Mellit Weather in August
Mellit in August
The short of it: Mellit in August averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 35 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 33° · low 21° · rain 120 mm · daylight 12 h 35 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Mellit an average August high of 33°, a low of 21° and some 120 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 120 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 35 min in mid-August, 18 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, Mellit runs about middling and drier than most in August. El Fasher, 60 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Mellit, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 68 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El FasherNorthern Darfur | 60 km SSW | 34° | 22° | 122 mm |
| KutumNorthern Darfur | 96 km W | 30° | 20° | 144 mm |
| Umm KaddadahNorthern Darfur | 136 km ESE | 34° | 23° | 93 mm |
| KabkābīyahNorthern Darfur | 167 km WSW | 29° | 19° | 177 mm |
| Sh'īarīahEastern Darfur | 188 km S | 33° | 22° | 120 mm |
| KasSouthern Darfur | 227 km SW | 29° | 18° | 194 mm |
| NyalaSouthern Darfur | 243 km SSW | 32° | 22° | 139 mm |
| ZalinjayCentral Darfur | 263 km WSW | 30° | 20° | 216 mm |