Dawson County Weather in August
Average highs run from 90°F on August 1 to 83°F on August 31, and lows from 61°F to 53°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.53 in over about 7 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
- 87°F
- Average low
- 58°F
- Precipitation
- 1.53 in
- Record high
- 113°FAug 6, 1893
- Record low
- 32°FAug 25, 1910
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 13.6
- Daylight
- 14 h 55 min to 13 h 23 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 50%
- Dew point
- 49°F
- Wind
- 10.3 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 | 90°F | 61°F | 111°F 1900 | 38°F 1903 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 90°F | 61°F | 109°F 1893 | 44°F 1927 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 90°F | 61°F | 109°F 1934 | 44°F 1978 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 90°F | 61°F | 105°F 1894 | 40°F 2009 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 90°F | 61°F | 108°F 1941 | 43°F 1924 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 90°F | 61°F | 113°F 1893 | 40°F 1904 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 89°F | 60°F | 105°F 1983 | 45°F 1932 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 89°F | 60°F | 109°F 1995 | 39°F 1939 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 89°F | 60°F | 105°F 1940 | 36°F 1917 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 89°F | 60°F | 104°F 1936 | 41°F 1924 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 89°F | 60°F | 106°F 1928 | 38°F 1903 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 89°F | 59°F | 107°F 1895 | 38°F 1903 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 88°F | 59°F | 110°F 1893 | 44°F 1918 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 88°F | 59°F | 107°F 1935 | 42°F 1895 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 88°F | 58°F | 104°F 1961 | 42°F 1951 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 88°F | 58°F | 105°F 2003 | 40°F 1910 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 87°F | 58°F | 103°F 1920 | 43°F 1950 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 87°F | 58°F | 107°F 1964 | 42°F 1940 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 87°F | 57°F | 104°F 1964 | 36°F 1950 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 87°F | 57°F | 104°F 1898 | 33°F 1907 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 86°F | 57°F | 105°F 1898 | 35°F 1911 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 86°F | 56°F | 105°F 1925 | 35°F 1911 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 86°F | 56°F | 105°F 1971 | 35°F 1928 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 85°F | 56°F | 105°F 1989 | 40°F 2015 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 85°F | 55°F | 105°F 1969 | 32°F 1910 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 85°F | 55°F | 107°F 1926 | 35°F 1914 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 84°F | 55°F | 105°F 2000 | 32°F 1911 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 84°F | 54°F | 105°F 1971 | 39°F 1909 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 84°F | 54°F | 102°F 1996 | 36°F 1946 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 83°F | 54°F | 101°F 1926 | 37°F 1935 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 83°F | 53°F | 103°F 1948 | 37°F 1924 | 22% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 8:33 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:18 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00243581 (Glendive), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00243581, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.