Lau Weather in August
Lau in August
The short of it: Lau in August averages a high of 30 °C (85 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 280 mm (11.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 25 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 23° · rain 280 mm · daylight 12 h 25 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Lau an average August high of 30°, a low of 23° and some 280 mm of rain. Lau's coldest stretch of the year, 30° by day and 23° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 280 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 25 min in mid-August.
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, Lau runs about middling and drier than most in August. Jalingo, 36 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
August in Lau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 80 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JalingoTaraba State | 36 km SSE | 30° | 23° | 277 mm |
| DadiyaGombe State | 49 km NNE | 29° | 22° | 288 mm |
| KaltungoGombe State | 68 km N | 29° | 21° | 288 mm |
| BiliriGombe State | 73 km N | 28° | 21° | 287 mm |
| Mutum BiyuTaraba State | 84 km SW | 30° | 23° | 265 mm |
| NumanAdamawa | 88 km ENE | 30° | 23° | 272 mm |
| Mayo-BelwaAdamawa | 88 km E | 30° | 22° | 286 mm |
| PindigaGombe State | 93 km NNW | 28° | 21° | 272 mm |