Shasta climate

Shasta Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Whiskeytown Rsvr, 3.4 km from Shasta

Average highs run from 100°F on August 1 to 96°F on August 31, and lows from 67°F to 63°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.10 in over about 1 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shasta, in °F, with the record for each date.406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
98°F
Average low
65°F
Precipitation
0.10 in
Record high
116°FAug 15, 2021
Record low
50°FAug 30, 2010
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
27.6
Daylight
14 h 18 min to 13 h 07 min
Cloud cover
17%
Humidity
26%
Dew point
38°F
Wind
4.3 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 1100°F67°F113°F 199354°F 19892%0%
Aug 2100°F67°F111°F 199356°F 19892%0%
Aug 399°F66°F112°F 199859°F 19893%0%
Aug 499°F66°F112°F 199858°F 19923%0%
Aug 599°F66°F113°F 199855°F 20023%0%
Aug 699°F66°F115°F 199055°F 19963%0%
Aug 799°F66°F111°F 199756°F 19993%0%
Aug 899°F66°F110°F 199057°F 19993%0%
Aug 999°F66°F110°F 202057°F 19933%0%
Aug 1099°F66°F110°F 199653°F 19943%0%
Aug 1199°F65°F110°F 199255°F 19893%0%
Aug 1298°F65°F111°F 199653°F 19893%0%
Aug 1398°F65°F112°F 201254°F 19883%0%
Aug 1498°F65°F110°F 200857°F 20013%0%
Aug 1598°F65°F116°F 202155°F 19883%0%
Aug 1698°F65°F112°F 202353°F 19933%0%
Aug 1798°F65°F110°F 202253°F 19953%0%
Aug 1898°F65°F110°F 201356°F 19973%0%
Aug 1997°F65°F109°F 202056°F 19904%0%
Aug 2097°F64°F110°F 198857°F 19964%0%
Aug 2197°F64°F107°F 202555°F 19984%0%
Aug 2297°F64°F107°F 202553°F 19924%0%
Aug 2397°F64°F107°F 202555°F 19894%0%
Aug 2497°F64°F107°F 201056°F 19944%0%
Aug 2597°F64°F110°F 201054°F 19954%0%
Aug 2697°F64°F109°F 198853°F 19954%0%
Aug 2796°F64°F111°F 201753°F 19945%0%
Aug 2896°F64°F110°F 201751°F 19955%0%
Aug 2996°F64°F109°F 198753°F 19945%0%
Aug 3096°F63°F110°F 198750°F 20105%0%
Aug 3196°F63°F111°F 198752°F 19955%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Shasta, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0123451102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 8:25 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 7:43 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00049621 (Whiskeytown Rsvr), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024257, 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.