Shikang Weather in August
Shikang in August
The short of it: Shikang in August averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 25 °C (78 °F), with 286 mm (11.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 25° · rain 286 mm · daylight 12 h 52 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Shikang an average August high of 32°, a low of 25° and some 286 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 286 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 52 min in mid-August, 28 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 November and December.
Against its neighbours, Shikang runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Shiwan, 12 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Shikang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 15 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h