Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincoln, United Kingdom weather
in August.
A mild, moderately 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 Lincoln, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Scunthorpe (40 km away). In August its highs average 20.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lincoln, United Kingdom, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lincoln, United Kingdom ranks joint 36th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 96th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Lincoln, United Kingdom is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 58 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
Lincoln, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 11.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 45 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 70 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 16.416 h |
| August, selected | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 58 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 61 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 7.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 54 | 10.8 | 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
- Scunthorpe in AugustUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Mansfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Grimsby in AugustUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Nottingham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Doncaster in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Chesterfield in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Rotherham in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Kingston upon Hull in AugustUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 67 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 Lincoln) is explained once on the Lincoln, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.