Bowthorpe weather in August

In August, Bowthorpe sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bowthorpe's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bowthorpe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:44 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
66%
3rd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Bowthorpe is village in Norfolk, England.

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Bowthorpe reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Bowthorpe

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.

Bowthorpe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5011.80.880.8
Feb / 4110.11.29.50.9
Mar / 45110.611.51.7
Apr11° / 4310.5013.62.8
May14° / 5110.8015.54.1
Jun17° / 12°6311.4016.55.2
Jul20° / 14°6612.2016.15.9
Aug20° / 14°6711.6014.55.9
Sep17° / 12°5810.4012.45.4
Oct14° / 6411.9010.33.8
Nov10° / 58120.28.52.1
Dec / 5311.50.67.51.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bowthorpe gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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2414216
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:19 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:197:43
215.44:217:42
315.34:227:40
415.24:247:38
515.24:257:36
615.14:277:35
715.14:297:33
815.04:307:31
914.94:327:29
1014.94:347:27
1114.84:357:25
1214.84:377:23
1314.74:397:21
1414.64:407:19
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1614.54:447:15
1714.44:467:13
1814.44:477:10
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2014.34:517:06
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2414.04:586:57
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2613.95:016:52
2713.85:036:50
2813.75:046:48
2913.75:066:45
3013.65:086:43
3113.55:106:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.0Bright
314.0Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bowthorpe?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bowthorpe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bowthorpe in August

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

In August, Bowthorpe sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bowthorpe in August

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
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Jun13Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Bowthorpe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bowthorpe peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Bowthorpe?

Bowthorpe sits at 52.6°N, 1.2°E, 26 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Norwich, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Bowthorpe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bowthorpe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m.

The land around Bowthorpe is covered by trees (37%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), trees (24%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

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150 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Norwich 6.0 km · East Dereham 20 km · Great Yarmouth 35 km · Thetford 40 km · Lowestoft 40 km · Stowmarket 52 km · Bury St Edmunds 56 km · King's Lynn 57 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 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 Bowthorpe (52.6388°, 1.2188°, elevation 26 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).