August
August · June · September
78climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Kensington.
August leads for comfortable weather in Kensington: typically 27.1°C by day, 15°C at night, with 93 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortAugust
Typical high27.1°C
Typical low15°C
Rain in August93 mm
July
July · August · June
64climate match
May
May · September · June
74climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 78 — days reach only 1.2°C, 23° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
51.2° / -8.5°
Feb
53° / -7.6°
Mar
57.2° / -3.5°
Apr
2614° / 1.7°
May
5619.6° / 7.2°
Jun
7624.8° / 12.4°
Jul
7227.8° / 15.7°
Aug
7827.1° / 15°
Sep
7622.9° / 11.1°
Oct
3816.2° / 4.9°
Nov
109.8° / -0.3°
Dec
54° / -5.4°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C | -8.5°C | 91 mm | 8.9 | 5.6°C | 9 h 20 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 3°C | -7.6°C | 90 mm | 7.5 | 4.2°C | 10 h 27 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 7.2°C | -3.5°C | 123 mm | 9.3 | 3.8°C | 11 h 47 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 14°C | 1.7°C | 115 mm | 9.8 | 5.6°C | 13 h 20 | 26 | Strong coverage |
| May | 19.6°C | 7.2°C | 104 mm | 9.9 | 9.4°C | 14 h 37 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| June | 24.8°C | 12.4°C | 111 mm | 9.4 | 14.0°C | 15 h 20 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.7°C | 101 mm | 8.7 | 17.5°C | 15 h 03 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| August | 27.1°C | 15°C | 93 mm | 7.5 | 18.3°C | 13 h 56 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| September | 22.9°C | 11.1°C | 102 mm | 7.5 | 16.6°C | 12 h 26 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| October | 16.2°C | 4.9°C | 127 mm | 9 | 13.1°C | 10 h 58 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| November | 9.8°C | -0.3°C | 104 mm | 9.2 | 9.7°C | 9 h 40 | 10 | Strong coverage |
| December | 4°C | -5.4°C | 120 mm | 9.5 | 7.5°C | 9 h 02 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Kensington runs -0.1°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+0.6
Feb
+0.2
Mar
-0.6
Apr
0.0
May
-1.1
Jun
-0.7
Jul
-0.1
Aug
-0.3
Sep
+0.6
Oct
+0.4
Nov
-0.5
Dec
+0.2
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7°C6 Jan 2007 | -32.2°C22 Jan 1984 | 65 mm10 Jan 2024 | 296 mm1979 · driest 13 mm in 1980 | 52 |
| February | 23.9°C22 Feb 2018 | -26.1°C11 Feb 1983 | 100 mm25 Feb 1981 | 231 mm1981 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 52 |
| March | 31.7°C31 Mar 1998 | -21.1°C4 Mar 1982 | 118 mm14 Mar 2010 | 430 mm2010 · driest 19 mm in 2006 | 52 |
| April | 34.4°C17 Apr 2002 | -10.6°C12 Apr 1976 | 105 mm16 Apr 2007 | 269 mm2007 · driest 14 mm in 1999 | 49 |
| May | 35.0°C20 May 2026 | -9.4°C9 May 1985 | 135 mm14 May 2006 | 454 mm2006 · driest 19 mm in 1993 | 51 |
| June | 36.1°C30 Jun 2021 | 0.6°C9 Jun 1983 | 148 mm13 Jun 1998 | 345 mm1998 · driest 14 mm in 1976 | 50 |
| July | 38.9°C22 Jul 2011 | 3.3°C2 Jul 1978 | 106 mm11 Jul 2006 | 292 mm2021 · driest 15 mm in 1974 | 50 |
| August | 40.0°C2 Aug 1975 | 0.6°C30 Aug 1982 | 155 mm19 Aug 1991 | 279 mm1991 · driest 3 mm in 1996 | 53 |
| September | 35.6°C8 Sep 2007 | -5.0°C30 Sep 1978 | 121 mm7 Sep 2008 | 280 mm2008 · driest 4 mm in 1978 | 53 |
| October | 30.6°C29 Oct 2015 | -8.3°C28 Oct 1976 | 214 mm21 Oct 1996 | 402 mm1996 · driest 9 mm in 1994 | 53 |
| November | 25.6°C5 Nov 1994 | -21.1°C24 Nov 1989 | 100 mm15 Nov 1995 | 354 mm1983 · driest 19 mm in 2012 | 53 |
| December | 23.9°C7 Dec 1998 | -27.2°C24 Dec 1989 | 88 mm3 Dec 1986 | 229 mm1986 · driest 29 mm in 1980 | 52 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
| April | 2 | <1 | 12 | 4 | <1 |
| May | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 25 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 10 | 2 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 28% | 11% | 32% | -1.7–3.6°C |
| February | <1% | 26% | 11% | 29% | 0.2–5.4°C |
| March | 3% | 30% | 12% | 39% | 5.1–9.9°C |
| April | 12% | 33% | 12% | 44% | 11.9–15.9°C |
| May | 37% | 31% | 11% | 38% | 17.9–21.6°C |
| June | 62% | 32% | 10% | 40% | 23.0–26.8°C |
| July | 71% | 29% | 11% | 32% | 26.0–29.5°C |
| August | 74% | 26% | 9% | 27% | 25.7–28.4°C |
| September | 58% | 24% | 10% | 27% | 21.7–24.2°C |
| October | 19% | 28% | 10% | 30% | 14.8–18.1°C |
| November | 3% | 30% | 11% | 36% | 7.6–12.5°C |
| December | <1% | 30% | 13% | 36% | 1.5–7.0°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5088311
- NOAA station
- USC00273626 · GREENLAND
- Station distance
- 14.2 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 29 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 42.93°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Sea temperature
- NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 27 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.