Sandia Weather in August
Sandia in August
The short of it: Sandia in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 11 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 1° · rain 40 mm · daylight 11 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Sandia an average August high of 19°, a low of 1° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 19°, nights near 1°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 38 min in mid-August, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sandia runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Iguara, 7 km to the SSW, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Sandia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IguaraPuno | 7 km SSW | 21° | 2° | 37 mm |
| La RinconadaPuno | 35 km S | 12° | -8° | 12 mm |
| La Rinconada Ana Maria (La Rinconada)Puno | 35 km S | 12° | -8° | 12 mm |
| Pampa YanamayoPuno | 41 km NNE | 25° | 10° | 90 mm |
| CruceroPuno | 60 km W | 17° | -6° | 8.0 mm |
| SallacconiPuno | 60 km WNW | 15° | -6° | 11 mm |
| EsquenaPuno | 68 km NW | 16° | -4° | 17 mm |
| CojataPuno | 78 km S | 16° | -5° | 11 mm |