Lincoln County Weather in August
Average highs run from 83°F on August 1 to 81°F on August 31, and lows from 55°F to 52°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.70 in over about 10 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
- 83°F
- Average low
- 54°F
- Precipitation
- 2.70 in
- Record high
- 97°FAug 2, 1980
- Record low
- 37°FAug 1, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.9
- Daylight
- 13 h 48 min to 12 h 54 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- 51°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 83°F | 55°F | 96°F 1934 | 37°F 1935 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 83°F | 55°F | 97°F 1980 | 47°F 1995 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 83°F | 55°F | 94°F 1980 | 40°F 1926 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 83°F | 55°F | 92°F 1938 | 46°F 1941 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 83°F | 55°F | 91°F 2003 | 46°F 1926 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 83°F | 55°F | 90°F 1937 | 42°F 1978 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 83°F | 55°F | 92°F 2012 | 47°F 1928 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 83°F | 55°F | 96°F 2011 | 43°F 1990 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 83°F | 55°F | 96°F 2011 | 43°F 1930 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 83°F | 55°F | 92°F 1933 | 47°F 1936 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 83°F | 55°F | 93°F 2012 | 43°F 1931 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 83°F | 54°F | 92°F 2002 | 42°F 1931 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 83°F | 54°F | 90°F 2002 | 44°F 1931 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 83°F | 54°F | 91°F 1934 | 43°F 1931 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 83°F | 54°F | 94°F 2002 | 45°F 1931 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 83°F | 54°F | 89°F 1978 | 42°F 1942 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 83°F | 54°F | 89°F 1994 | 41°F 1942 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 83°F | 54°F | 92°F 1994 | 43°F 1939 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 83°F | 54°F | 92°F 1930 | 42°F 1929 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 83°F | 54°F | 94°F 1930 | 44°F 1929 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 83°F | 53°F | 94°F 1930 | 40°F 1922 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 83°F | 53°F | 92°F 1938 | 45°F 1925 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 82°F | 53°F | 90°F 2002 | 40°F 1922 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 82°F | 53°F | 91°F 2002 | 42°F 1920 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 82°F | 53°F | 93°F 2002 | 37°F 1924 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 82°F | 53°F | 93°F 2002 | 40°F 2010 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 82°F | 53°F | 92°F 2002 | 41°F 2010 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 82°F | 52°F | 93°F 2011 | 42°F 1925 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 82°F | 52°F | 92°F 2011 | 41°F 1976 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 82°F | 52°F | 94°F 2011 | 40°F 1920 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 81°F | 52°F | 94°F 2011 | 43°F 1932 | 28% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 8:02 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 7:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00291440 (Capitan), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00291440, 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.