Aliwal North climate

Aliwal North Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 17°C on August 1 to 22°C on August 31, and lows from 2°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 3 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Aliwal North, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CAug 30, 2012
Reanalysis low
-5°CAug 31, 2006
Daylight
10 h 39 min to 11 h 27 min
Cloud cover
29%
Humidity
49%
Dew point
-2°C
Wind
16.9 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 117°C2°C24°C 1995-2°C 20158%
Aug 217°C2°C24°C 1993-4°C 19917%
Aug 318°C2°C23°C 1993-3°C 19966%
Aug 418°C2°C22°C 1995-4°C 20166%
Aug 518°C2°C22°C 2005-4°C 20076%
Aug 618°C2°C23°C 2005-2°C 20066%
Aug 718°C2°C25°C 2005-4°C 20126%
Aug 818°C2°C24°C 2000-4°C 20185%
Aug 918°C2°C24°C 2000-4°C 19925%
Aug 1018°C2°C23°C 2002-4°C 19926%
Aug 1118°C2°C24°C 2009-4°C 19925%
Aug 1218°C2°C23°C 1998-3°C 19915%
Aug 1319°C2°C23°C 2014-3°C 20125%
Aug 1419°C2°C24°C 2004-3°C 19965%
Aug 1519°C2°C24°C 2008-4°C 19965%
Aug 1619°C2°C26°C 2019-3°C 19985%
Aug 1719°C3°C25°C 2019-4°C 20124%
Aug 1819°C3°C25°C 2015-3°C 20185%
Aug 1919°C3°C24°C 2004-4°C 20204%
Aug 2020°C3°C25°C 1995-3°C 20105%
Aug 2120°C3°C26°C 2007-5°C 20035%
Aug 2220°C3°C26°C 2007-3°C 19936%
Aug 2320°C3°C27°C 2008-2°C 19957%
Aug 2420°C4°C27°C 2012-4°C 19957%
Aug 2520°C4°C27°C 2015-3°C 19987%
Aug 2621°C4°C26°C 1997-2°C 19927%
Aug 2721°C4°C27°C 2013-3°C 20187%
Aug 2821°C4°C28°C 2013-1°C 20097%
Aug 2921°C4°C28°C 2010-1°C 20147%
Aug 3022°C4°C28°C 2012-3°C 20067%
Aug 3122°C5°C28°C 2012-5°C 20067%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Aliwal North, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 5:57 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.