Riohacha Weather in August
Average highs run from 31°C on August 1 to 31°C on August 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 89 mm over about 20 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 26°C
- Precipitation
- 89 mm
- Record high
- 44°CAug 1, 1978
- Record low
- 16°CAug 16, 1974
- Daylight
- 12 h 38 min to 12 h 20 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 17.3 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 31°C | 26°C | 44°C 1978 | 24°C 1979 | 54% |
| Aug 2 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 23°C 2011 | 56% |
| Aug 3 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2019 | 24°C 1978 | 56% |
| Aug 4 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2013 | 24°C 2012 | 56% |
| Aug 5 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 2003 | 24°C 2017 | 57% |
| Aug 6 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2023 | 20°C 1976 | 58% |
| Aug 7 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 1979 | 23°C 2011 | 59% |
| Aug 8 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2014 | 24°C 1981 | 60% |
| Aug 9 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2003 | 25°C 1977 | 62% |
| Aug 10 | 31°C | 26°C | 36°C 1976 | 22°C 1980 | 62% |
| Aug 11 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2003 | 24°C 1981 | 63% |
| Aug 12 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 1977 | 24°C 1977 | 62% |
| Aug 13 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 1976 | 23°C 1976 | 63% |
| Aug 14 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2019 | 22°C 1975 | 62% |
| Aug 15 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 23°C 2012 | 63% |
| Aug 16 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 16°C 1974 | 62% |
| Aug 17 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 1976 | 22°C 1976 | 64% |
| Aug 18 | 31°C | 26°C | 39°C 2015 | 22°C 1977 | 65% |
| Aug 19 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2014 | 23°C 1976 | 66% |
| Aug 20 | 31°C | 26°C | 39°C 2015 | 18°C 1974 | 66% |
| Aug 21 | 31°C | 26°C | 39°C 2019 | 24°C 1975 | 67% |
| Aug 22 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2019 | 23°C 2012 | 68% |
| Aug 23 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 16°C 1974 | 70% |
| Aug 24 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2013 | 23°C 1975 | 70% |
| Aug 25 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2013 | 18°C 1974 | 72% |
| Aug 26 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2013 | 16°C 1974 | 73% |
| Aug 27 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 1977 | 23°C 2012 | 74% |
| Aug 28 | 31°C | 26°C | 38°C 2019 | 23°C 1976 | 76% |
| Aug 29 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 1976 | 22°C 2022 | 78% |
| Aug 30 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 1977 | 23°C 1978 | 79% |
| Aug 31 | 31°C | 26°C | 37°C 2014 | 22°C 2014 | 80% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:39 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station COM00080035, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.