Postmasburg climate

Postmasburg Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 24°C on August 31, and lows from 4°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 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 Postmasburg, 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
21°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CAug 24, 2012
Reanalysis low
-5°CAug 21, 2003
Daylight
10 h 48 min to 11 h 30 min
Cloud cover
24%
Humidity
37%
Dew point
-4°C
Wind
18.0 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 119°C4°C25°C 1995-3°C 20043%
Aug 220°C4°C26°C 1993-4°C 19962%
Aug 320°C4°C25°C 2018-2°C 19962%
Aug 420°C4°C24°C 2005-2°C 19912%
Aug 520°C4°C24°C 2005-3°C 19932%
Aug 620°C4°C25°C 2005-2°C 19952%
Aug 720°C4°C26°C 2019-2°C 20122%
Aug 820°C4°C26°C 2002-3°C 20182%
Aug 920°C4°C25°C 2002-4°C 19922%
Aug 1020°C4°C25°C 2009-2°C 19922%
Aug 1120°C4°C25°C 2009-3°C 20182%
Aug 1220°C4°C25°C 1998-1°C 20032%
Aug 1321°C4°C25°C 19970°C 20122%
Aug 1421°C4°C26°C 1997-2°C 19962%
Aug 1521°C5°C28°C 2019-1°C 19962%
Aug 1621°C5°C27°C 2015-3°C 20122%
Aug 1721°C5°C28°C 2015-2°C 20122%
Aug 1821°C5°C28°C 2015-1°C 20182%
Aug 1921°C5°C26°C 2015-3°C 20202%
Aug 2021°C5°C28°C 2008-4°C 20032%
Aug 2122°C5°C29°C 2005-5°C 20033%
Aug 2222°C5°C28°C 2002-2°C 20143%
Aug 2322°C6°C29°C 2015-1°C 19953%
Aug 2422°C6°C30°C 2012-2°C 19993%
Aug 2522°C6°C28°C 2013-2°C 20032%
Aug 2623°C6°C28°C 1997-3°C 20033%
Aug 2723°C6°C28°C 1994-4°C 20182%
Aug 2823°C6°C29°C 20170°C 20183%
Aug 2923°C6°C30°C 2015-3°C 20142%
Aug 3023°C6°C29°C 2015-3°C 20202%
Aug 3124°C7°C29°C 2009-2°C 20132%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Postmasburg, in percent.012341102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 5:58 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:43 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.