Gataivai Weather in August
Gataivai in August
The short of it: Gataivai in August averages a high of 29 °C (83 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 170 mm (6.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 23° · rain 170 mm · daylight 11 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Gataivai an average August high of 29°, a low of 23° and some 170 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Gataivai: highs scarcely reach 29°, nights fall to 23°. It is the driest month of the year, only 170 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 40 min in mid-August, 16 minutes more than a month before.
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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Gataivai runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Sili, 2 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Gataivai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 71 mm less rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliPalauli | 2 km NNE | 29° | 23° | 170 mm |
| Satupa‘iteaSatupa'itea | 7 km E | 29° | 23° | 226 mm |
| VailoaPalauli | 9 km ENE | 29° | 23° | 226 mm |
| Palauli00 | 10 km E | 29° | 23° | 226 mm |
| TagaPalauli | 13 km W | 29° | 23° | 145 mm |
| Siutu00 | 23 km WNW | 29° | 23° | 149 mm |
| Sala’ilua00 | 23 km WNW | 29° | 23° | 149 mm |
| Sapapali’iFa'asaleleaga | 23 km ENE | 29° | 23° | 169 mm |