Routt County Weather in August
Average highs run from 84°F on August 1 to 79°F on August 31, and lows from 47°F to 40°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.80 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
- 82°F
- Average low
- 44°F
- Precipitation
- 1.80 in
- Record high
- 98°FAug 4, 2001
- Record low
- 20°FAug 26, 1910
- Chance of a freeze
- 11%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.0
- Daylight
- 14 h 18 min to 13 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- 39°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 | 84°F | 47°F | 94°F 2002 | 31°F 1911 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 84°F | 47°F | 95°F 1934 | 29°F 1915 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 84°F | 47°F | 93°F 2000 | 27°F 1911 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 83°F | 47°F | 98°F 2001 | 30°F 1944 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 83°F | 47°F | 95°F 1979 | 31°F 1944 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 83°F | 46°F | 98°F 2001 | 31°F 1928 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 83°F | 46°F | 97°F 2001 | 29°F 1911 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 83°F | 46°F | 97°F 2001 | 28°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 83°F | 46°F | 97°F 2001 | 28°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 83°F | 46°F | 98°F 2001 | 30°F 1939 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 83°F | 46°F | 92°F 1972 | 31°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 82°F | 45°F | 98°F 2001 | 28°F 1919 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 82°F | 45°F | 94°F 2001 | 28°F 1919 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 82°F | 45°F | 95°F 1940 | 29°F 1919 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 82°F | 45°F | 92°F 2003 | 29°F 1951 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 82°F | 44°F | 92°F 2003 | 28°F 1927 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 82°F | 44°F | 90°F 1986 | 27°F 1960 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 81°F | 44°F | 92°F 2001 | 29°F 1918 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 81°F | 44°F | 94°F 2020 | 26°F 1978 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 81°F | 44°F | 93°F 2025 | 25°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 81°F | 43°F | 94°F 2025 | 27°F 1939 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 81°F | 43°F | 95°F 2025 | 24°F 1924 | 37% | |
| Aug 23 | 80°F | 43°F | 93°F 1938 | 26°F 1918 | 37% | |
| Aug 24 | 80°F | 42°F | 92°F 1919 | 26°F 1918 | 37% | |
| Aug 25 | 80°F | 42°F | 92°F 1919 | 21°F 1910 | 37% | |
| Aug 26 | 80°F | 42°F | 95°F 2001 | 20°F 1910 | 37% | |
| Aug 27 | 80°F | 42°F | 96°F 2001 | 22°F 1992 | 37% | |
| Aug 28 | 79°F | 41°F | 94°F 2001 | 24°F 1962 | 36% | |
| Aug 29 | 79°F | 41°F | 91°F 1954 | 25°F 1931 | 36% | |
| Aug 30 | 79°F | 41°F | 92°F 1948 | 20°F 1910 | 36% | |
| Aug 31 | 79°F | 40°F | 91°F 1919 | 24°F 1920 | 36% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 8:23 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00057936 (Steamboat Springs), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00057936, 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.