Ouray County Weather in August
Average highs run from 84°F on August 1 to 80°F on August 31, and lows from 47°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.04 in over about 11 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
- 82°F
- Average low
- 45°F
- Precipitation
- 2.04 in
- Record high
- 91°FAug 4, 1979
- Record low
- 22°FAug 30, 1955
- Chance of a freeze
- 9%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.3
- Daylight
- 14 h 06 min to 13 h 02 min
- Cloud cover
- 56%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 84°F | 47°F | 89°F 1902 | 31°F 1932 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 84°F | 47°F | 90°F 1902 | 31°F 1912 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 84°F | 47°F | 87°F 1901 | 32°F 1911 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 84°F | 47°F | 91°F 1979 | 31°F 1956 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 84°F | 47°F | 88°F 1981 | 29°F 1976 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 84°F | 47°F | 89°F 1985 | 30°F 1928 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 84°F | 46°F | 87°F 1969 | 33°F 1911 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 83°F | 46°F | 88°F 1969 | 29°F 1956 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 83°F | 46°F | 86°F 1969 | 25°F 1957 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 83°F | 46°F | 88°F 1980 | 30°F 1956 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 83°F | 46°F | 89°F 1980 | 32°F 1912 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 83°F | 46°F | 86°F 1958 | 32°F 1976 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 83°F | 45°F | 84°F 1933 | 32°F 1985 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 83°F | 45°F | 87°F 1962 | 32°F 1950 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 83°F | 45°F | 88°F 1992 | 28°F 1978 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 82°F | 45°F | 84°F 1902 | 26°F 1957 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 82°F | 45°F | 87°F 1946 | 26°F 1960 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 82°F | 44°F | 85°F 2002 | 25°F 1957 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 82°F | 44°F | 88°F 2018 | 29°F 1957 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 82°F | 44°F | 89°F 1949 | 28°F 1938 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 82°F | 44°F | 87°F 2025 | 27°F 1964 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 82°F | 44°F | 85°F 2025 | 30°F 1964 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 81°F | 43°F | 86°F 2020 | 30°F 1924 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 81°F | 43°F | 86°F 2020 | 28°F 1962 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 81°F | 43°F | 86°F 2020 | 28°F 1962 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 81°F | 43°F | 86°F 1985 | 30°F 1913 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 81°F | 42°F | 84°F 1926 | 26°F 1992 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 81°F | 42°F | 87°F 1990 | 25°F 1939 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 80°F | 42°F | 85°F 1926 | 26°F 1933 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 80°F | 42°F | 86°F 1960 | 22°F 1955 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 80°F | 41°F | 83°F 1919 | 28°F 1962 | 33% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 8:20 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 7:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057020 (Ridgway), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00058204, 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.