Stepantsminda Weather in August
Stepantsminda in August
The short of it: Stepantsminda in August averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 89 mm · daylight 13 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Stepantsminda an average August high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 89 mm of rain. No month in Stepantsminda runs warmer: highs about 19°. Wet spells are common — about 89 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 54 min in mid-August, 67 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Stepantsminda runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Gudauri, 24 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Stepantsminda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 18 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GudauriMtskheta-Mtianeti | 24 km SW | 18° | 9° | 88 mm |
| TarskoyeNorth Ossetia–Alania | 36 km NNE | 25° | 15° | 83 mm |
| VladikavkazNorth Ossetia–Alania | 43 km N | 27° | 16° | 82 mm |
| Gizel’North Ossetia–Alania | 43 km N | 26° | 16° | 78 mm |
| SunzhaNorth Ossetia–Alania | 47 km NNE | 26° | 16° | 75 mm |
| NogirNorth Ossetia–Alania | 47 km N | 27° | 16° | 77 mm |
| KambileyevskoyeNorth Ossetia–Alania | 48 km N | 27° | 16° | 75 mm |
| DachnoyeNorth Ossetia–Alania | 48 km N | 27° | 16° | 72 mm |