August Weather in Bethanie Namibia

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 73°F to 79°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 88°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 48°F to 50°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 60°F.

For reference, on January 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bethanie typically range from 65°F to 94°F, while on July 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 47°F to 72°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.

Zephyrhills North, United States (7,595 miles away) and Biloela, Australia (7,751 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Bethanie (view comparison).

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The month of August in Bethanie experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 14% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is August 7, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 88% of the time.

For reference, on October 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 20%, while on July 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 88%.

Over the course of August in Bethanie, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 40 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 19 seconds, and weekly increase of 9 minutes, 15 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 1, with 10 hours, 54 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 31, with 11 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Bethanie is 7:30 AM on August 1 and the earliest sunrise is 26 minutes earlier at 7:04 AM on August 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:24 PM on August 1 and the latest sunset is 14 minutes later at 6:38 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Bethanie during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:55 AM and sets 13 hours, 48 minutes later, at 7:43 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:38 AM and sets 10 hours, 29 minutes later, at 6:07 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 Bethanie is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on April 30, 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 Bethanie is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 10.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.2 miles per hour, while on March 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during August is 10.2 miles per hour on August 14.

The wind direction in Bethanie during August is predominantly out of the north from August 1 to August 18 and the west from August 18 to August 31.

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 Bethanie 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 Bethanie are increasing during August, increasing by 363°F, from 302°F to 665°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 Bethanie is increasing during August, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 5.0 kWh to 6.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bethanie are -26.483 deg latitude, 17.150 deg longitude, and 3,297 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Bethanie contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 187 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,324 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,319 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,232 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Bethanie is covered by sparse vegetation (72%) and grassland (22%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (59%) and grassland (38%), and within 50 miles by grassland (54%) and sparse vegetation (38%).