Dunkwa Weather in August
Dunkwa in August
The short of it: Dunkwa in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 22° · rain 72 mm · daylight 12 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Dunkwa an average August high of 28°, a low of 22° and some 72 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Dunkwa: highs scarcely reach 28°, nights fall to 22°. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 19 min in mid-August.
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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Dunkwa runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Obuase, 30 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Dunkwa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 46 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ObuaseAshanti | 30 km NNE | 28° | 22° | 79 mm |
| Assin FosoCentral | 32 km SSE | 28° | 22° | 68 mm |
| Twifu PrasoCentral | 46 km SSE | 28° | 22° | 65 mm |
| BekwaiAshanti | 59 km NNE | 28° | 22° | 79 mm |
| FosoCentral | 61 km ESE | 28° | 22° | 66 mm |
| SefwiAshanti | 65 km NNE | 28° | 22° | 78 mm |
| AbosoWestern | 69 km SSW | 28° | 22° | 70 mm |
| PresteaWestern | 71 km SW | 28° | 23° | 65 mm |