Altar Weather in August
Altar in August
The short of it: Altar in August averages a high of 40 °C (103 °F) and a low of 23 °C (74 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 40° · low 23° · rain 64 mm · daylight 13 h 15 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Altar an average August high of 40°, a low of 23° and some 64 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 40° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 64 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 15 min in mid-August, 42 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Altar runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Pitiquito, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Altar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitiquitoSonora | 21 km WSW | 40° | 24° | 57 mm |
| ÁtilSonora | 28 km ENE | 38° | 23° | 74 mm |
| Heroica CaborcaSonora | 31 km W | 40° | 24° | 55 mm |
| TrincherasSonora | 46 km SE | 39° | 22° | 68 mm |
| La AlmitaSonora | 57 km W | 40° | 25° | 38 mm |
| Siempre VivaSonora | 59 km W | 40° | 25° | 40 mm |
| SáricSonora | 61 km NE | 37° | 21° | 78 mm |
| El ClaroSonora | 68 km ESE | 38° | 22° | 79 mm |