Dankama Weather in August
Dankama in August
The short of it: Dankama in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 185 mm (7.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 22° · rain 185 mm · daylight 12 h 34 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Dankama an average August high of 30°, a low of 22° and some 185 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 185 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 34 min in mid-August, 17 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 December.
Against its neighbours, Dankama runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Aguié, 23 km to the N, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Dankama, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 74 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AguiéMaradi Region | 23 km N | 31° | 22° | 174 mm |
| GazaouaMaradi Region | 28 km NNE | 31° | 22° | 172 mm |
| MashiKatsina State | 39 km SSE | 29° | 21° | 220 mm |
| KatsinaKatsina State | 40 km SSW | 29° | 21° | 209 mm |
| TessaouaMaradi Region | 55 km NNE | 31° | 22° | 157 mm |
| DauraKatsina State | 64 km ESE | 30° | 21° | 212 mm |
| JibiaKatsina State | 66 km WSW | 30° | 22° | 193 mm |
| MadarounfaMaradi Region | 69 km W | 31° | 23° | 181 mm |