Mphaki Weather in August
Mphaki in August
The short of it: Mphaki in August averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 2° · rain 26 mm · daylight 11 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mphaki an average August high of 17°, a low of 2° and some 26 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 17°, nights near 2°. 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 2 min in mid-August, 40 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Mphaki runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Mount Moorosi, 26 km to the WSW, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Mphaki, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount MoorosiQuthing | 26 km WSW | 19° | 4° | 24 mm |
| KetaneMohale's Hoek District | 29 km WNW | 18° | 3° | 26 mm |
| Sekake00 | 30 km NE | 17° | 3° | 25 mm |
| PhamongMohale's Hoek District | 32 km W | 19° | 4° | 24 mm |
| SemonkongMaseru District | 40 km N | 16° | 0° | 27 mm |
| QuthingQuthing | 47 km WSW | 19° | 4° | 24 mm |
| Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District | 55 km E | 18° | 4° | 19 mm |
| Mpharane00 | 59 km WNW | 19° | 3° | 25 mm |