Santa Cruz Weather in August
Average highs run from 28°C on August 1 to 29°C on August 31, and lows from 24°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 586 mm over about 28 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 29°C
- Average low
- 24°C
- Precipitation
- 586 mm
- Record high
- 37°CAug 2, 1987
- Record low
- 20°CAug 14, 1964
- Daylight
- 12 h 47 min to 12 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 86%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 13.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 28°C | 24°C | 35°C 1973 | 21°C 1964 | 97% |
| Aug 2 | 28°C | 24°C | 37°C 1987 | 21°C 1964 | 97% |
| Aug 3 | 28°C | 24°C | 37°C 1987 | 21°C 1964 | 96% |
| Aug 4 | 28°C | 24°C | 35°C 1992 | 22°C 1967 | 95% |
| Aug 5 | 28°C | 24°C | 35°C 1983 | 21°C 1971 | 94% |
| Aug 6 | 28°C | 24°C | 35°C 1987 | 21°C 1971 | 94% |
| Aug 7 | 28°C | 24°C | 34°C 1987 | 21°C 1982 | 94% |
| Aug 8 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1965 | 22°C 1964 | 93% |
| Aug 9 | 28°C | 24°C | 34°C 1987 | 21°C 1971 | 93% |
| Aug 10 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1986 | 22°C 1964 | 93% |
| Aug 11 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1987 | 21°C 1964 | 92% |
| Aug 12 | 29°C | 24°C | 36°C 1987 | 21°C 1964 | 92% |
| Aug 13 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 21°C 1964 | 92% |
| Aug 14 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 20°C 1964 | 91% |
| Aug 15 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 22°C 1964 | 92% |
| Aug 16 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 22°C 1967 | 92% |
| Aug 17 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 22°C 1972 | 92% |
| Aug 18 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1988 | 22°C 1972 | 92% |
| Aug 19 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1988 | 21°C 1972 | 93% |
| Aug 20 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1988 | 22°C 1967 | 93% |
| Aug 21 | 29°C | 24°C | 36°C 1988 | 22°C 1967 | 93% |
| Aug 22 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1969 | 22°C 1964 | 93% |
| Aug 23 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1969 | 21°C 1964 | 93% |
| Aug 24 | 29°C | 24°C | 36°C 1987 | 23°C 1975 | 93% |
| Aug 25 | 29°C | 24°C | 36°C 1969 | 23°C 1975 | 93% |
| Aug 26 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1979 | 22°C 1967 | 94% |
| Aug 27 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1979 | 22°C 1972 | 93% |
| Aug 28 | 29°C | 24°C | 36°C 1979 | 22°C 1967 | 93% |
| Aug 29 | 29°C | 24°C | 34°C 1976 | 22°C 1975 | 93% |
| Aug 30 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1988 | 23°C 1972 | 94% |
| Aug 31 | 29°C | 24°C | 35°C 1964 | 22°C 1971 | 93% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 6:11 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station RPW00041231, 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.