August 2021 was drier but cloudier and cooler than average.

Low pressure dominated the weather patterns during the first ten days of August. Winds were light initially until a rather deep area of Low pressure moved across Ireland on the 5th and 6th. The Low then lingered over Scotland for several days with its associated weather fronts crossing the district, resulting in a wet and windier spell of weather. Despite the unsettled weather, daily rainfall totals were not especially large and there were some sunny periods too. After the 10th, pressure rose a little but weak weather systems brought further sporadic rain. On the 21st a more active weather front produced what was for most of the district the wettest day of the month. A strong build in pressure followed this front and High pressure came to dominate the weather pattern for the remainder of the month.

In terms of statistics:

Rainfall for the month was around 30 to 40mm in the Dawlish and Teignmouth area, which was below the long term average (LTA) of 54mm. There were around 20 dry days (LTA 16), 7 days with rainfall of 1mm or more (LTA 8) but there were no days with 10mm or more of rain (LTA 2 ).

The average temperature for the month was 16.7 Celsius, slightly below the LTA of 17.2 Celsius. Lowest values for most parts occurred on either the 3rd or the 10th with temperature lows typically between 8 and 10 Celsius. The warmest values of between 22 and 25 Celsius were recorded between the 21st and 26th, the 26th seeing values of around 25 Celsius in Dawlish.

Sunshine was below average with around 170 to 190 hours compared to the average of 210 hours. There were only five days with over eight hours of sunshine recorded at Teignmouth.