Climate averages 1991–2020
Harrogate weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Harrogate: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeds (22 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Harrogate, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Harrogate ranks joint 118th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 101st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Harrogate is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 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
Harrogate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.8 | 8.08 h |
| February | 6.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 55 | 11.6 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 57 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.8 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 70 | 12.1 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 65 | 12.1 | 16.617 h |
| August, selected | 18.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 71 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 64 | 12.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | 6.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 69 | 12.4 | 7.57 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
- Leeds in AugustUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Bradford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 82 mm rain
- York in AugustUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Wakefield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Halifax, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 37 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Huddersfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Barnsley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Burnley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 106 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 Harrogate) is explained once on the Harrogate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.