Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Prince George: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In August its highs average 21.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Prince George, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks joint 70th of 86 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Prince George is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 54 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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August, selected | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 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
- Grande Prairie in AugustCanada · 290 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Kamloops in AugustCanada · 397 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kelowna in AugustCanada · 501 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 25 mm rain
- North Vancouver in AugustCanada · 512 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Coquitlam in AugustCanada · 515 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Burnaby in AugustCanada · 517 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Vancouver in AugustCanada · 520 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in AugustCanada · 522 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 107 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.