Spennymoor weather in August

In August, Spennymoor sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 68 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Spennymoor's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Spennymoor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:49 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
73%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Spennymoor is town and civil parish in County Durham, England.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Spennymoor reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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 Spennymoor

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.

Spennymoor 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5512.31.97.60.7
Feb / 4811.12.19.30.9
Mar / 4510.41.211.51.8
Apr12° / 53110.413.72.8
May14° / 4911.6015.84.0
Jun17° / 10°6311.4016.95.1
Jul19° / 12°6312.1016.55.7
Aug19° / 12°6812.4014.75.6
Sep17° / 10°559.5012.55.1
Oct13° / 5811.20.110.23.4
Nov / 6312.20.68.21.8
Dec / 6212.81.37.10.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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22872
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Spennymoor gets around 68 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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741
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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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
163298
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463289
563289
664279
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965269
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2980191
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3181181

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:22 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 8:03 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.74:228:03
215.64:238:01
315.64:258:00
415.54:277:58
515.44:297:56
615.44:307:54
715.34:327:52
815.34:347:50
915.24:367:47
1015.14:387:45
1115.14:407:43
1215.04:417:41
1314.94:437:39
1414.94:457:37
1514.84:477:34
1614.74:497:32
1714.64:517:30
1814.64:537:27
1914.54:557:25
2014.44:567:23
2114.44:587:20
2214.35:007:18
2314.25:027:16
2414.25:047:13
2514.15:067:11
2614.05:087:08
2713.95:107:06
2813.95:127:03
2913.85:137:01
3013.75:156:58
3113.65:176:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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154.0Moderate
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213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.7Moderate
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253.6Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Spennymoor?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Spennymoor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Spennymoor in August

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

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

rain gear

Sea temperature near Spennymoor 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 at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Spennymoor 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 Spennymoor 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
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Sep3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Spennymoor?

Spennymoor sits at 54.7°N, 1.6°W, 111 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bishop Auckland, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Spennymoor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Spennymoor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Spennymoor is covered by cropland (34%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) within 80 km.

3 km
159 m
16 km
312 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bishop Auckland 7.0 km · Durham 9.0 km · Newton Aycliffe 9.0 km · Chester-le-Street 18 km · Houghton-Le-Spring 18 km · Peterlee 18 km · Darlington 20 km · Stanley 20 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 Spennymoor (54.6988°, -1.6023°, elevation 111 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).