Idar-Oberstein climate

Idar-Oberstein Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Idar-Oberstein, 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 23°C on August 31, and lows from 14°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Idar-Oberstein, in °C.1015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high

August at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Daylight
15 h 11 min to 13 h 32 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Aug 126°C14°C40%
Aug 226°C14°C39%
Aug 326°C14°C39%
Aug 426°C14°C39%
Aug 526°C14°C38%
Aug 626°C14°C38%
Aug 726°C14°C38%
Aug 826°C14°C40%
Aug 926°C14°C41%
Aug 1025°C14°C40%
Aug 1125°C14°C40%
Aug 1225°C13°C41%
Aug 1325°C13°C41%
Aug 1425°C13°C41%
Aug 1525°C13°C40%
Aug 1625°C13°C38%
Aug 1725°C13°C39%
Aug 1825°C13°C39%
Aug 1925°C13°C39%
Aug 2025°C13°C38%
Aug 2124°C13°C38%
Aug 2224°C13°C38%
Aug 2324°C12°C37%
Aug 2424°C12°C37%
Aug 2524°C12°C36%
Aug 2624°C12°C35%
Aug 2723°C12°C34%
Aug 2823°C12°C33%
Aug 2923°C11°C32%
Aug 3023°C11°C32%
Aug 3123°C11°C32%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

August 1
sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 9:12 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 8:17 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station GME00124126, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.