Plumas County Weather in August
Average highs run from 90°F on August 1 to 86°F on August 31, and lows from 48°F to 43°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.14 in over about 1 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
- 88°F
- Average low
- 45°F
- Precipitation
- 0.14 in
- Record high
- 103°FAug 7, 1972
- Record low
- 27°FAug 23, 1978
- Chance of a freeze
- 6%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 16.9
- Daylight
- 14 h 15 min to 13 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 21%
- Humidity
- 30%
- Dew point
- 33°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 | 90°F | 48°F | 98°F 2017 | 32°F 1961 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 90°F | 48°F | 98°F 2017 | 35°F 1964 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 90°F | 47°F | 100°F 1961 | 35°F 1960 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 90°F | 47°F | 99°F 2024 | 33°F 1963 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 90°F | 47°F | 98°F 2024 | 33°F 1969 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 90°F | 47°F | 102°F 1972 | 33°F 1979 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 89°F | 47°F | 103°F 1972 | 35°F 2002 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 89°F | 47°F | 100°F 1981 | 36°F 1976 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 89°F | 46°F | 99°F 1981 | 38°F 1965 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 89°F | 46°F | 100°F 1971 | 33°F 1980 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 89°F | 46°F | 98°F 1992 | 36°F 1959 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 89°F | 46°F | 98°F 1960 | 37°F 1969 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 89°F | 46°F | 98°F 2024 | 34°F 1965 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 88°F | 46°F | 97°F 2002 | 36°F 1962 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 88°F | 45°F | 100°F 2024 | 31°F 1972 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 88°F | 45°F | 99°F 2024 | 34°F 1979 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 88°F | 45°F | 99°F 2008 | 31°F 1968 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 88°F | 45°F | 95°F 1967 | 33°F 1959 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 88°F | 45°F | 95°F 1960 | 30°F 1978 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 88°F | 44°F | 95°F 1988 | 31°F 1970 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 88°F | 44°F | 96°F 2016 | 28°F 1959 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 87°F | 44°F | 96°F 1967 | 30°F 1968 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 87°F | 44°F | 94°F 1971 | 27°F 1978 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 87°F | 44°F | 94°F 1985 | 29°F 1963 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 87°F | 44°F | 97°F 2024 | 28°F 1963 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 87°F | 43°F | 94°F 2010 | 30°F 1961 | 3% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 87°F | 43°F | 94°F 1988 | 30°F 1960 | 4% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 86°F | 43°F | 94°F 1988 | 29°F 1959 | 4% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 86°F | 43°F | 95°F 1988 | 28°F 1957 | 4% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 86°F | 43°F | 94°F 2008 | 31°F 1957 | 4% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 86°F | 43°F | 94°F 1988 | 30°F 1957 | 4% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 8:17 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 7:36 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00047195 (Quincy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00041700, 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.