College Weather in August
Average highs run from 68°F on August 1 to 61°F on August 31, and lows from 49°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.37 in over about 16 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 65°F
- Average low
- 46°F
- Precipitation
- 2.37 in
- Record high
- 93°FAug 5, 1994
- Record low
- 23°FAug 24, 1948
- Chance of a freeze
- 26%
- Daylight
- 18 h 09 min to 14 h 43 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 4.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 68°F | 49°F | 90°F 1976 | 39°F 1940 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 68°F | 49°F | 88°F 2021 | 38°F 1944 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 68°F | 49°F | 89°F 2021 | 32°F 1944 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 68°F | 49°F | 91°F 1994 | 36°F 1947 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 68°F | 49°F | 93°F 1994 | 33°F 1946 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 67°F | 48°F | 87°F 1994 | 29°F 1946 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 67°F | 48°F | 85°F 2013 | 37°F 1935 | 52% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 67°F | 48°F | 85°F 1966 | 33°F 1959 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 67°F | 48°F | 83°F 1994 | 35°F 1969 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 67°F | 48°F | 83°F 1994 | 31°F 1969 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 66°F | 47°F | 84°F 1980 | 32°F 1944 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 66°F | 47°F | 88°F 1990 | 33°F 1965 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 66°F | 47°F | 87°F 1990 | 32°F 1969 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 66°F | 47°F | 84°F 1977 | 32°F 1969 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 66°F | 46°F | 91°F 2010 | 32°F 1969 | 51% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 65°F | 46°F | 83°F 1957 | 33°F 1943 | 50% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 65°F | 46°F | 82°F 2007 | 28°F 1943 | 50% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 65°F | 45°F | 81°F 1977 | 28°F 1947 | 50% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 65°F | 45°F | 85°F 1950 | 32°F 1931 | 50% | |
| Aug 20 | 64°F | 45°F | 81°F 2004 | 28°F 1931 | 50% | |
| Aug 21 | 64°F | 45°F | 87°F 1977 | 30°F 1931 | 49% | |
| Aug 22 | 64°F | 44°F | 86°F 1977 | 31°F 1935 | 49% | |
| Aug 23 | 64°F | 44°F | 82°F 1950 | 28°F 1948 | 49% | |
| Aug 24 | 63°F | 43°F | 81°F 1979 | 23°F 1948 | 49% | |
| Aug 25 | 63°F | 43°F | 76°F 1947 | 31°F 1948 | 48% | |
| Aug 26 | 63°F | 43°F | 80°F 1981 | 32°F 1931 | 48% | |
| Aug 27 | 62°F | 42°F | 84°F 1981 | 28°F 1933 | 48% | |
| Aug 28 | 62°F | 42°F | 82°F 1949 | 28°F 1996 | 47% | |
| Aug 29 | 62°F | 42°F | 84°F 1949 | 30°F 1991 | 47% | |
| Aug 30 | 61°F | 41°F | 83°F 1974 | 23°F 1947 | 47% | |
| Aug 31 | 61°F | 41°F | 76°F 1963 | 27°F 1987 | 46% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 4:52 AM, sunset 11:01 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 9:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502107 (College Obsy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026411, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.