Basrah climate

Basrah Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Basrah, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 48°C on August 1 to 46°C on August 31, and lows from 31°C to 29°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Basrah, in °C, with the record for each date.2030405060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
47°C
Average low
31°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
51°CAug 1, 2012
Reanalysis low
25°CAug 31, 1991
Daylight
13 h 36 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover
22%
Humidity
16%
Dew point
6°C
Wind
17.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 148°C31°C51°C 201228°C 20130%
Aug 248°C31°C51°C 201627°C 20130%
Aug 348°C31°C51°C 201128°C 20130%
Aug 448°C31°C51°C 201128°C 19920%
Aug 548°C31°C51°C 201728°C 20140%
Aug 648°C31°C51°C 201729°C 20130%
Aug 748°C31°C51°C 201728°C 19970%
Aug 848°C31°C51°C 200327°C 20130%
Aug 948°C31°C51°C 201729°C 19970%
Aug 1048°C31°C50°C 201729°C 20130%
Aug 1148°C31°C50°C 200128°C 20040%
Aug 1247°C31°C51°C 199828°C 20130%
Aug 1347°C31°C51°C 199828°C 19920%
Aug 1447°C31°C51°C 201726°C 19940%
Aug 1547°C31°C51°C 199828°C 19970%
Aug 1647°C31°C51°C 199827°C 19970%
Aug 1747°C30°C50°C 199828°C 19970%
Aug 1847°C30°C51°C 199827°C 20030%
Aug 1947°C30°C51°C 199827°C 20130%
Aug 2047°C30°C51°C 199827°C 20130%
Aug 2147°C30°C50°C 199828°C 19970%
Aug 2247°C30°C50°C 200627°C 19910%
Aug 2347°C30°C49°C 200127°C 19940%
Aug 2447°C30°C49°C 200027°C 19980%
Aug 2547°C30°C50°C 199927°C 20020%
Aug 2647°C30°C51°C 199927°C 20110%
Aug 2747°C30°C50°C 200027°C 19940%
Aug 2847°C30°C50°C 199826°C 19910%
Aug 2947°C29°C50°C 199825°C 19910%
Aug 3046°C29°C50°C 201626°C 19910%
Aug 3146°C29°C50°C 201625°C 19910%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Basrah, in percent.00.10.20.30.41102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

August 1
sunrise 5:07 AM, sunset 6:43 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:25 AM, sunset 6:13 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

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.