Tenerife – August weather

August is the hottest and driest month of the year in both parts of the island. The average daily temperature is then 29 lines, but it can often be found with a heat that reaches 35-40 ° C. The atmospheric phenomenon called Kalima (Spanish Calima) also usually occurs at this time. It is a phenomenon that consists of the movement of the wind (Sirocco) from Africa, which, along the route over the ocean, carries a mass of hot air and desert sand. As a result, the air is dry and the sky becomes grayer. The water temperature in August is around 22 ° C.