Climate averages 1991–2020
Central Coast weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Central Coast: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (51 km away). In August its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Central Coast, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Central Coast ranks 16th of 32 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 32 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 32 cities is 17.6°C; Central Coast is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Central Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 102 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 10.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 86 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 49 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| August, selected | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 70 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Sydney in AugustAustralia · 51 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in AugustAustralia · 67 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Maitland in AugustAustralia · 79 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in AugustAustralia · 101 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Wollongong in AugustAustralia · 119 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Canberra in AugustAustralia · 291 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in AugustAustralia · 306 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in AugustAustralia · 385 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Central Coast) is explained once on the Central Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.