Shigu Weather in August
Shigu in August
The short of it: Shigu in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 139 mm (5.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 16° · rain 139 mm · daylight 13 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & May
Thirty years of records give Shigu an average August high of 24°, a low of 16° and some 139 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 139 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 5 min in mid-August, 35 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 November and May.
Against its neighbours, Shigu runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Jiuhe, 12 km to the SSE, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Shigu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h