Sparks Weather in August
Average highs run from 93°F on August 1 to 88°F on August 31, and lows from 56°F to 50°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.28 in over about 2 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
- 91°F
- Average low
- 53°F
- Precipitation
- 0.28 in
- Record high
- 105°FAug 6, 1983
- Record low
- 24°FAug 29, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 20.2
- Daylight
- 14 h 12 min to 13 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 23%
- Humidity
- 30%
- Dew point
- 32°F
- Wind
- 5.6 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 93°F | 56°F | 103°F 2000 | 36°F 1942 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 93°F | 56°F | 104°F 2017 | 37°F 1944 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 93°F | 56°F | 102°F 1946 | 37°F 1956 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 93°F | 56°F | 102°F 1978 | 36°F 1963 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 92°F | 55°F | 102°F 1990 | 38°F 1950 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 92°F | 55°F | 105°F 1983 | 37°F 1954 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 92°F | 55°F | 103°F 2026 | 35°F 1975 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 92°F | 55°F | 103°F 1972 | 38°F 1944 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 92°F | 55°F | 104°F 2018 | 38°F 1944 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 92°F | 55°F | 103°F 1940 | 30°F 1962 | 7% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 92°F | 54°F | 105°F 1940 | 35°F 1962 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 92°F | 54°F | 102°F 1944 | 34°F 1962 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 91°F | 54°F | 103°F 1998 | 36°F 1962 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 91°F | 54°F | 102°F 2002 | 33°F 1974 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 91°F | 54°F | 102°F 2008 | 35°F 1954 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 91°F | 53°F | 102°F 2021 | 35°F 1976 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 91°F | 53°F | 99°F 1942 | 35°F 1968 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 91°F | 53°F | 100°F 2020 | 33°F 1978 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 91°F | 53°F | 101°F 2018 | 34°F 1974 | 6% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 90°F | 53°F | 101°F 2009 | 36°F 1963 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 90°F | 52°F | 100°F 1982 | 34°F 1968 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 90°F | 52°F | 101°F 1982 | 29°F 1968 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 90°F | 52°F | 98°F 1942 | 30°F 1960 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 90°F | 52°F | 99°F 2022 | 33°F 1944 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 89°F | 52°F | 99°F 2010 | 31°F 1963 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 89°F | 51°F | 99°F 2011 | 33°F 1960 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 89°F | 51°F | 100°F 2017 | 34°F 1960 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 89°F | 51°F | 99°F 2001 | 28°F 1962 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 89°F | 51°F | 100°F 1998 | 24°F 1962 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 88°F | 50°F | 99°F 1950 | 31°F 1962 | 5% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 88°F | 50°F | 100°F 1976 | 31°F 1966 | 5% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:59 AM, sunset 8:11 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 7:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00267697 (Sparks), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023185, 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.