Cruces Weather in August
Cruces in August
The short of it: Cruces in August averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 16° · rain 86 mm · daylight 13 h 12 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Cruces an average August high of 31°, a low of 16° and some 86 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 86 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 12 min in mid-August, 40 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 March and November.
Against its neighbours, Cruces runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Namiquipa, 20 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Cruces, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NamiquipaChihuahua | 20 km S | 30° | 15° | 91 mm |
| El MolinoChihuahua | 27 km S | 30° | 15° | 94 mm |
| El TerreroChihuahua | 28 km S | 30° | 15° | 94 mm |
| Valentín Gómez FaríasChihuahua | 35 km WSW | 28° | 13° | 100 mm |
| Peña BlancaChihuahua | 35 km WSW | 28° | 13° | 106 mm |
| La PintaChihuahua | 35 km SW | 28° | 13° | 108 mm |
| Ignacio AllendeChihuahua | 37 km WNW | 29° | 14° | 82 mm |
| San José BabícoraChihuahua | 40 km WSW | 28° | 13° | 106 mm |