August Weather in Ouahigouya Burkina Faso

Daily high temperatures are around 89°F, rarely falling below 83°F or exceeding 94°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 88°F on August 18.

Daily low temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 78°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 74°F on August 25.

For reference, on April 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ouahigouya typically range from 83°F to 104°F, while on January 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 64°F to 88°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.

Solāpur, India (5,189 miles away); Erode, India (5,390 miles); and Nakhon Sawan, Thailand (6,781 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ouahigouya (view comparison).

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The month of August in Ouahigouya experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 68% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70% on August 17.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 33% of the time.

For reference, on August 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on January 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ouahigouya, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 81% and ending it at 75%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 84% on August 7, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 1.

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 Ouahigouya is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 6.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.3 inches or falls below 4.5 inches, and ending the month at 5.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.8 inches or falls below 3.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 6.9 inches on August 9.

Over the course of August in Ouahigouya, 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 40 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 37 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, 43 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Ouahigouya is 5:54 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 4 minutes later at 5:58 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 6:37 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 16 minutes earlier at 6:21 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ouahigouya during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:43 AM and sets 12 hours, 56 minutes later, at 6:39 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:28 AM and sets 11 hours, 20 minutes later, at 5:47 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 Ouahigouya is essentially constant during August, remaining around 99% throughout.

For reference, on August 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 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 in Ouahigouya is decreasing during August, decreasing from 6.6 miles per hour to 5.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour, while on September 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.5 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Ouahigouya throughout August is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 58% 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 in Ouahigouya 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 Ouahigouya are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 907°F, from 6,833°F to 7,740°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 Ouahigouya is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.3 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during August is 5.2 kWh on August 16.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ouahigouya are 13.583 deg latitude, -2.422 deg longitude, and 1,076 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ouahigouya contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 102 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,075 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (276 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (902 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ouahigouya is covered by grassland (23%), trees (23%), cropland (20%), and shrubs (10%), within 10 miles by grassland (27%) and trees (22%), and within 50 miles by grassland (37%) and cropland (20%).