Fontem Weather in August
Fontem in August
The short of it: Fontem in August averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 353 mm (13.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 19° · rain 353 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Fontem an average August high of 26°, a low of 19° and some 353 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Fontem: highs scarcely reach 26°, nights fall to 19°. Wet spells are common — about 353 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-August.
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 November and December.
Against its neighbours, Fontem runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Dschang, 19 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Fontem, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 33 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h