Handwāra Weather in August
Handwāra in August
The short of it: Handwāra in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 19 °C (65 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 19° · rain 50 mm · daylight 13 h 26 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Handwāra an average August high of 30°, a low of 19° and some 50 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 26 min in mid-August, 48 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Handwāra runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Drug Mulla, 10 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Handwāra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug MullaJammu and Kashmir | 10 km N | 30° | 19° | 54 mm |
| WatargāmJammu and Kashmir | 12 km SE | 30° | 18° | 46 mm |
| KopaworJammu and Kashmir | 15 km N | 30° | 19° | 57 mm |
| SogāmJammu and Kashmir | 15 km NE | 29° | 18° | 54 mm |
| Buna HirJammu and Kashmir | 16 km NNW | 30° | 19° | 56 mm |
| SolakutJammu and Kashmir | 16 km N | 30° | 19° | 57 mm |
| Dever Inder BugJammu and Kashmir | 17 km ENE | 27° | 16° | 71 mm |
| DārapurJammu and Kashmir | 18 km NE | 29° | 18° | 54 mm |