Dome Weather in August
Dome in August
The short of it: Dome in August averages a high of 29 °C (84 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 23° · rain 33 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dome an average August high of 29°, a low of 23° and some 33 mm of rain. Dome's coldest stretch of the year, 29° by day and 23° by night. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Dome runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Taifa, 2 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Dome, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 35 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TaifaGreater Accra | 2 km WNW | 28° | 22° | 35 mm |
| New AchimotaGreater Accra | 4 km SW | 28° | 22° | 35 mm |
| Medina EstatesGreater Accra | 8 km ENE | 29° | 23° | 32 mm |
| AwoshiGreater Accra | 9 km SSW | 29° | 23° | 33 mm |
| AccraGreater Accra | 11 km SSE | 29° | 22° | 28 mm |
| AtsiamanGreater Accra | 11 km WNW | 28° | 23° | 37 mm |
| AdentaGreater Accra | 12 km NE | 29° | 22° | 36 mm |
| GbaweGreater Accra | 12 km SW | 28° | 22° | 32 mm |