Burnt Forest Weather in August
Burnt Forest in August
The short of it: Burnt Forest in August averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 180 mm (7.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 180 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Burnt Forest an average August high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 180 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 180 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 February.
Against its neighbours, Burnt Forest runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Kesses, 16 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Burnt Forest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 22 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KessesUasin Gishu County | 16 km NW | 21° | 11° | 170 mm |
| TimboroaOther | 18 km SE | 18° | 8° | 179 mm |
| Nandi HillsNandi | 30 km WSW | 23° | 12° | 153 mm |
| MosoriotNandi | 31 km WNW | 22° | 11° | 178 mm |
| KapsabetNandi | 36 km W | 23° | 12° | 164 mm |
| Eldama RavineBaringo | 38 km ESE | 23° | 11° | 128 mm |
| EldoretUasin Gishu County | 38 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 167 mm |
| Maji MazuriBaringo | 39 km SE | 20° | 9° | 138 mm |