Telford weather in August

In August, Telford sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 61 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Telford's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Telford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:58 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover
72%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Telford is town in Shropshire, England, UK.

Density
1,997/km²
people per km²

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 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Telford reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Telford

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.

Telford weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5412.31.17.90.8
Feb / 4710.51.39.51.1
Mar10° / 5011.40.711.52.0
Apr13° / 5711.90.313.63.1
May16° / 6211.9015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°6811.5016.55.5
Jul20° / 12°6411.9016.15.9
Aug20° / 12°6111.9014.55.8
Sep17° / 10°5710.5012.45.2
Oct14° / 6511.8010.33.6
Nov10° / 6312.60.38.51.9
Dec / 6311.917.51.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33169
43169
53169
63169
73070
83070
93070
103070
112971
123070
132971
142971
152971
163070
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Telford gets around 61 mm of rain over 11.9 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 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
340
440
540
640
740
840
940
1040
1140
1240
1340
1440
1540
1640
1740
1840
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2139
2239
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2537
2637
2736
2836
2935
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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
157367
257367
357358
458348
559338
659329
759329
860319
960319
1061309
1161309
1262299
1362299
1462299
1564288
1664288
1764288
1866277
1966277
2067276
2168266
2270255
2370255
2472244
2573234
2673234
2775223
2875223
2976213
3077212
3177212

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 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 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:337:58
215.44:357:56
315.34:377:55
415.24:387:53
515.24:407:51
615.14:427:49
715.14:437:47
815.04:457:46
915.04:477:44
1014.94:487:42
1114.84:507:40
1214.84:527:38
1314.74:537:36
1414.64:557:34
1514.64:577:32
1614.54:587:29
1714.55:007:27
1814.45:027:25
1914.35:047:23
2014.35:057:21
2114.25:077:19
2214.15:097:16
2314.15:107:14
2414.05:127:12
2513.95:147:09
2613.95:167:07
2713.85:177:05
2813.75:197:03
2913.75:217:00
3013.65:226:58
3113.55:246:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 4.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.4Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.2Bright
104.2Bright
114.2Bright
124.2Bright
134.1Bright
144.1Bright
154.0Bright
164.0Bright
174.0Moderate
184.0Moderate
193.9Moderate
203.9Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.7Moderate
253.7Moderate
263.6Moderate
273.6Moderate
283.6Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Telford?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Telford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Telford in August

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

In August, Telford sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Telford 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 Telford peaks around August 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Telford?

Telford sits at 52.7°N, 2.4°W, 163 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Wellington, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Telford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Telford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 151 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m.

The land around Telford is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), grassland (27%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
373 m
80 km
822 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Wellington 5.0 km · Ryton 9.0 km · Shrewsbury 21 km · Wolverhampton 24 km · Wednesfield 26 km · Stafford 27 km · Kingswinford 27 km · Loughton 28 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 Telford (52.6766°, -2.4493°, elevation 163 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).