August Weather in Port Sudan Sudan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 104°F to 102°F, rarely falling below 99°F or exceeding 108°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 104°F on August 2.

Daily low temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 90°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 88°F on August 10.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Port Sudan typically range from 88°F to 104°F, while on February 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 68°F to 80°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Atar, Mauritania (3,253 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Port Sudan (view comparison).

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The month of August in Port Sudan experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 58% to 63%.

The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 42% of the time.

For reference, on September 9, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on November 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 88%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Port Sudan, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is essentially constant, remaining around 2% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 4% on October 27, and its lowest chance is 0% on June 13.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during August in Port Sudan is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.3 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of August in Port Sudan, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 29 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 58 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 46 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 31 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 0 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Port Sudan is 5:07 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 8 minutes later at 5:15 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 6:07 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 21 minutes earlier at 5:46 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Port Sudan during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:53 AM and sets 13 hours, 19 minutes later, at 6:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:00 AM and sets 10 hours, 57 minutes later, at 4:57 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Port Sudan is increasing during August, rising from 52% to 59% over the course of the month.

For reference, on October 27, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 93% of the time, while on June 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 14% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Port Sudan is gradually decreasing during August, decreasing from 7.4 miles per hour to 6.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour, while on September 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Port Sudan during August is predominantly out of the west from August 1 to August 27 and the north from August 27 to August 31.

Port Sudan is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Port Sudan is essentially constant during August, remaining around 88°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 88°F on August 26.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Port Sudan are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Port Sudan are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 1,076°F, from 6,361°F to 7,438°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Port Sudan is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 0.5 kWh, from 6.6 kWh to 6.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Port Sudan are 19.617 deg latitude, 37.216 deg longitude, and 33 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Port Sudan contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 141 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 18 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (896 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,958 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Port Sudan is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) and water (13%), within 10 miles by water (35%) and bare soil (25%), and within 50 miles by water (45%) and bare soil (44%).