Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 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 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is South Shields (12 km away). In August its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Newcastle upon Tyne, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks joint 124th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 90th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Newcastle upon Tyne is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 52 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
Newcastle upon Tyne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 53 | 12.2 | 7.98 h |
| February | 6.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 46 | 11.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 8.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 43 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 51 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| May | 13.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 48 | 11.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 16.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 60 | 11.5 | 17.317 h |
| July | 18.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 12.0 | 16.817 h |
| August, selected | 18.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 68 | 12.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 58 | 11.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 62 | 12.5 | 8.58 h |
| December | 6.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 59 | 12.4 | 7.37 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
- South Shields in AugustUnited Kingdom · 12 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Sunderland in AugustUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Hartlepool in AugustUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Stockton-on-Tees in AugustUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Darlington in AugustUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Middlesbrough in AugustUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Carlisle in AugustUnited Kingdom · 85 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Harrogate in AugustUnited Kingdom · 109 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 71 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 Newcastle upon Tyne) is explained once on the Newcastle upon Tyne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sunderland and South Shields lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.