Orleans climate

Orleans Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Spirit Lake, 4.7 km from Orleans

Average highs run from 82°F on August 1 to 78°F on August 31, and lows from 62°F to 57°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.69 in over about 8 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 Orleans, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
80°F
Average low
60°F
Precipitation
3.69 in
Record high
96°FAug 1, 2006
Record low
37°FAug 21, 2004
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
2.2
Daylight
14 h 33 min to 13 h 14 min
Cloud cover
51%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
59°F
Wind
8.9 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 182°F62°F96°F 200651°F 200924%0%
Aug 282°F62°F91°F 201148°F 200224%0%
Aug 382°F62°F93°F 202250°F 200224%0%
Aug 482°F62°F92°F 200247°F 201724%0%
Aug 582°F62°F91°F 200149°F 200524%0%
Aug 682°F62°F91°F 200150°F 200424%0%
Aug 781°F62°F92°F 200150°F 200424%0%
Aug 881°F62°F92°F 200151°F 199924%0%
Aug 981°F61°F91°F 201049°F 202424%0%
Aug 1081°F61°F90°F 200546°F 202424%0%
Aug 1181°F61°F90°F 201645°F 200424%0%
Aug 1281°F61°F90°F 202348°F 200424%0%
Aug 1381°F61°F89°F 201047°F 200124%0%
Aug 1481°F61°F88°F 200746°F 199924%0%
Aug 1580°F61°F88°F 200046°F 200424%0%
Aug 1680°F60°F88°F 200351°F 200424%0%
Aug 1780°F60°F93°F 200343°F 201224%0%
Aug 1880°F60°F92°F 200344°F 201224%0%
Aug 1980°F60°F91°F 200339°F 200424%0%
Aug 2080°F60°F94°F 202340°F 200424%0%
Aug 2180°F60°F87°F 202137°F 200424%0%
Aug 2279°F59°F93°F 202338°F 200423%0%
Aug 2379°F59°F95°F 202348°F 201723%0%
Aug 2479°F59°F91°F 202345°F 201523%0%
Aug 2579°F59°F94°F 200343°F 201523%0%
Aug 2679°F59°F88°F 201344°F 201523%0%
Aug 2779°F58°F92°F 202046°F 202523%0%
Aug 2878°F58°F93°F 202049°F 201923%0%
Aug 2978°F58°F91°F 201345°F 200923%0%
Aug 3078°F58°F91°F 201239°F 200922%0%
Aug 3178°F57°F95°F 201241°F 200922%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Orleans, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 8:43 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 7:57 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00137859 (Spirit Lake), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00214453, 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.