August Weather at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Italy

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 88°F to 83°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 95°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on August 3.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 68°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 73°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 68°F on August 4.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport typically range from 68°F to 88°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from 32°F to 43°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.

Stanton, Kentucky, United States (4,681 miles away) and Waldorf, Maryland, United States (4,353 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 22% to 31%.

The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 78% of the time.

For reference, on November 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54%, while on July 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is increasing, starting the month at 17% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on November 2, and its lowest chance is 17% on August 2.

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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is increasing, starting the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.7 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

Over the course of August at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 22 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 44 seconds, and weekly decrease of 19 minutes, 7 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 13 hours, 16 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is 6:01 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 35 minutes later at 6:36 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:39 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 47 minutes earlier at 7:52 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:29 AM and sets 15 hours, 33 minutes later, at 9:03 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:48 AM and sets 8 hours, 49 minutes later, at 4:37 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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is rapidly decreasing during August, falling from 35% to 20% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during August is 36% on August 6.

For reference, on August 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 36% of the time, while on November 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour, while on August 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 6.1 miles per hour on August 9.

The hourly average wind direction at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport throughout August is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 37% on August 23.

Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport 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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 3°F, from 78°F to 76°F, over the course of the month.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 79°F on August 6.

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).

The growing season at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport typically lasts for 9.0 months (273 days), from around March 2 to around December 1, rarely starting before February 8 or after March 27, and rarely ending before November 9 or after December 23.

The month of August at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 765°F, from 2,286°F to 3,051°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 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is decreasing during August, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 6.7 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport are 44.535 deg latitude, 11.289 deg longitude, and 112 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 125 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 115 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,453 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,106 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is covered by cropland (50%) and artificial surfaces (48%), within 10 miles by cropland (73%) and artificial surfaces (16%), and within 50 miles by cropland (66%) and trees (25%).