Climate averages 1991–2020
Crewe weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Crewe: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stoke-on-Trent (20 km away). In August its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Crewe, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Crewe ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 71st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Crewe is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 59 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
Crewe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 11.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 53 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 12.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 59 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 19.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.4 | 16.416 h |
| August, selected | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.1 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 59 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 67 | 12.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 64 | 12.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 66 | 12.6 | 7.78 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
- Stoke-on-Trent in AugustUnited Kingdom · 20 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Chester in AugustUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Warrington in AugustUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Stafford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Stockport in AugustUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 89 mm rain
- St Helens in AugustUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Salford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Manchester in AugustUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 89 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 Crewe) is explained once on the Crewe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.