August
August · July · June
Canada · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in Akenside: typically 23.2°C by day, 9.8°C at night, with 56 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · July · June
August · July · June
September · August · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 80 — days reach only -6°C, 30° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6°C | -17.2°C | 31 mm | 6.3 | 7 h 59 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -2.8°C | -15°C | 17 mm | 3.8 | 9 h 42 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 1.8°C | -9.7°C | 21 mm | 3.8 | 11 h 40 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 10.9°C | -2.1°C | 28 mm | 5.1 | 13 h 55 | 24 | Strong coverage |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.2°C | 52 mm | 7.2 | 15 h 52 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| June | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 85 mm | 11.6 | 17 h 01 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| July | 24°C | 11°C | 107 mm | 11.8 | 16 h 34 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| August | 23.2°C | 9.8°C | 56 mm | 8.7 | 14 h 49 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| September | 18.5°C | 4.8°C | 32 mm | 6.5 | 12 h 36 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| October | 10.5°C | -1.4°C | 23 mm | 5.4 | 10 h 27 | 24 | Strong coverage |
| November | 0.8°C | -9.1°C | 29 mm | 6.4 | 8 h 30 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -5.2°C | -16°C | 26 mm | 5.7 | 7 h 29 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
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.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C27 Jan 2016 | -45.0°C21 Jan 1982 | 33 mm4 Jan 1994 | 138 mm1994 · driest 0 mm in 2014 | 64 |
| February | 15.0°C26 Feb 1988 | -47.5°C5 Feb 2019 | 32 mm2 Feb 2018 | 52 mm1979 · driest 0 mm in 1977 | 62 |
| March | 20.0°C4 Mar 2017 | -45.6°C1 Mar 1962 | 21 mm6 Mar 2006 | 96 mm2006 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 64 |
| April | 31.1°C26 Apr 1977 | -28.0°C3 Apr 1982 | 37 mm6 Apr 1991 | 92 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 2009 | 61 |
| May | 34.0°C16 May 2018 | -9.5°C20 May 1987 | 48 mm13 May 1991 | 125 mm1977 · driest 1 mm in 2011 | 61 |
| June | 40.0°C30 Jun 2021 | -3.3°C12 Jun 1969 | 78 mm26 Jun 1965 | 165 mm1965 · driest 4 mm in 1969 | 63 |
| July | 38.0°C10 Jul 2021 | 0.5°C28 Jul 2004 | 82 mm8 Jul 2009 | 292 mm2009 · driest 17 mm in 1991 | 62 |
| August | 36.0°C15 Aug 2021 | -2.0°C15 Aug 2009 | 68 mm1 Aug 2009 | 156 mm1966 · driest 4 mm in 1961 | 62 |
| September | 34.5°C25 Sep 2011 | -10.0°C30 Sep 1974 | 77 mm13 Sep 1958 | 154 mm1958 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 61 |
| October | 31.0°C2 Oct 2015 | -24.5°C31 Oct 1984 | 23 mm16 Oct 1991 | 66 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2010 | 61 |
| November | 19.0°C23 Nov 2005 | -38.5°C28 Nov 2006 | 29 mm27 Nov 2014 | 142 mm1996 · driest 0 mm in 1982 | 63 |
| December | 12.5°C28 Dec 1999 | -44.0°C22 Dec 2022 | 23 mm8 Dec 1976 | 59 mm1992 · driest 1 mm in 2016 | 62 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 6 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 4 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 3 |
| April | <1 | 0 | 19 | <1 | 1 |
| May | 4 | <1 | 6 | 2 | <1 |
| June | 6 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 12 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 4 | <1 | 4 | <1 | <1 |
| October | <1 | 0 | 17 | <1 | 1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 25 | <1 | 5 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 6 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was July (scoring 83); on 2011–2025 it is August (90). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 17% | 1% | 16% | -14.1–-1.7°C |
| February | 0% | 13% | 1% | 10% | -10.7–1.1°C |
| March | <1% | 10% | 1% | 5% | -3.7–5.9°C |
| April | 7% | 14% | 2% | 12% | 7.2–14.1°C |
| May | 35% | 22% | 4% | 25% | 15.8–20.9°C |
| June | 49% | 35% | 9% | 48% | 19.9–23.7°C |
| July | 59% | 34% | 10% | 43% | 21.9–25.9°C |
| August | 57% | 29% | 5% | 35% | 19.9–25.4°C |
| September | 33% | 22% | 3% | 22% | 13.9–21.4°C |
| October | 7% | 15% | 2% | 9% | 7.3–13.4°C |
| November | 0% | 16% | 1% | 14% | -5.0–4.9°C |
| December | 0% | 16% | 2% | 12% | -12.4–-0.2°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.
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