Redcar weather in August

In August, Redcar sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 72 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Redcar's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Redcar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:47 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
70%
3rd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Redcar is seaside resort in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in Redcar reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 5°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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How August really feels in Redcar

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.

Redcar weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6113.71.87.60.5
Feb / 5211.82.39.30.6
Mar / 48111.411.51.3
Apr10° / 54110.413.72.1
May12° / 5011.3015.83.2
Jun15° / 10°6612.1016.94.2
Jul18° / 13°6311.9016.45.3
Aug18° / 13°7212.1014.75.3
Sep15° / 11°6110.8012.54.5
Oct12° / 7013010.23.0
Nov / 7513.40.68.21.7
Dec / 6813.51.47.10.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33169
43268
53268
63268
73268
83169
93169
103268
113268
123268
133268
143268
153367
163268
173169
183169
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203268
213268
223367
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313466

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Redcar gets around 72 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
339
439
539
639
740
840
940
1040
1141
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1743
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3034
3134

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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
162317
262317
362317
463307
563307
664297
764297
864297
965287
1065287
1165287
1266286
1367276
1467276
1568275
1668275
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1869274
1970273
2071263
2172262
2273252
2374242
2476231
2576231
2677221
2778211
2878211
2978211
3079201
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 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 126 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:20 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 6:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:208:01
215.64:227:59
315.64:237:57
415.54:257:55
515.44:277:53
615.44:297:51
715.34:307:49
815.24:327:47
915.24:347:45
1015.14:367:43
1115.04:387:41
1215.04:407:39
1314.94:417:36
1414.84:437:34
1514.84:457:32
1614.74:477:30
1714.64:497:27
1814.64:517:25
1914.54:537:23
2014.44:557:20
2114.44:567:18
2214.34:587:16
2314.25:007:13
2414.15:027:11
2514.15:047:08
2614.05:067:06
2713.95:087:03
2813.95:107:01
2913.85:116:58
3013.75:136:56
3113.65:156:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.5Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.2Bright
124.2Bright
134.2Bright
144.1Bright
154.1Bright
164.0Bright
174.0Bright
184.0Moderate
194.0Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.9Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.7Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Redcar?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Redcar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Redcar in August

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

In August, Redcar sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Redcar in August

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 15°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar7Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Redcar 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 Redcar peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Redcar?

Redcar sits at 54.6°N, 1.1°W, 9 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Guisborough, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Redcar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Redcar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 802 m.

The land around Redcar is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (48%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), water (26%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
336 m
80 km
802 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Guisborough 9.0 km · Middlesbrough 12 km · Hartlepool 12 km · Billingham 15 km · Stockton-on-Tees 18 km · Thornaby-on-Tees 18 km · Yarm 23 km · Peterlee 24 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 Redcar (54.6166°, -1.06°, elevation 9 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).