El Rancho climate

El Rancho Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Los Alamos, 21.9 km from El Rancho

Average highs run from 81°F on August 1 to 78°F on August 31, and lows from 56°F to 53°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.20 in over about 15 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 El Rancho, 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
55°F
Precipitation
3.20 in
Record high
92°FAug 5, 2023
Record low
38°FAug 8, 1918
Chance of a freeze
0%
Daylight
13 h 57 min to 12 h 57 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
54%
Dew point
46°F
Wind
5.1 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 181°F56°F91°F 198046°F 191849%0%
Aug 281°F56°F89°F 193440°F 191849%0%
Aug 381°F56°F90°F 197742°F 191849%0%
Aug 481°F56°F91°F 202542°F 191849%0%
Aug 581°F56°F92°F 202344°F 191849%0%
Aug 680°F56°F91°F 197744°F 191849%0%
Aug 780°F56°F92°F 202542°F 199049%0%
Aug 880°F56°F92°F 202538°F 191849%0%
Aug 980°F56°F91°F 201146°F 191848%0%
Aug 1080°F56°F92°F 193740°F 191848%0%
Aug 1180°F56°F92°F 201242°F 191848%0%
Aug 1280°F56°F90°F 200742°F 191848%0%
Aug 1380°F56°F90°F 202042°F 191847%0%
Aug 1480°F55°F92°F 202542°F 191847%0%
Aug 1580°F55°F90°F 193640°F 191847%0%
Aug 1680°F55°F90°F 195246°F 191846%0%
Aug 1780°F55°F91°F 202444°F 194246%0%
Aug 1879°F55°F89°F 198644°F 191846%0%
Aug 1979°F55°F90°F 198644°F 191845%0%
Aug 2079°F55°F91°F 202042°F 191845%0%
Aug 2179°F55°F90°F 202040°F 191844%0%
Aug 2279°F55°F89°F 193840°F 191844%0%
Aug 2379°F55°F89°F 202044°F 191843%0%
Aug 2479°F54°F91°F 192238°F 191842%0%
Aug 2579°F54°F90°F 201942°F 191842%0%
Aug 2679°F54°F91°F 201944°F 191841%0%
Aug 2779°F54°F88°F 192640°F 199241%0%
Aug 2878°F54°F87°F 202042°F 191840%0%
Aug 2978°F54°F89°F 194839°F 200539%0%
Aug 3078°F54°F88°F 194840°F 191839%0%
Aug 3178°F53°F87°F 194840°F 191838%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at El Rancho, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 8:09 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 7:33 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00295084 (Los Alamos), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00295084, 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.