Piet Retief climate

Piet Retief Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 24°C on August 1 to 27°C on August 31, and lows from 8°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 15 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 Piet Retief, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
15 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CAug 29, 1991
Reanalysis low
2°CAug 3, 2012
Daylight
10 h 52 min to 11 h 32 min
Cloud cover
35%
Humidity
55%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
11.9 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 124°C8°C30°C 20073°C 20159%
Aug 224°C8°C31°C 20073°C 20128%
Aug 324°C8°C31°C 20072°C 20128%
Aug 424°C8°C32°C 20194°C 19919%
Aug 524°C8°C32°C 20194°C 20168%
Aug 624°C8°C28°C 20053°C 20068%
Aug 724°C8°C33°C 20194°C 19968%
Aug 824°C8°C33°C 20052°C 20129%
Aug 924°C9°C30°C 20044°C 20079%
Aug 1025°C9°C28°C 20174°C 201010%
Aug 1125°C9°C32°C 20194°C 199210%
Aug 1225°C9°C33°C 20194°C 199210%
Aug 1325°C9°C34°C 20183°C 20129%
Aug 1425°C9°C32°C 20074°C 20129%
Aug 1525°C9°C33°C 20055°C 20039%
Aug 1625°C9°C32°C 20196°C 19989%
Aug 1725°C9°C32°C 20185°C 200610%
Aug 1825°C9°C33°C 19986°C 200610%
Aug 1926°C9°C34°C 20034°C 20209%
Aug 2026°C9°C34°C 20054°C 199410%
Aug 2126°C10°C34°C 20013°C 200311%
Aug 2226°C10°C33°C 20102°C 200310%
Aug 2326°C10°C34°C 19992°C 199410%
Aug 2426°C10°C36°C 20013°C 19949%
Aug 2526°C10°C35°C 20126°C 19989%
Aug 2627°C10°C36°C 20056°C 19939%
Aug 2727°C10°C32°C 19964°C 20039%
Aug 2827°C10°C35°C 19916°C 19989%
Aug 2927°C10°C36°C 19915°C 200910%
Aug 3027°C11°C35°C 20084°C 200611%
Aug 3127°C11°C34°C 20072°C 200612%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Piet Retief, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 5:43 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.