Skegness weather in August

In August, Skegness sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. 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 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 Skegness's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skegness's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:46 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Skegness is seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, 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 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Skegness reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°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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51915
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301813
311813

How August really feels in Skegness

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.

Skegness 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 / 5912.50.87.90.7
Feb / 4610.61.29.50.8
Mar / 4610.70.611.51.4
Apr10° / 4610.3013.62.3
May13° / 519.7015.53.6
Jun16° / 12°6211.4016.64.7
Jul18° / 14°6411.3016.25.7
Aug19° / 14°6311.5014.55.8
Sep17° / 12°6410.3012.45.1
Oct13° / 10°7212010.33.6
Nov10° / 6712.90.28.42.0
Dec / 6211.90.87.41.0

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 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43763
53763
63763
73763
83763
93862
103862
113862
123862
133862
143862
153763
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313664

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Skegness gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
336
436
536
636
735
835
935
1036
1136
1236
1337
1437
1538
1638
1739
1839
1939
2040
2140
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2339
2439
2538
2638
2737
2836
2936
3035
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 51% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1434413
2434413
3434313
4444313
5444213
6454213
7454113
8464114
9464014
10473914
11473914
12483814
13483814
14483814
15493814
16493813
17493813
18503813
19503812
20523711
21523711
22543610
2355369
2455369
2557358
2658357
2759356
2859356
2961345
3061345
3163334

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 19 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
1218light breeze
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3119light 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 4:20 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 6:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:207:49
215.44:227:47
315.44:247:45
415.34:257:44
515.24:277:42
615.24:297:40
715.14:307:38
815.14:327:36
915.04:347:34
1014.94:367:32
1114.94:377:30
1214.84:397:28
1314.84:417:26
1414.74:427:24
1514.64:447:22
1614.64:467:20
1714.54:487:17
1814.44:497:15
1914.44:517:13
2014.34:537:11
2114.24:557:09
2214.24:567:06
2314.14:587:04
2414.05:007:02
2514.05:026:59
2613.95:036:57
2713.85:056:55
2813.85:076:52
2913.75:096:50
3013.65:116:48
3113.55:126:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.3Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.2Bright
204.2Bright
214.1Bright
224.1Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.8Moderate
293.8Moderate
303.7Moderate
313.7Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Skegness?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Skegness for sightseeing.

What to pack for Skegness in August

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

In August, Skegness sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Skegness 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 5°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
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index in Skegness 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 Skegness peaks around August 11 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 11UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Skegness?

Skegness sits at 53.1°N, 0.3°E, 6 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Boston, 31 km away.

Topography around Skegness

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skegness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Skegness is covered by water (33%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, water (56%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Boston 31 km · Louth 34 km · King's Lynn 44 km · Spalding 51 km · Sleaford 52 km · Cleethorpes 52 km · Grimsby 54 km · Wisbech 54 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 Skegness (53.1436°, 0.3363°, elevation 6 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).