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August Weather in Karantaba Gambia

Daily high temperatures are around 89°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 93°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 89°F on August 23.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 78°F.

For reference, on April 11, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Karantaba typically range from 73°F to 103°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 63°F to 93°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in August in Karantaba

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in August in Karantaba

Average Hourly Temperature in August in KarantabaAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepwarmwarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Ad Dindar, Sudan (3,338 miles away) and Kalyān, India (5,836 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Karantaba (view comparison).

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The month of August in Karantaba experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 71% to 78%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78% on August 31.

The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 29% of the time.

For reference, on August 31, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 78%, while on March 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 63%.

Cloud Cover Categories in August in Karantaba

Cloud Cover Categories in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSepMar 1763%Mar 1763%Aug 129%Aug 129%Aug 3122%Aug 3122%Aug 1125%Aug 1125%Aug 2124%Aug 2124%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Karantaba, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is gradually increasing, starting the month at 80% and ending it at 84%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 86% on August 18, and its lowest chance is 0% on March 6.

Probability of Precipitation in August in Karantaba

Probability of Precipitation in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%JulSepAug 1886%Aug 1886%Aug 180%Aug 180%Aug 3184%Aug 3184%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Karantaba is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 8.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.8 inches or falls below 4.6 inches, and ending the month at 9.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.0 inches or falls below 5.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 9.9 inches on August 21.

Average Monthly Rainfall in August in Karantaba

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of August in Karantaba, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 20 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 39 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 34 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 23 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 12 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August in Karantaba

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Karantaba is 6:47 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 4 minutes later at 6:50 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:29 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 16 minutes earlier at 7:13 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Karantaba during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets 12 hours, 55 minutes later, at 7:31 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:20 AM and sets 11 hours, 20 minutes later, at 6:40 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in August in Karantaba

The solar day over the course of August. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August in Karantaba

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August in KarantabaAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSep00101020202030304040505050606070708080000101020203030304040505060606070708080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of August 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August in Karantaba

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August in KarantabaAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepJul 510:58 PMJul 510:58 PMJul 2110:18 AMJul 2110:18 AMAug 411:14 AMAug 411:14 AMAug 196:26 PMAug 196:26 PMSep 31:56 AMSep 31:56 AMSep 182:35 AMSep 182:35 AM6:00 AM6:00 AM7:30 PM7:30 PM7:03 PM7:03 PM6:37 AM6:37 AM6:42 AM6:42 AM7:48 PM7:48 PM7:27 PM7:27 PM7:26 AM7:26 AM7:05 AM7:05 AM7:38 PM7:38 PM6:46 PM6:46 PM7:05 AM7:05 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Aug 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
9%3:52 AMENE5:23 PMWNW-10:38 AMN240,324 mi
2
4%4:50 AMENE6:16 PMWNW-11:34 AMN242,553 mi
3
1%5:47 AMENE7:05 PMWNW-12:28 PMN244,712 mi
4
0%6:42 AMENE7:48 PMWNW-1:17 PMN246,748 mi
5
1%7:34 AMENE8:28 PMWNW-2:02 PMN248,581 mi
6
4%8:22 AMENE9:04 PMW-2:44 PMS250,110 mi
7
9%9:08 AME9:38 PMW-3:24 PMS251,219 mi
8
16%9:53 AME10:11 PMW-4:02 PMS251,788 mi
9
23%10:38 AME10:44 PMW-4:41 PMS251,706 mi
10
32%11:23 AME11:19 PMWSW-5:21 PMS250,887 mi
11
42%12:10 PMESE11:56 PMWSW-6:03 PMS249,287 mi
12
50%1:00 PMESE--6:48 PMS246,919 mi
13
62%-12:38 AMWSW1:53 PMESE7:38 PMS243,865 mi
14
72%-1:25 AMWSW2:49 PMESE8:33 PMS240,284 mi
15
81%-2:17 AMWSW3:48 PMESE9:32 PMS236,417 mi
16
89%-3:16 AMWSW4:47 PMESE10:33 PMS232,573 mi
17
95%-4:18 AMWSW5:44 PMESE11:34 PMS229,098 mi
18
98%-5:22 AMWSW6:38 PMESE--
19
100%-6:25 AMWSW7:27 PMESE12:32 AMS226,325 mi
20
100%-7:26 AMWSW8:13 PME1:27 AMS224,517 mi
21
97%-8:25 AMW8:56 PME2:19 AMS223,820 mi
22
92%-9:23 AMW9:39 PME3:09 AMS224,247 mi
23
84%-10:20 AMW10:23 PMENE3:59 AMS225,681 mi
24
74%-11:19 AMWNW11:09 PMENE4:49 AMN227,911 mi
25
63%-12:18 PMWNW11:58 PMENE5:42 AMN230,677 mi
26
50%-1:19 PMWNW-6:37 AMN233,719 mi
27
40%12:51 AMENE2:20 PMWNW-7:34 AMN236,810 mi
28
29%1:47 AMENE3:18 PMWNW-8:33 AMN239,778 mi
29
20%2:45 AMENE4:13 PMWNW-9:30 AMN242,512 mi
30
12%3:42 AMENE5:02 PMWNW-10:24 AMN244,951 mi
31
6%4:37 AMENE5:47 PMWNW-11:14 AMN247,071 mi

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 Karantaba is essentially constant during August, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on July 31, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 18, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in August in Karantaba

Humidity Comfort Levels in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JulSepAug 1100%Aug 1100%Aug 31100%Aug 31100%Aug 11100%Aug 11100%Aug 21100%Aug 21100%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggy
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Karantaba is gradually decreasing during August, decreasing from 6.6 miles per hour to 5.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.5 miles per hour, while on October 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in August in Karantaba

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Karantaba throughout August is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 67% on August 1.

Wind Direction in August in Karantaba

Wind Direction in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JulSepwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Karantaba 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 Karantaba is essentially constant during August, remaining around 82°F throughout.

Average Water Temperature in August in Karantaba

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Karantaba 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.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August in Karantaba

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSep100%Aug 16100%Aug 16100%Jul 2100%Jul 2comfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is 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 in Karantaba are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 922°F, from 6,530°F to 7,452°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in August in Karantaba

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of August, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Karantaba is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 4.7 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during August is 4.5 kWh on August 23.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August in Karantaba

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August in KarantabaAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhJulSepAug 234.5 kWhAug 234.5 kWhAug 14.8 kWhAug 14.8 kWhAug 114.7 kWhAug 114.7 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Karantaba are 13.433 deg latitude, -15.517 deg longitude, and 121 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Karantaba contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 161 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 89 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (210 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (266 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Karantaba is covered by cropland (52%), grassland (19%), shrubs (15%), and trees (14%), within 10 miles by cropland (34%) and shrubs (22%), and within 50 miles by cropland (42%) and trees (31%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Karantaba, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 4 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Karantaba.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Karantaba according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Karantaba is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Karantaba and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Karantaba and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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