Dunhuang Weather in August
Average highs run from 34°C on August 1 to 30°C on August 31, and lows from 20°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 19°C
- Precipitation
- 6 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 42°CAug 1, 1999
- Reanalysis low
- 10°CAug 31, 1997
- Daylight
- 14 h 17 min to 13 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 24%
- Dew point
- 2°C
- Wind
- 12.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 34°C | 20°C | 42°C 1999 | 16°C 1996 | 4% |
| Aug 2 | 34°C | 20°C | 42°C 1999 | 17°C 1992 | 4% |
| Aug 3 | 34°C | 20°C | 39°C 2006 | 15°C 1992 | 4% |
| Aug 4 | 34°C | 20°C | 39°C 2006 | 17°C 1998 | 4% |
| Aug 5 | 34°C | 20°C | 40°C 2008 | 16°C 1993 | 4% |
| Aug 6 | 33°C | 20°C | 41°C 2016 | 15°C 2012 | 5% |
| Aug 7 | 33°C | 20°C | 40°C 2016 | 16°C 2005 | 5% |
| Aug 8 | 33°C | 20°C | 38°C 2018 | 16°C 2008 | 5% |
| Aug 9 | 33°C | 20°C | 40°C 2018 | 15°C 1999 | 5% |
| Aug 10 | 33°C | 19°C | 38°C 2019 | 15°C 2003 | 5% |
| Aug 11 | 33°C | 19°C | 38°C 2015 | 15°C 1991 | 5% |
| Aug 12 | 33°C | 19°C | 38°C 2017 | 14°C 1991 | 5% |
| Aug 13 | 32°C | 19°C | 38°C 2018 | 15°C 1994 | 4% |
| Aug 14 | 32°C | 19°C | 38°C 2001 | 14°C 1997 | 5% |
| Aug 15 | 32°C | 19°C | 38°C 1996 | 12°C 1997 | 5% |
| Aug 16 | 32°C | 19°C | 37°C 2019 | 14°C 2015 | 5% |
| Aug 17 | 32°C | 19°C | 38°C 2014 | 14°C 2015 | 5% |
| Aug 18 | 32°C | 18°C | 37°C 2003 | 14°C 2015 | 5% |
| Aug 19 | 32°C | 18°C | 37°C 1991 | 15°C 1992 | 4% |
| Aug 20 | 32°C | 18°C | 39°C 1991 | 13°C 1992 | 4% |
| Aug 21 | 32°C | 18°C | 37°C 2007 | 13°C 2008 | 4% |
| Aug 22 | 32°C | 18°C | 38°C 2002 | 14°C 1993 | 4% |
| Aug 23 | 32°C | 18°C | 37°C 1997 | 14°C 1993 | 4% |
| Aug 24 | 32°C | 18°C | 36°C 2013 | 13°C 1991 | 4% |
| Aug 25 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2013 | 12°C 1991 | 4% |
| Aug 26 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2020 | 12°C 1991 | 4% |
| Aug 27 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 2011 | 12°C 1991 | 3% |
| Aug 28 | 31°C | 17°C | 37°C 2011 | 12°C 2008 | 3% |
| Aug 29 | 31°C | 17°C | 35°C 2015 | 10°C 2008 | 3% |
| Aug 30 | 30°C | 17°C | 37°C 1994 | 12°C 1997 | 3% |
| Aug 31 | 30°C | 17°C | 39°C 1994 | 10°C 1997 | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 8:56 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 8:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.