Wainwright Weather in August
Average highs run from 50°F on August 1 to 46°F on August 31, and lows from 39°F to 36°F.
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
- 49°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Record high
- 76°FAug 5, 2023
- Record low
- 20°FAug 16, 1925
- Chance of a freeze
- 64%
- Daylight
- 21 h 52 min to 15 h 40 min
- Cloud cover
- 81%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 39°F
- Wind
- 10.5 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 50°F | 39°F | 69°F 1923 | 28°F 1931 | |
| Aug 2 | 50°F | 39°F | 68°F 1985 | 26°F 1945 | |
| Aug 3 | 50°F | 39°F | 64°F 1999 | 26°F 1931 | |
| Aug 4 | 50°F | 39°F | 69°F 1977 | 26°F 1932 | |
| Aug 5 | 50°F | 39°F | 76°F 2023 | 26°F 1955 | |
| Aug 6 | 50°F | 39°F | 74°F 2024 | 26°F 1969 | |
| Aug 7 | 50°F | 39°F | 69°F 1925 | 27°F 1964 | |
| Aug 8 | 50°F | 39°F | 76°F 1968 | 28°F 1944 | |
| Aug 9 | 50°F | 39°F | 69°F 1926 | 26°F 1969 | |
| Aug 10 | 49°F | 38°F | 68°F 1994 | 25°F 1944 | |
| Aug 11 | 49°F | 38°F | 66°F 1946 | 26°F 1956 | |
| Aug 12 | 49°F | 38°F | 70°F 1979 | 24°F 1969 | |
| Aug 13 | 49°F | 38°F | 70°F 2026 | 24°F 1969 | |
| Aug 14 | 49°F | 38°F | 71°F 1936 | 25°F 1953 | |
| Aug 15 | 49°F | 38°F | 69°F 1925 | 24°F 1953 | |
| Aug 16 | 49°F | 38°F | 67°F 2004 | 20°F 1925 | |
| Aug 17 | 49°F | 38°F | 73°F 1923 | 24°F 1980 | |
| Aug 18 | 49°F | 38°F | 63°F 1923 | 25°F 1944 | |
| Aug 19 | 48°F | 38°F | 66°F 2012 | 24°F 1933 | |
| Aug 20 | 48°F | 38°F | 65°F 1965 | 25°F 1981 | |
| Aug 21 | 48°F | 38°F | 65°F 1940 | 22°F 1960 | |
| Aug 22 | 48°F | 37°F | 63°F 1972 | 22°F 1933 | |
| Aug 23 | 48°F | 37°F | 65°F 1954 | 22°F 1956 | |
| Aug 24 | 48°F | 37°F | 70°F 1979 | 24°F 1944 | |
| Aug 25 | 47°F | 37°F | 61°F 1979 | 23°F 1955 | |
| Aug 26 | 47°F | 37°F | 65°F 1929 | 21°F 1991 | |
| Aug 27 | 47°F | 37°F | 64°F 2016 | 24°F 1932 | |
| Aug 28 | 47°F | 37°F | 58°F 1959 | 21°F 1922 | |
| Aug 29 | 46°F | 36°F | 62°F 1974 | 21°F 1922 | |
| Aug 30 | 46°F | 36°F | 59°F 1928 | 22°F 1988 | |
| Aug 31 | 46°F | 36°F | 60°F 1974 | 20°F 1922 |
Chance of rain
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 3:45 AM, sunset 1:37 AM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 10:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00027503 (Wainwright AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00027502, 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.