Dorsten Weather in August
Dorsten in August
The short of it: Dorsten in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 86 mm · daylight 14 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Dorsten an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 86 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 86 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 36 min in mid-August, 96 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 May and April.
Against its neighbours, Dorsten runs about middling and drier than most in August. Marl, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Dorsten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 24° | 13° | 90 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km S | 24° | 14° | 88 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 91 mm |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 24° | 14° | 88 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 92 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 24° | 14° | 81 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 92 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km SSW | 25° | 15° | 86 mm |