Climate averages 1991–2020

Norton weather
in August.

A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.4°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a warm month in Norton: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (38 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Norton, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Norton ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Norton is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.3 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Norton climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Norton, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.4°C17.4°C	17.4°C	192	19.0	13.113 h
February	25.5°C17.2°C	17.2°C	126	14.4	12.713 h
March	25.4°C16.6°C	16.6°C	80	10.9	12.212 h
April	24.6°C14.6°C	14.6°C	26	4.1	11.712 h
May	23.3°C12.3°C	12.3°C	6.5	1.2	11.311 h
June	21.3°C10.0°C	10.0°C	1.5	0.2	11.111 h
July	21.1°C9.3°C	9.3°C	0.8	0.3	11.211 h
August, selected	24.4°C11.3°C	11.3°C	0.3	0.1	11.512 h
September	27.9°C14.3°C	14.3°C	3.3	0.7	12.012 h
October	29.2°C16.5°C	16.5°C	26	4.2	12.512 h
November	27.9°C17.5°C	17.5°C	87	12.6	12.913 h
December	25.9°C17.4°C	17.4°C	171	19.2	13.213 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

August in nearby cities

Distance from Norton

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Norton) is explained once on the Norton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.