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Merricks North in August

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Merricks North is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Merricks North is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
10h 42mon average

Is August a good time to visit Merricks North?

August sits outside Merricks North's best months, which run from December to March. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in August, against 57°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in August, against 14°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in August, against 21% to 47% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in August, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

10h 42m in August, against 9h 32m to 14h 48m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July57°14°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August58°14°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September62°17°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Merricks North sits, in August

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:07 AMsets 5:42 PM
Above the sea
70 mlow-lying
Latitude
38.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Melbourne61 km north

The land around Merricks North, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Merricks North

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km north of Merricks North. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.