Rikaze Weather in August
Rikaze in August
The short of it: Rikaze in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 147 mm (5.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 147 mm · daylight 13 h 11 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Rikaze an average August high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 147 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 147 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 11 min in mid-August, 39 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Rikaze runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Dêqên, 194 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Rikaze, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DêqênTibet | 194 km ENE | 18° | 7° | 118 mm |
| DoilungdêqênTibet | 209 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 123 mm |
| ThimphuThimphu District | 212 km SSE | 23° | 14° | 229 mm |
| Chéngguān QūTibet | 214 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 122 mm |
| GangtokSikkim | 216 km S | 28° | 21° | 656 mm |
| LhasaTibet | 219 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 121 mm |
| LhünzhubTibet | 241 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 118 mm |
| DārjilingWest Bengal | 254 km SSW | 25° | 18° | 638 mm |