Rochford weather in August

In August, Rochford sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 63 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Rochford's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rochford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:49 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
64%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Rochford is town in Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Rochford reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°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 Rochford

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.

Rochford 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 / 6713.30.78.10.9
Feb / 5410.81.19.61.0
Mar / 4610.20.411.51.8
Apr12° / 4710013.63.0
May15° / 10°539.6015.34.3
Jun18° / 13°559.8016.35.6
Jul20° / 15°5611015.96.1
Aug20° / 15°6310.2014.46.2
Sep18° / 13°5610.3012.45.6
Oct14° / 10°7312.3010.44.0
Nov11° / 7112.50.18.62.3
Dec / 7412.70.87.71.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 61%.

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

Any precipitation

Rochford gets around 63 mm of rain over 10.2 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13051181
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 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 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:25 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:257:41
215.24:277:40
315.24:287:38
415.14:307:36
515.14:317:35
615.04:337:33
714.94:347:31
814.94:367:29
914.84:387:27
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1314.64:447:20
1414.54:467:18
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1814.34:527:10
1914.24:547:08
2014.24:557:05
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2214.04:597:01
2314.05:006:59
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2513.95:046:55
2613.85:056:52
2713.75:076:50
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2913.65:106:46
3013.55:126:43
3113.55:136:41

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 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 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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274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Rochford?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Rochford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rochford in August

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

In August, Rochford sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Rochford in August

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Rochford 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 Rochford peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Rochford?

Rochford sits at 51.6°N, 0.7°E, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Southend-on-Sea, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Rochford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rochford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m.

The land around Rochford is covered by cropland (37%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (30%), cropland (25%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (29%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

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287 m
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August weather nearby: Southend-on-Sea 5.0 km · Rayleigh 7.0 km · Hadleigh 7.0 km · South Benfleet 11 km · Canvey Island 11 km · Wickford 13 km · Pitsea 14 km · Maldon 17 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 Rochford (51.582°, 0.7067°, elevation 14 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).