Newark on Trent weather in August

In August, Newark on Trent sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Newark on Trent's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newark on Trent's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 4:51 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 1st clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Newark on Trent is market town in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Newark on Trent reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

How August really feels in Newark on Trent

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Newark on Trent weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 2°	48	11.3	1.1	7.9	0.8
Feb	8° / 2°	38	9.5	1.4	9.5	1.2
Mar	10° / 3°	44	10.2	0.9	11.5	2.2
Apr	13° / 5°	51	11.1	0.2	13.6	3.4
May	16° / 8°	53	10.8	0	15.5	4.7
Jun	19° / 11°	64	11.3	0	16.6	5.6
Jul	21° / 13°	63	10.9	0	16.2	6.2
Aug	21° / 13°	65	11	0	14.5	6.1
Sep	18° / 10°	54	9.4	0	12.4	5.7
Oct	14° / 8°	60	10.9	0	10.3	3.9
Nov	10° / 5°	56	11	0.2	8.4	2.1
Dec	7° / 3°	53	11.1	1.1	7.4	1.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	29	30	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	71	70	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Newark on Trent gets around 65 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	32
31	31

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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75
Comfortable (%)	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	22
Humid (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	33	9
2	59	32	9
3	59	32	9
4	59	32	9
5	59	32	9
6	59	32	9
7	60	31	9
8	60	31	9
9	60	31	9
10	60	31	9
11	61	30	9
12	61	30	9
13	61	30	9
14	61	30	9
15	62	30	8
16	63	29	8
17	63	29	8
18	63	29	8
19	65	28	7
20	66	27	7
21	67	27	6
22	68	26	6
23	69	25	6
24	70	25	5
25	71	24	5
26	72	24	4
27	73	23	4
28	73	23	4
29	74	23	3
30	75	22	3
31	75	22	3

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
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15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
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25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 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 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:25 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 6:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	4:25	4:27	4:29	4:30	4:32	4:34	4:35	4:37	4:39	4:40	4:42	4:44	4:46	4:47	4:49	4:51	4:52	4:54	4:56	4:58	4:59	5:01	5:03	5:05	5:06	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:17
Sunset (PM)	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:54	6:52	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.5	4:25	7:53
2	15.4	4:27	7:52
3	15.4	4:29	7:50
4	15.3	4:30	7:48
5	15.2	4:32	7:46
6	15.2	4:34	7:44
7	15.1	4:35	7:42
8	15.1	4:37	7:40
9	15.0	4:39	7:38
10	14.9	4:40	7:36
11	14.9	4:42	7:34
12	14.8	4:44	7:32
13	14.7	4:46	7:30
14	14.7	4:47	7:28
15	14.6	4:49	7:26
16	14.6	4:51	7:24
17	14.5	4:52	7:22
18	14.4	4:54	7:20
19	14.4	4:56	7:17
20	14.3	4:58	7:15
21	14.2	4:59	7:13
22	14.2	5:01	7:11
23	14.1	5:03	7:08
24	14.0	5:05	7:06
25	14.0	5:06	7:04
26	13.9	5:08	7:01
27	13.8	5:10	6:59
28	13.8	5:12	6:57
29	13.7	5:14	6:54
30	13.6	5:15	6:52
31	13.5	5:17	6:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.58 kWh/m² to a high of 4.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Newark on Trent?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Newark on Trent for sightseeing.

What to pack for Newark on Trent in August

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

In August, Newark on Trent sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Newark on Trent 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 Newark on Trent peaks around August 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	3	6	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Newark on Trent?

Newark on Trent sits at 53.1°N, 0.8°W, 16 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Grantham, 21 km away.

Topography around Newark on Trent

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Newark on Trent has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Newark on Trent is covered by cropland (31%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

44 m

cropland 31%

16 km

162 m

cropland 60%

80 km

695 m

cropland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Newark on Trent year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Grantham 21 km · Arnold 22 km · Nottingham 26 km · West Bridgford 26 km · Lincoln 26 km · Hucknall 26 km · Mansfield 27 km · Basford 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

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 Newark on Trent (53.0667°, -0.8167°, elevation 16 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	33	9
2	59	32	9
3	59	32	9
4	59	32	9
5	59	32	9
6	59	32	9
7	60	31	9
8	60	31	9
9	60	31	9
10	60	31	9
11	61	30	9
12	61	30	9
13	61	30	9
14	61	30	9
15	62	30	8
16	63	29	8
17	63	29	8
18	63	29	8
19	65	28	7
20	66	27	7
21	67	27	6
22	68	26	6
23	69	25	6
24	70	25	5
25	71	24	5
26	72	24	4
27	73	23	4
28	73	23	4
29	74	23	3
30	75	22	3
31	75	22	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	33	9
2	59	32	9
3	59	32	9
4	59	32	9
5	59	32	9
6	59	32	9
7	60	31	9
8	60	31	9
9	60	31	9
10	60	31	9
11	61	30	9
12	61	30	9
13	61	30	9
14	61	30	9
15	62	30	8
16	63	29	8
17	63	29	8
18	63	29	8
19	65	28	7
20	66	27	7
21	67	27	6
22	68	26	6
23	69	25	6
24	70	25	5
25	71	24	5
26	72	24	4
27	73	23	4
28	73	23	4
29	74	23	3
30	75	22	3
31	75	22	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	35
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	32
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	33	9
2	59	32	9
3	59	32	9
4	59	32	9
5	59	32	9
6	59	32	9
7	60	31	9
8	60	31	9
9	60	31	9
10	60	31	9
11	61	30	9
12	61	30	9
13	61	30	9
14	61	30	9
15	62	30	8
16	63	29	8
17	63	29	8
18	63	29	8
19	65	28	7
20	66	27	7
21	67	27	6
22	68	26	6
23	69	25	6
24	70	25	5
25	71	24	5
26	72	24	4
27	73	23	4
28	73	23	4
29	74	23	3
30	75	22	3
31	75	22	3