August Weather at King Hussein Air Base Jordan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 91°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 91°F on August 2.

Daily low temperatures are around 64°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 68°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 64°F on August 9.

For reference, on July 31, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at King Hussein Air Base typically range from 64°F to 91°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 54°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.

Rancho Calaveras, United States (7,357 miles away) and Peak Hill, Australia (8,556 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to King Hussein Air Base (view comparison).

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The month of August at King Hussein Air Base experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 0% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is August 19, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 100% of the time.

For reference, on December 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 39%, while on July 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

Over the course of August at King Hussein Air Base, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 52 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 44 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at King Hussein Air Base is 5:49 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 20 minutes later at 6:09 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:32 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 32 minutes earlier at 7:00 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at King Hussein Air Base during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:28 AM and sets 14 hours, 17 minutes later, at 7:44 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:32 AM and sets 10 hours, 2 minutes later, at 5:34 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 King Hussein Air Base is essentially constant during August, remaining within 2% of 13% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during August is 15% on August 17.

For reference, on August 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 15% of the time, while on November 15, 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 King Hussein Air Base is gradually decreasing during August, decreasing from 9.6 miles per hour to 8.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on October 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at King Hussein Air Base throughout August is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 90% 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).

The growing season at King Hussein Air Base typically lasts for 10 months (311 days), from around February 12 to around December 19, rarely starting before January 17 or after March 17, and rarely ending before November 23 or after January 15.

The month of August at King Hussein Air Base 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 King Hussein Air Base are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 778°F, from 2,768°F to 3,546°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 King Hussein Air Base is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 8.3 kWh to 7.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of King Hussein Air Base are 32.356 deg latitude, 36.259 deg longitude, and 2,218 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of King Hussein Air Base contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 108 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,218 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,093 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (7,133 feet).

The area within 2 miles of King Hussein Air Base is covered by bare soil (99%), within 10 miles by bare soil (83%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (42%) and cropland (28%).