Engineer Weather in August
Engineer in August
The short of it: Engineer in August averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 58 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & January
August in Engineer brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 7°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 18°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Engineer runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Ndunyu Njeru, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Engineer, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 17 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ndunyu NjeruNyandarua County | 7 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 63 mm |
| South KinangopNyandarua County | 16 km SSE | 17° | 6° | 61 mm |
| NaivashaNakuru County | 20 km SW | 22° | 10° | 39 mm |
| GilgilNakuru County | 31 km WNW | 23° | 10° | 51 mm |
| KijabeNakuru County | 38 km S | 18° | 8° | 37 mm |
| KangareMurang'A | 40 km ESE | 21° | 10° | 56 mm |
| OthayaNyeri County | 40 km E | 21° | 11° | 50 mm |
| MaiNakuru County | 42 km S | 20° | 9° | 30 mm |