Ottawa climate

Ottawa Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 26°C on August 1 to 24°C on August 31, and lows from 15°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ottawa, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CAug 1, 2002
Reanalysis low
6°CAug 24, 2004
Daylight
14 h 43 min to 13 h 19 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
6.1 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 126°C15°C34°C 200211°C 199849%
Aug 226°C15°C32°C 200713°C 201549%
Aug 326°C15°C30°C 201611°C 200949%
Aug 426°C15°C34°C 201210°C 201348%
Aug 525°C15°C33°C 20018°C 201348%
Aug 625°C15°C31°C 20188°C 199747%
Aug 725°C15°C32°C 20018°C 201047%
Aug 825°C15°C33°C 200110°C 200448%
Aug 925°C15°C34°C 200110°C 199948%
Aug 1025°C15°C34°C 20169°C 199447%
Aug 1125°C15°C33°C 20168°C 199646%
Aug 1225°C14°C30°C 20028°C 199245%
Aug 1325°C14°C30°C 20098°C 199244%
Aug 1425°C14°C31°C 20028°C 199246%
Aug 1525°C14°C31°C 19958°C 201447%
Aug 1625°C14°C30°C 20159°C 199447%
Aug 1725°C14°C31°C 20159°C 200746%
Aug 1825°C14°C30°C 20159°C 201444%
Aug 1925°C14°C30°C 20157°C 200743%
Aug 2025°C14°C31°C 20037°C 200742%
Aug 2125°C14°C30°C 20138°C 200742%
Aug 2225°C14°C29°C 20018°C 200442%
Aug 2324°C13°C29°C 19997°C 199442%
Aug 2424°C13°C30°C 19996°C 200442%
Aug 2524°C13°C32°C 20128°C 200440%
Aug 2624°C13°C31°C 20128°C 201741%
Aug 2724°C13°C31°C 19917°C 200941%
Aug 2824°C13°C31°C 19998°C 200941%
Aug 2924°C13°C29°C 20079°C 201238%
Aug 3024°C13°C31°C 20108°C 199637%
Aug 3124°C13°C32°C 20107°C 200638%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ottawa, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

August 1
sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 8:30 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 7:42 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.