Sanmenxia Weather in August
Sanmenxia in August
The short of it: Sanmenxia in August averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 21° · rain 80 mm · daylight 13 h 27 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Sanmenxia an average August high of 31°, a low of 21° and some 80 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 27 min in mid-August, 49 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Sanmenxia runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Yuncheng, 33 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Sanmenxia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 25 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h