Climate averages 1991–2020
Shrewsbury weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Shrewsbury: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telford (21 km away). In August its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Shrewsbury, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Shrewsbury ranks joint 89th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 19.7°C; Shrewsbury is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 53 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
Shrewsbury climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 12.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 47 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 11.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 60 | 11.6 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 11.1 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 58 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 63 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 62 | 12.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 63 | 12.2 | 7.78 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
- Telford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Stafford in AugustUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in AugustUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Crewe in AugustUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Cannock in AugustUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Stoke-on-Trent in AugustUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Dudley in AugustUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Walsall in AugustUnited Kingdom · 54 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 62 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 Shrewsbury) is explained once on the Shrewsbury year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.