Rio Grande climate

Rio Grande Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 15°C on August 1 to 17°C on August 31, and lows from 12°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 mm over about 11 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Rio Grande, in °C, with the record for each date.510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
102 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CAug 29, 2017
Reanalysis low
6°CAug 5, 1995
Daylight
10 h 35 min to 11 h 25 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
20.5 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 115°C12°C20°C 20016°C 199135%
Aug 215°C12°C22°C 20156°C 199135%
Aug 315°C12°C22°C 20057°C 199136%
Aug 415°C12°C22°C 20056°C 199535%
Aug 515°C12°C22°C 20056°C 199535%
Aug 616°C12°C23°C 19939°C 201134%
Aug 716°C12°C22°C 19938°C 200733%
Aug 816°C12°C22°C 20157°C 200732%
Aug 916°C12°C22°C 20158°C 200032%
Aug 1016°C12°C22°C 20158°C 200031%
Aug 1116°C12°C18°C 20088°C 200730%
Aug 1216°C12°C21°C 20128°C 200032%
Aug 1316°C12°C21°C 20158°C 199934%
Aug 1416°C12°C20°C 20066°C 199933%
Aug 1516°C12°C21°C 19979°C 201333%
Aug 1616°C12°C22°C 20119°C 200032%
Aug 1716°C12°C21°C 19978°C 202033%
Aug 1816°C12°C21°C 19979°C 200332%
Aug 1916°C13°C21°C 19979°C 201933%
Aug 2016°C13°C21°C 19967°C 201133%
Aug 2116°C13°C22°C 20147°C 202034%
Aug 2216°C13°C21°C 20058°C 201135%
Aug 2317°C13°C22°C 19918°C 201335%
Aug 2417°C13°C23°C 20129°C 201337%
Aug 2517°C13°C23°C 19968°C 200337%
Aug 2617°C13°C22°C 19917°C 200338%
Aug 2717°C13°C23°C 20098°C 201838%
Aug 2817°C13°C22°C 19938°C 200737%
Aug 2917°C13°C23°C 20179°C 200038%
Aug 3017°C13°C23°C 19979°C 200038%
Aug 3117°C13°C23°C 20099°C 200238%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Rio Grande, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

August 1
sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:52 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 6:11 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.