Crested Butte Weather in August
Average highs run from 76°F on August 1 to 71°F on August 31, and lows from 41°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.98 in over about 12 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
- 74°F
- Average low
- 38°F
- Precipitation
- 1.98 in
- Record high
- 105°FAug 3, 1894
- Record low
- 24°FAug 21, 1980
- Chance of a freeze
- 75%
- Daylight
- 14 h 10 min to 13 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 59%
- Dew point
- 36°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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 76°F | 41°F | 91°F 1918 | 30°F 1903 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 76°F | 41°F | 92°F 1902 | 30°F 1977 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 76°F | 40°F | 105°F 1894 | 29°F 1975 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 76°F | 40°F | 89°F 1958 | 30°F 1975 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 75°F | 40°F | 93°F 1897 | 30°F 1976 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 75°F | 40°F | 96°F 1958 | 29°F 1950 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 75°F | 40°F | 97°F 1893 | 30°F 1976 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 75°F | 40°F | 91°F 1958 | 28°F 1956 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 75°F | 40°F | 90°F 1932 | 29°F 1896 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 75°F | 40°F | 89°F 1937 | 28°F 2009 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 75°F | 40°F | 90°F 1958 | 29°F 1974 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 74°F | 39°F | 92°F 1958 | 29°F 1900 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 74°F | 39°F | 96°F 1932 | 27°F 1985 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 74°F | 39°F | 90°F 1931 | 31°F 1950 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 74°F | 39°F | 98°F 1931 | 29°F 1978 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 74°F | 39°F | 88°F 2020 | 29°F 1978 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 74°F | 38°F | 89°F 1896 | 27°F 1960 | 38% | |
| Aug 18 | 73°F | 38°F | 88°F 1986 | 25°F 1960 | 38% | |
| Aug 19 | 73°F | 38°F | 88°F 2020 | 26°F 1978 | 38% | |
| Aug 20 | 73°F | 38°F | 89°F 1893 | 28°F 1899 | 38% | |
| Aug 21 | 73°F | 38°F | 93°F 1931 | 24°F 1980 | 37% | |
| Aug 22 | 73°F | 37°F | 90°F 1931 | 28°F 1964 | 37% | |
| Aug 23 | 72°F | 37°F | 90°F 1919 | 29°F 1964 | 37% | |
| Aug 24 | 72°F | 37°F | 91°F 1919 | 26°F 1968 | 37% | |
| Aug 25 | 72°F | 37°F | 98°F 1931 | 24°F 1962 | 37% | |
| Aug 26 | 72°F | 37°F | 93°F 1931 | 26°F 1962 | 36% | |
| Aug 27 | 71°F | 36°F | 90°F 1894 | 27°F 1962 | 36% | |
| Aug 28 | 71°F | 36°F | 87°F 1954 | 25°F 1964 | 36% | |
| Aug 29 | 71°F | 36°F | 95°F 1931 | 24°F 1975 | 36% | |
| Aug 30 | 71°F | 36°F | 89°F 1931 | 25°F 1944 | 36% | |
| Aug 31 | 71°F | 35°F | 89°F 1950 | 24°F 1975 | 35% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:09 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00051959 (Crested Butte), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00053662, 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.