Uptown climate

Uptown Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Chicago Botanic Garden, 22.2 km from Uptown

Average highs run from 83°F on August 1 to 80°F on August 31, and lows from 64°F to 60°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.16 in over about 10 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 Uptown, in °F, with the record for each date.406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
82°F
Average low
62°F
Precipitation
4.16 in
Record high
100°FAug 24, 2023
Record low
49°FAug 31, 2009
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
4.4
Daylight
14 h 25 min to 13 h 11 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
64°F
Wind
9.6 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 183°F64°F98°F 200660°F 201931%0%
Aug 283°F63°F97°F 200658°F 200931%0%
Aug 383°F63°F95°F 202258°F 200031%0%
Aug 483°F63°F96°F 201856°F 201731%0%
Aug 583°F63°F95°F 201857°F 202031%0%
Aug 683°F63°F95°F 202256°F 200431%0%
Aug 783°F63°F95°F 200158°F 200431%0%
Aug 883°F63°F94°F 200159°F 201731%0%
Aug 983°F63°F95°F 200157°F 199931%0%
Aug 1083°F63°F94°F 202157°F 202431%0%
Aug 1183°F63°F94°F 200255°F 200431%0%
Aug 1283°F63°F92°F 200251°F 200431%0%
Aug 1383°F63°F93°F 201054°F 200431%0%
Aug 1482°F63°F90°F 201554°F 200431%0%
Aug 1582°F63°F93°F 200054°F 200431%0%
Aug 1682°F63°F96°F 202556°F 200431%0%
Aug 1782°F63°F90°F 201559°F 201231%0%
Aug 1882°F62°F88°F 202557°F 201231%0%
Aug 1982°F62°F88°F 200558°F 199732%0%
Aug 2082°F62°F93°F 201059°F 200132%0%
Aug 2182°F62°F97°F 200357°F 199732%0%
Aug 2282°F62°F90°F 200755°F 199732%0%
Aug 2381°F62°F98°F 202356°F 199732%0%
Aug 2481°F62°F100°F 202357°F 200932%0%
Aug 2581°F62°F97°F 200353°F 201732%0%
Aug 2681°F61°F95°F 201855°F 202532%0%
Aug 2781°F61°F99°F 202456°F 201532%0%
Aug 2881°F61°F95°F 202060°F 200432%0%
Aug 2980°F61°F93°F 201056°F 200932%0%
Aug 3080°F61°F96°F 201351°F 200932%0%
Aug 3180°F60°F94°F 200049°F 200932%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Uptown, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

August 1
sunrise 5:44 AM, sunset 8:09 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 7:26 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00111497 (Chicago Botanic Garden), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014819, 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.