Going from a maximum of +124°F during the day to a minimum of +82°F during the night, the temperature in August averages around +118°F.
The average maximum temperature goes down 35% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +124°F to +109°F.
Basrah is typically hot in August.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +117°F to +115°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +90°F to +88°F.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
August is one of the warmest months in Basrah, here is the comparison with other months:
July | August | September | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+117°F | +115°F | +109°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+77°F | +73°F | +64°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+129°F | +126°F | +122°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
5 m/s | 4 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
17% | 20% | 23% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
995 HPa | 997 HPa | 1003 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
30 | 30 | 29 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
August weather is still as good as in July. It’s getting colder in August. From +117°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +115°F. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 0 mm to 1 mm. Humidity rises from 17% to 20%. Winds are calmer in comparison to July, going down from 5 m/s to 4 m/s on average. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 30 sunny days during the month.
September brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 8 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Basrah is gradually decreasing during August, going from 6 m/s to 4 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Basrah in August has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+88°F) and the highest in 2021 (+97°F). The driest year was 2010 with only 42 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1996 with 314 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Basrah, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.