Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamloops weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kamloops: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelowna (105 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kamloops, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kamloops ranks 2nd of 86 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Kamloops is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kamloops climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 41 | 10.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 25 | 7.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 43 | 9.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 9.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 34 | 6.1 | 16.016 h |
| August, selected | 27.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 21.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 35 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 45 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 56 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | -0.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 47 | 11.3 | 8.18 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kelowna in AugustCanada · 105 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Chilliwack in AugustCanada · 204 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Abbotsford in AugustCanada · 226 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in AugustCanada · 229 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Coquitlam in AugustCanada · 234 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Langley in AugustCanada · 242 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Burnaby in AugustCanada · 244 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- New Westminster in AugustCanada · 246 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 73 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 Kamloops) is explained once on the Kamloops year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.