Katse Weather in August
Katse in August
The short of it: Katse in August averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 0° · rain 26 mm · daylight 11 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Katse an average August high of 16°, a low of 0° and some 26 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 5 min in mid-August, 39 minutes more than a month before.
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 September and April.
Against its neighbours, Katse runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Seshote, 10 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Katse, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeshoteLeribe | 10 km NE | 16° | 0° | 26 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 24 km SSE | 16° | 1° | 24 mm |
| Lejone00 | 25 km N | 14° | -1° | 27 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 30 km SW | 15° | -1° | 26 mm |
| MarakabeisThaba-Tseka | 40 km SW | 17° | 1° | 26 mm |
| MapholanengMokhotlong District | 41 km ENE | 15° | 0° | 22 mm |
| MohaleThaba-Tseka | 44 km WSW | 16° | 0° | 27 mm |
| PitsengLeribe | 45 km NW | 19° | 2° | 23 mm |