Basseknou Weather in August
Basseknou in August
The short of it: Basseknou in August averages a high of 35 °C (95 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 90 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 35° · low 24° · rain 90 mm · daylight 12 h 39 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Basseknou an average August high of 35°, a low of 24° and some 90 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 90 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 39 min in mid-August, 20 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Basseknou runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Mbera, 17 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Basseknou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 29 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MberaHodh Ech Chargi | 17 km E | 35° | 24° | 92 mm |
| VassalaHodh Ech Chargi | 57 km SE | 35° | 24° | 104 mm |
| Abdel BegrouBamako | 115 km WSW | 35° | 24° | 108 mm |
| SokoloSégou | 127 km S | 33° | 23° | 154 mm |
| AmourjHodh Ech Chargi | 138 km WNW | 36° | 24° | 88 mm |
| BougadoumHodh Ech Chargi | 152 km W | 35° | 24° | 97 mm |
| NémaHodh Ech Chargi | 163 km WNW | 36° | 24° | 71 mm |
| NaraKoulikoro | 164 km WSW | 34° | 23° | 129 mm |