°C11°C21°C 19996°C 200744%
Aug 3018°C10°C22°C 19916°C 199244%
Aug 3117°C10°C21°C 19917°C 199545%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 5:07 AM, sunset 9:47 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 8:26 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.