August Weather at Kufra Airport Libya

Daily high temperatures are around 100°F, rarely falling below 94°F or exceeding 105°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 81°F to 79°F, rarely falling below 75°F or exceeding 85°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 81°F on August 2.

For reference, on June 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Kufra Airport typically range from 79°F to 101°F, while on January 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 47°F to 67°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.

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico (7,226 miles away) and Lahore, Pakistan (3,134 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kufra Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Kufra Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 10% to 4%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 96% of the time.

For reference, on December 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 26%, while on September 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 97%.

Over the course of August at Kufra Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 37 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 13 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 32 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 14 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Kufra Airport is 5:55 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 12 minutes later at 6:07 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:10 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 24 minutes earlier at 6:45 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Kufra Airport during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets 13 hours, 38 minutes later, at 7:17 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:05 AM and sets 10 hours, 39 minutes later, at 5:44 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 Kufra Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on September 7, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 Kufra Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 9.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 5, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on December 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Kufra Airport throughout August is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 81% on August 1.

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 at Kufra Airport 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 at Kufra Airport are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 1,040°F, from 5,098°F to 6,138°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 Kufra Airport is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 0.5 kWh, from 8.1 kWh to 7.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kufra Airport are 24.179 deg latitude, 23.314 deg longitude, and 1,224 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kufra Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 128 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,258 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (394 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,161 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kufra Airport is covered by bare soil (72%), cropland (17%), and artificial surfaces (12%), within 10 miles by bare soil (80%) and cropland (18%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (99%).