Palekastro Weather in August
Palekastro in August
The short of it: Palekastro in August averages a high of 30 °C (87 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 13 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 24° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 13 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Palekastro an average August high of 30°, a low of 24° and some 1.0 mm of rain. No month in Palekastro runs warmer: highs about 30°. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 28 min in mid-August, 50 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Palekastro runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Sitia, 14 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Palekastro, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SitiaCrete | 14 km W | 31° | 24° | 1.0 mm |
| Kaló ChorióCrete | 19 km SSW | 29° | 21° | 3.0 mm |
| AnálipsiCrete | 30 km SW | 32° | 24° | 1.0 mm |
| Makry-GialosCrete | 31 km SW | 32° | 24° | 1.0 mm |
| StavrochóriCrete | 31 km WSW | 31° | 23° | 2.0 mm |
| KoutsourásCrete | 33 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 1.0 mm |
| KavoúsiCrete | 37 km WSW | 29° | 22° | 2.0 mm |
| FérmaCrete | 42 km WSW | 31° | 23° | 2.0 mm |