Selm Weather in August
Selm in August
The short of it: Selm in August averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 89 mm · daylight 14 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
August in Selm brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 12°, with about 89 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 89 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Selm runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Lünen, 10 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Selm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SSE | 24° | 13° | 95 mm |
| BergkamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SE | 24° | 13° | 97 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 24° | 13° | 95 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km S | 24° | 13° | 100 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 92 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km SE | 23° | 12° | 102 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km SW | 24° | 13° | 96 mm |
| HammNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km E | 24° | 13° | 100 mm |