Forest Heights weather in August

In August, Forest Heights sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 76 mm of rain across 9.9 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Forest Heights's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Forest Heights's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:32 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
56%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Forest Heights is urban-type settlement in Ontario, Canada.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Forest Heights reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Forest Heights

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Forest Heights weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -10°6811.610.79.10.0
Feb-1° / -10°549.1810.20.0
Mar / -5°6310611.60.3
Apr12° / 8611.82.613.22.8
May18° / 8811.6014.55.5
Jun23° / 13°9411.4015.26.6
Jul25° / 15°8511014.96.7
Aug24° / 14°769.9013.87.0
Sep20° / 10°799.6012.36.4
Oct13° / 8011.30.410.83.6
Nov / -1°7411.24.39.50.6
Dec / -6°6511.49.38.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25545
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65446
75446
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95446
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Forest Heights gets around 76 mm of rain over 9.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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236
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435
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734
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1293124151
2293024151
3303024151
4302924151
5312924151
6312924151
7322824151
8322824151
9332824151
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:167:41
214.45:177:40
314.35:187:38
414.35:197:37
514.35:207:36
614.25:217:35
714.25:227:33
814.15:237:32
914.15:247:31
1014.15:257:29
1114.05:277:28
1214.05:287:26
1313.95:297:25
1413.95:307:23
1513.85:317:22
1613.85:327:20
1713.85:337:19
1813.75:347:17
1913.75:367:15
2013.65:377:14
2113.65:387:12
2213.55:397:11
2313.55:407:09
2413.45:417:07
2513.45:427:05
2613.35:447:04
2713.35:457:02
2813.25:467:00
2913.25:476:58
3013.15:486:57
3113.15:496:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.6Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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105.4Bright
115.4Bright
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135.3Bright
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155.2Bright
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205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Forest Heights?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Forest Heights for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Forest Heights in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Forest Heights sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Forest Heights in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Forest Heights peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 9Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Forest Heights in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Forest Heights is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1515 µg/m³Nov 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Forest Heights?

Forest Heights sits at 43.4°N, 80.5°W, 352 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Kitchener, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Forest Heights

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Forest Heights.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Forest Heights has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m.

The land around Forest Heights is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
461 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kitchener 1.0 km · Waterloo 5.0 km · Hespeler 17 km · Cambridge 18 km · Fiddlesticks 19 km · Christopher-Champlain 20 km · Guelph 26 km · Fergus 34 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Forest Heights (43.4194°, -80.5233°, elevation 352 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).