Climate averages 1991–2020
Lowestoft weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Lowestoft: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwich (35 km away). In August its highs average 20.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Lowestoft, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lowestoft ranks joint 97th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 65th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Lowestoft is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 66 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
Lowestoft climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 64 | 13.1 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 53 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 48 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 13.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 48 | 8.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 16.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 10.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 18.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 59 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 19.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 64 | 10.2 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 81 | 12.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 72 | 13.6 | 7.88 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
- Norwich in AugustUnited Kingdom · 35 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Ipswich in AugustUnited Kingdom · 62 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Colchester in AugustUnited Kingdom · 87 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in AugustUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Chelmsford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 120 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Saint Peters in AugustUnited Kingdom · 125 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Southend-on-Sea in AugustUnited Kingdom · 126 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Basildon in AugustUnited Kingdom · 134 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 58 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 Lowestoft) is explained once on the Lowestoft year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.