Baraton Weather in August
Baraton in August
The short of it: Baraton in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 177 mm (7.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 177 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Baraton an average August high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 177 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 177 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 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 January and December.
Against its neighbours, Baraton runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Kapsabet, 6 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Baraton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 38 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KapsabetNandi | 6 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 164 mm |
| MosoriotNandi | 13 km NE | 22° | 11° | 178 mm |
| Nandi HillsNandi | 20 km SE | 23° | 12° | 153 mm |
| KessesUasin Gishu County | 26 km ENE | 21° | 11° | 170 mm |
| SeremVihiga County | 32 km SW | 25° | 14° | 165 mm |
| MalavaKakamega County | 33 km NW | 25° | 14° | 202 mm |
| KhayegaKakamega County | 35 km W | 26° | 14° | 173 mm |
| EldoretUasin Gishu County | 36 km NE | 22° | 11° | 167 mm |