Kankara Weather in August
Kankara in August
The short of it: Kankara in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 21 °C (69 °F), with 266 mm (10.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 21° · rain 266 mm · daylight 12 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Kankara an average August high of 28°, a low of 21° and some 266 mm of rain. Kankara's coldest stretch of the year, 28° by day and 21° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 266 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 31 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Kankara runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Malumfashi, 28 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Kankara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 85 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalumfashiKatsina State | 28 km SE | 28° | 20° | 280 mm |
| GoraKatsina State | 28 km E | 28° | 21° | 276 mm |
| MusawaKatsina State | 36 km NE | 29° | 21° | 265 mm |
| BakoriKatsina State | 42 km S | 28° | 20° | 284 mm |
| FuntuaKatsina State | 47 km SSW | 28° | 20° | 284 mm |
| JikamshiKatsina State | 48 km NE | 29° | 21° | 266 mm |
| TsafeZamfara State | 53 km W | 29° | 21° | 264 mm |
| GwarzoKano State | 57 km E | 28° | 21° | 286 mm |