Lanzhou Weather in August
Lanzhou in August
The short of it: Lanzhou in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 16° · rain 76 mm · daylight 13 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Lanzhou an average August high of 28°, a low of 16° and some 76 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 28°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 76 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 31 min in mid-August, 52 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 May and April.
Against its neighbours, Lanzhou runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Baiyin, 62 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Lanzhou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h