Climate averages 1991–2020
Markham weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Markham: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pickering (11 km away). In August its highs average 24.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Markham, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Markham ranks joint 16th of 86 for the warmest August highs and joint 25th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Markham is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 81 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
Markham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 81 | 11.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | -0.9°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 59 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 68 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 92 | 11.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 77 | 10.2 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 68 | 9.6 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 67 | 8.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 81 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 91 | 11.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 88 | 11.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 1.5°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 81 | 12.1 | 9.09 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
- Pickering in AugustCanada · 11 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Richmond Hill in AugustCanada · 14 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Thornhill in AugustCanada · 14 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Ajax in AugustCanada · 19 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Vaughan in AugustCanada · 19 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Toronto in AugustCanada · 21 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Newmarket in AugustCanada · 26 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Whitby in AugustCanada · 27 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 85 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 Markham) is explained once on the Markham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.