Pleasant Ridge climate

Pleasant Ridge Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Detroit City AP, 12.8 km from Pleasant Ridge

Average highs run from 83°F on August 1 to 79°F on August 31, and lows from 65°F to 61°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.10 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 Pleasant Ridge, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
81°F
Average low
64°F
Precipitation
3.10 in
Record high
102°FAug 6, 1918
Record low
38°FAug 31, 1915
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
2.8
Daylight
14 h 27 min to 13 h 11 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
61°F
Wind
8.1 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 183°F65°F96°F 197545°F 194733%0%
Aug 283°F65°F101°F 198843°F 192733%0%
Aug 383°F65°F101°F 190845°F 189432%0%
Aug 483°F65°F98°F 198842°F 189432%0%
Aug 583°F65°F96°F 191844°F 189432%0%
Aug 683°F65°F102°F 191847°F 199432%0%
Aug 783°F65°F101°F 191848°F 197532%0%
Aug 882°F65°F98°F 191848°F 198932%0%
Aug 982°F65°F94°F 193443°F 196432%0%
Aug 1082°F65°F97°F 194445°F 197232%0%
Aug 1182°F65°F96°F 194445°F 196732%0%
Aug 1282°F65°F95°F 198845°F 193032%0%
Aug 1382°F64°F95°F 194445°F 194132%0%
Aug 1482°F64°F99°F 194445°F 196432%0%
Aug 1582°F64°F97°F 194447°F 196432%0%
Aug 1682°F64°F95°F 190843°F 189432%0%
Aug 1781°F64°F96°F 192241°F 189432%0%
Aug 1881°F64°F95°F 194741°F 189432%0%
Aug 1981°F64°F97°F 195544°F 197732%0%
Aug 2081°F63°F97°F 191641°F 197732%0%
Aug 2181°F63°F99°F 191641°F 189532%0%
Aug 2281°F63°F97°F 193640°F 189432%0%
Aug 2381°F63°F96°F 193645°F 191232%0%
Aug 2480°F63°F95°F 194844°F 192732%0%
Aug 2580°F63°F96°F 194844°F 191432%0%
Aug 2680°F62°F96°F 194846°F 189732%0%
Aug 2780°F62°F99°F 194840°F 191532%0%
Aug 2880°F62°F96°F 195340°F 198632%0%
Aug 2980°F62°F96°F 195340°F 196531%0%
Aug 3079°F61°F97°F 195342°F 191231%0%
Aug 3179°F61°F96°F 195338°F 191531%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Pleasant Ridge, 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 (EDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 8:52 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 8:08 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014822 (Detroit City AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00206658, 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.