Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, Canada weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Peterborough, Canada: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oshawa (62 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Peterborough, Canada, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Peterborough, Canada ranks joint 24th of 86 for the warmest August highs and joint 58th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Peterborough, Canada is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 85 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
Peterborough, Canada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-12.0°C | -12.0°C | 68 | 10.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -1.9°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 53 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.5°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 62 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 87 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 82 | 10.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 10.9 | 15.515 h |
| July | 25.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 88 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 85 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 85 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 0.3°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 68 | 10.6 | 8.99 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
- Oshawa in AugustCanada · 62 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Whitby in AugustCanada · 68 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Ajax in AugustCanada · 76 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Pickering in AugustCanada · 79 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Markham in AugustCanada · 90 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Newmarket in AugustCanada · 96 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Richmond Hill in AugustCanada · 101 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Thornhill in AugustCanada · 104 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 65 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 Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, Canada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.