Climate averages 1991–2020
Burnley weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Burnley: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 10th 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 Blackburn (17 km away). In August its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Burnley, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Burnley ranks 128th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 138th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Burnley is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 89 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
Burnley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 106 | 15.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 95 | 14.1 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 88 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 77 | 13.6 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 82 | 13.6 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 95 | 14.6 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 101 | 16.1 | 16.517 h |
| August, selected | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 106 | 16.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 89 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 104 | 15.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 103 | 15.9 | 8.69 h |
| December | 6.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 118 | 15.6 | 7.58 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
- Blackburn in AugustUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Rochdale in AugustUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Halifax, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Bolton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Oldham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Preston in AugustUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Bradford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Huddersfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 82 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 Burnley) is explained once on the Burnley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.