Ortum Weather in August
Ortum in August
The short of it: Ortum in August averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 123 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 15° · rain 123 mm · daylight 12 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Ortum an average August high of 27°, a low of 15° and some 123 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 123 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 10 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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Ortum runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Chepareria, 22 km to the SW, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Ortum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 23 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChepareriaWest Pokot County | 22 km SW | 24° | 13° | 154 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 35 km SW | 22° | 12° | 176 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 35 km SW | 22° | 11° | 176 mm |
| KainukTurkana County | 41 km NNE | 31° | 18° | 55 mm |
| KapcheropTrans Nzoia | 44 km S | 21° | 10° | 174 mm |
| KapsowarElegeyo-Marakwet | 56 km SSE | 21° | 10° | 132 mm |
| KitaleTrans Nzoia | 61 km SW | 23° | 12° | 164 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 68 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 180 mm |