Masterton climate

Masterton Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Masterton, 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 12°C on August 31, and lows from 5°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 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 Masterton, in °C, with the record for each date.-505101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
11°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
16°CAug 30, 2009
Reanalysis low
-1°CAug 23, 1995
Daylight
9 h 58 min to 11 h 08 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
6°C
Wind
20.5 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°C5°C14°C 20140°C 199546%
Aug 211°C5°C15°C 20141°C 199948%
Aug 311°C5°C13°C 20141°C 199848%
Aug 411°C5°C14°C 20020°C 199848%
Aug 511°C5°C14°C 20200°C 199349%
Aug 611°C5°C14°C 20181°C 199250%
Aug 711°C5°C14°C 20182°C 199251%
Aug 811°C5°C14°C 20011°C 199653%
Aug 911°C5°C15°C 20130°C 201454%
Aug 1011°C5°C13°C 20200°C 201454%
Aug 1111°C5°C15°C 19980°C 200854%
Aug 1211°C5°C14°C 20020°C 199454%
Aug 1311°C5°C14°C 20021°C 201554%
Aug 1411°C5°C15°C 20091°C 199654%
Aug 1511°C5°C15°C 20090°C 201155%
Aug 1611°C5°C14°C 19911°C 201153%
Aug 1711°C5°C14°C 2000-1°C 199352%
Aug 1811°C5°C13°C 20090°C 199152%
Aug 1911°C5°C14°C 20050°C 199352%
Aug 2011°C5°C14°C 20200°C 199351%
Aug 2111°C5°C14°C 20010°C 200851%
Aug 2211°C5°C14°C 20051°C 199649%
Aug 2311°C5°C15°C 2005-1°C 199547%
Aug 2411°C5°C15°C 2009-1°C 200645%
Aug 2511°C5°C14°C 20130°C 200043%
Aug 2612°C5°C14°C 20101°C 201843%
Aug 2712°C5°C15°C 20001°C 201542%
Aug 2812°C5°C16°C 20170°C 199542%
Aug 2912°C5°C15°C 20051°C 199242%
Aug 3012°C5°C16°C 20091°C 199641%
Aug 3112°C5°C14°C 20190°C 199641%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).

August 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 5:52 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.