Driefontein climate

Driefontein Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 21°C on August 1 to 25°C on August 31, and lows from 5°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 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 Driefontein, 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
23°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CAug 24, 2012
Reanalysis low
-3°CAug 21, 2003
Daylight
10 h 52 min to 11 h 32 min
Cloud cover
33%
Humidity
54%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
9.7 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 121°C5°C26°C 2007-1°C 20159%
Aug 221°C5°C26°C 20070°C 20128%
Aug 321°C5°C27°C 20071°C 20129%
Aug 421°C5°C28°C 20190°C 20169%
Aug 521°C5°C29°C 20190°C 20169%
Aug 621°C5°C29°C 20190°C 20068%
Aug 722°C5°C29°C 20050°C 19969%
Aug 822°C5°C29°C 2019-1°C 201210%
Aug 922°C6°C26°C 19951°C 199210%
Aug 1022°C6°C26°C 20070°C 201011%
Aug 1122°C6°C27°C 20191°C 201111%
Aug 1222°C6°C29°C 20191°C 199210%
Aug 1322°C6°C30°C 2018-1°C 201210%
Aug 1422°C6°C29°C 20181°C 199310%
Aug 1523°C6°C29°C 20182°C 200310%
Aug 1623°C6°C29°C 20182°C 199810%
Aug 1723°C6°C30°C 20182°C 200611%
Aug 1823°C6°C28°C 19982°C 199611%
Aug 1923°C6°C28°C 1994-1°C 202011%
Aug 2023°C7°C29°C 20120°C 200312%
Aug 2124°C7°C31°C 2007-3°C 200312%
Aug 2224°C7°C30°C 2012-2°C 200312%
Aug 2324°C7°C30°C 2007-1°C 199411%
Aug 2424°C7°C31°C 20121°C 201411%
Aug 2524°C7°C31°C 20121°C 199910%
Aug 2624°C7°C31°C 20013°C 199811%
Aug 2725°C8°C30°C 20191°C 200312%
Aug 2825°C8°C31°C 20162°C 201812%
Aug 2925°C8°C31°C 20153°C 199612%
Aug 3025°C8°C31°C 20150°C 201414%
Aug 3125°C8°C31°C 2015-2°C 200614%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Driefontein, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 5:45 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.