Somerset East climate

Somerset East Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 18°C on August 1 to 22°C on August 31, and lows from 4°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 29 mm over about 5 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Somerset East, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
29 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CAug 30, 2010
Reanalysis low
-4°CAug 21, 2003
Daylight
10 h 32 min to 11 h 24 min
Cloud cover
37%
Humidity
57%
Dew point
1°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 118°C4°C26°C 2007-2°C 199618%
Aug 218°C4°C27°C 1993-2°C 199118%
Aug 318°C4°C26°C 20140°C 199618%
Aug 419°C4°C25°C 2008-1°C 199918%
Aug 519°C4°C25°C 2005-1°C 200718%
Aug 619°C4°C26°C 2005-1°C 201217%
Aug 719°C4°C28°C 2005-3°C 201217%
Aug 819°C4°C28°C 2000-1°C 200718%
Aug 919°C4°C28°C 20000°C 199218%
Aug 1019°C4°C26°C 2017-1°C 201118%
Aug 1119°C4°C26°C 1998-1°C 200318%
Aug 1219°C4°C27°C 2004-2°C 199118%
Aug 1319°C4°C27°C 2014-1°C 199517%
Aug 1419°C4°C27°C 1991-1°C 199618%
Aug 1519°C4°C27°C 2019-4°C 199617%
Aug 1619°C4°C28°C 2019-3°C 200516%
Aug 1719°C4°C27°C 2010-2°C 202016%
Aug 1819°C4°C29°C 2019-1°C 201815%
Aug 1920°C4°C28°C 1995-1°C 201714%
Aug 2020°C5°C28°C 2007-2°C 201015%
Aug 2120°C5°C27°C 2008-4°C 200315%
Aug 2220°C5°C28°C 20190°C 199416%
Aug 2320°C5°C28°C 2019-1°C 201316%
Aug 2420°C5°C29°C 2019-2°C 199216%
Aug 2521°C5°C29°C 2015-1°C 199816%
Aug 2621°C5°C30°C 20130°C 199816%
Aug 2721°C5°C30°C 2016-2°C 201815%
Aug 2821°C5°C30°C 20160°C 200515%
Aug 2921°C6°C30°C 20160°C 201915%
Aug 3021°C6°C32°C 20100°C 202016%
Aug 3122°C6°C30°C 2010-3°C 202016%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Somerset East, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:40 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 6:00 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.