Dour Weather in August
Dour in August
The short of it: Dour in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 71 mm · daylight 14 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Dour an average August high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 71 mm of rain. The height of summer in Dour, with afternoons near 24°. Wet spells are common — about 71 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 29 min in mid-August, 91 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Dour runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Mons, 14 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
August in Dour, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonsWallonia | 14 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 71 mm |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France | 18 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 69 mm |
| MaubeugeHauts-de-France | 19 km SE | 24° | 13° | 71 mm |
| BincheWallonia | 27 km E | 24° | 13° | 73 mm |
| La LouvièreWallonia | 31 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 76 mm |
| TournaiWallonia | 36 km NW | 24° | 14° | 72 mm |
| GeraardsbergenFlanders | 43 km N | 24° | 13° | 76 mm |
| CambraiHauts-de-France | 46 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 68 mm |