Dalhousie Weather in August
Dalhousie in August
The short of it: Dalhousie in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 397 mm (15.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 20° · rain 397 mm · daylight 13 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
August in Dalhousie brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 20°, with about 397 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 397 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 20 min in mid-August, 45 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 November and October.
Against its neighbours, Dalhousie runs about middling and drier than most in August. Bashohli, 14 km to the WSW, is 4° warmer by day.
August in Dalhousie, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 13 mm less rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BashohliJammu and Kashmir | 14 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 378 mm |
| ChowariHimachal Pradesh | 15 km SSE | 27° | 20° | 501 mm |
| Chuāri KhāsHimachal Pradesh | 15 km SSE | 27° | 20° | 501 mm |
| ChambaHimachal Pradesh | 17 km E | 27° | 20° | 430 mm |
| KotPunjab | 27 km SW | 32° | 24° | 379 mm |
| NūrpurHimachal Pradesh | 28 km SSW | 31° | 24° | 420 mm |
| BungalPunjab | 32 km SW | 32° | 24° | 380 mm |
| JugiālPunjab | 32 km SW | 32° | 24° | 369 mm |