Alta climate

Alta Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 14°C on August 1 to 10°C on August 31, and lows from 8°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 99 mm over about 19 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Alta, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
99 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CAug 1, 2018
Reanalysis low
-1°CAug 29, 1995
Daylight
21 h 11 min to 15 h 36 min
Cloud cover
79%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
12.2 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 114°C8°C25°C 20182°C 200866%
Aug 214°C8°C22°C 20043°C 201967%
Aug 314°C8°C23°C 19943°C 201967%
Aug 414°C8°C21°C 20093°C 201967%
Aug 514°C8°C22°C 20142°C 199968%
Aug 613°C7°C21°C 20042°C 199968%
Aug 713°C7°C22°C 20143°C 201170%
Aug 813°C7°C22°C 20072°C 201170%
Aug 913°C7°C20°C 20072°C 199270%
Aug 1013°C7°C20°C 19961°C 199270%
Aug 1113°C7°C20°C 19961°C 199470%
Aug 1212°C7°C20°C 19962°C 199769%
Aug 1312°C7°C21°C 19963°C 199268%
Aug 1412°C6°C19°C 20071°C 199267%
Aug 1512°C6°C17°C 19951°C 201066%
Aug 1612°C6°C17°C 20111°C 201066%
Aug 1712°C6°C18°C 20152°C 201064%
Aug 1812°C6°C18°C 20151°C 201064%
Aug 1912°C6°C20°C 20151°C 201264%
Aug 2012°C6°C18°C 20150°C 201264%
Aug 2111°C6°C21°C 20021°C 200163%
Aug 2211°C6°C20°C 19971°C 201262%
Aug 2311°C6°C17°C 20150°C 201260%
Aug 2411°C6°C18°C 20060°C 201260%
Aug 2511°C5°C20°C 20021°C 201958%
Aug 2611°C5°C18°C 20061°C 201057%
Aug 2711°C5°C18°C 20061°C 201657%
Aug 2811°C5°C18°C 20190°C 199559%
Aug 2911°C5°C18°C 2019-1°C 199561%
Aug 3010°C5°C18°C 19970°C 199462%
Aug 3110°C5°C17°C 1997-1°C 200361%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Alta, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 1:54 AM, sunset 11:05 PM
August 31
sunrise 4:38 AM, sunset 8:14 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.