The number of hours of sunlight in August can vary depending on the location and the specific day. On average, you can expect around 14-15 hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere during August, with variations based on latitude and weather conditions.
The balsa-wood raft Kon-Tiki, which carried Thor Heyerdahl and five companions more than 4,000 miles, crashed into a reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It had left Peru on April 28, 1947 to demonstrate his belief that the voyage was possible using materials and technology of pre-Columbian times, and that thus ancient Polynesians could have originated in South America.
There are typically two high tides and two low tides in a 24-hour period, totaling four tides a day. Over the course of a week, this would amount to 28 high tides.
About 14 months and a week.
Yes. Hurricane Charley was an extremely destructive category 4 hurricane that occurred in August of 2004. The storm formed just east of the Caribbean sea on August 9. It sideswiped Jamaica as a category 1 storm on August 11 and hitting Cuba as a category 3 storm early on August 13. Charley then rapidly strengthened and later the same day made landfall in Florida at peak intensity with winds of 150 mph, at the upper end of category 4 strength. This is where the worst damage occurred. On August 14, Charley made a final landfall in the Carolinas on a August 14.
May 14, 1986, was a Wednesday.
September 14 1986 was a Sunday.
August 14, 1973 was a Tuesday.
14 August 1978 was a Monday.
August 14, 2004 was a Saturday.
August 14 1965 was a Saturday.
August 14 1987 was a Friday.
August 14 1968 was a Wednesday.
August 14 2010 was a Saturday.
August 14, 1943 was a Saturday.
August 14 1945 was a Tuesday.
August 14, 1983 fell on a Sunday.