Heysham weather in August

In August, Heysham sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 127 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Heysham's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Heysham's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:56 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
69%
5th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Heysham is town in Lancashire, England, UK.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical August day in Heysham reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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51815
61815
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How August really feels in Heysham

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.

Heysham weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13117.70.87.70.6
Feb / 10515.10.99.40.6
Mar / 9314.80.711.51.1
Apr10° / 7412.80.113.72.1
May13° / 7912.6015.73.3
Jun15° / 12°8914.1016.84.2
Jul17° / 14°10416.3016.34.7
Aug17° / 14°12717.8014.64.5
Sep16° / 12°12114.9012.54.1
Oct13° / 10°15317.7010.22.9
Nov10° / 15618.80.18.31.7
Dec / 15918.20.67.20.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33664
43565
53565
63664
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Heysham gets around 127 mm of rain over 17.8 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 57% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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656
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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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
149419
250419
351409
4513910
5513910
6523810
7533710
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10533710
11543610
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2057358
2158357
2259347
2360346
2461336
2563325
2663325
2765314
2865314
2966304
3068293
3168293

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:30 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 7:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.64:308:06
215.54:318:04
315.54:338:02
415.44:358:00
515.44:367:58
615.34:387:56
715.24:407:54
815.24:427:52
915.14:447:50
1015.04:457:48
1115.04:477:46
1214.94:497:44
1314.94:517:42
1414.84:537:40
1514.74:547:37
1614.74:567:35
1714.64:587:33
1814.55:007:31
1914.45:027:28
2014.45:037:26
2114.35:057:24
2214.25:077:21
2314.25:097:19
2414.15:117:17
2514.05:137:14
2614.05:147:12
2713.95:167:09
2813.85:187:07
2913.75:207:05
3013.75:227:02
3113.65:247:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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154.1Bright
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174.0Bright
184.0Bright
194.0Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.7Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Heysham?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Heysham for sightseeing.

What to pack for Heysham in August

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

In August, Heysham sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Heysham 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 offshore 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
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Heysham 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 Heysham peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Heysham?

Heysham sits at 54.0°N, 2.9°W, 31 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Morecambe, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Heysham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Heysham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m.

The land around Heysham is covered by water (39%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, water (52%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
467 m
80 km
957 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Morecambe 3.0 km · Lancaster 6.0 km · Fleetwood 15 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 21 km · Barrow in Furness 23 km · Fylde 23 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 24 km · Blackpool 27 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 Heysham (54.0437°, -2.8932°, elevation 31 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).