Altena Weather in August
Altena in August
The short of it: Altena in August averages a high of 21 °C (71 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 98 mm · daylight 14 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
August in Altena brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 12°, with about 98 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 98 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 34 min in mid-August, 95 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Altena runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Lüdenscheid, 9 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Altena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 16 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 21° | 13° | 95 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 23° | 12° | 101 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 102 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km N | 23° | 12° | 102 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NW | 23° | 13° | 101 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NNW | 24° | 13° | 100 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km ENE | 23° | 11° | 87 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 99 mm |