Climate averages 1991–2020
High Peak weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in High Peak: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In August its highs average 18.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than High Peak, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks 134th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 131st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; High Peak is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 75 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
High Peak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 80 | 14.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 15.1 | 16.516 h |
| August, selected | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 86 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 88 | 14.3 | 7.68 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
- Stockport in AugustUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Sheffield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Oldham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Manchester in AugustUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Chesterfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Barnsley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Huddersfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Salford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.9°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 High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.