Weather in Albany in August

Shoulder season. August is shoulder season in Albany — cheaper, quieter, and a genuine gamble. You should expect rain on 18 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

August ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Albany's year. January is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 36 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

This is persistent light rain rather than storms: 18 wet days but only 2 heavy ones. It rarely cancels anything outright, and it rarely fully clears either. A jacket beats an umbrella. Pack for 16.1 °C days and 11.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 4.4 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest August day reached 22.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 32 mm — roughly 34% of the month's rain in one day.

August is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest August on record still delivered 138 mm against 53 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 93 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind sits around 19.7 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 79%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How August sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 16 °C in July, 16.1 here, 16.7 in September. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in August

10.8 hours of daylight, gaining 0.9 hours across the month. That is between Albany's extremes of 14.5 and 9.8 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 16.4 °C in August — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 19.8 °C in February and bottoms out at 16.1 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

August in Albany versus nearby

If Albany is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Bunbury is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days less rain. Perth is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain.

So: August is a compromise. January is 36 points better and is what Albany is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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