De Smet Weather in August
Average highs run from 81°F on August 1 to 76°F on August 31, and lows from 61°F to 56°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.07 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
- 79°F
- Average low
- 59°F
- Precipitation
- 3.07 in
- Record high
- 108°FAug 4, 1934
- Record low
- 30°FAug 29, 1893
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.4
- Daylight
- 14 h 38 min to 13 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 49%
- Humidity
- 64%
- Dew point
- 57°F
- Wind
- 10.1 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 81°F | 61°F | 106°F 1901 | 44°F 1927 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 81°F | 61°F | 105°F 1938 | 40°F 1894 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 81°F | 61°F | 107°F 1930 | 39°F 1915 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 81°F | 61°F | 108°F 1934 | 39°F 1915 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 81°F | 61°F | 101°F 1937 | 42°F 1915 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 81°F | 61°F | 103°F 1933 | 41°F 1904 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 81°F | 61°F | 101°F 1941 | 41°F 1921 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 80°F | 60°F | 101°F 1930 | 44°F 1904 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 80°F | 60°F | 104°F 1947 | 38°F 1927 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 80°F | 60°F | 103°F 1947 | 38°F 1902 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 80°F | 60°F | 101°F 1936 | 42°F 1893 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 80°F | 60°F | 102°F 1922 | 42°F 1964 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 80°F | 60°F | 103°F 1938 | 38°F 1964 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 80°F | 60°F | 99°F 1904 | 42°F 1893 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 79°F | 59°F | 107°F 1937 | 43°F 1929 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 79°F | 59°F | 101°F 1988 | 47°F 1943 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 79°F | 59°F | 101°F 1988 | 42°F 1893 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 79°F | 59°F | 101°F 1934 | 43°F 1933 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 79°F | 59°F | 100°F 1922 | 40°F 1967 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 79°F | 58°F | 99°F 1955 | 38°F 1907 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 78°F | 58°F | 99°F 1929 | 40°F 1967 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 78°F | 58°F | 104°F 1938 | 34°F 1904 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 78°F | 58°F | 99°F 1936 | 37°F 1934 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 78°F | 58°F | 100°F 1936 | 36°F 1934 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 78°F | 57°F | 99°F 1991 | 35°F 1934 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 77°F | 57°F | 102°F 1973 | 34°F 1914 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 77°F | 57°F | 100°F 1913 | 40°F 1908 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 77°F | 57°F | 103°F 1894 | 32°F 1893 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 77°F | 56°F | 102°F 1894 | 30°F 1893 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 77°F | 56°F | 101°F 1898 | 34°F 1893 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 76°F | 56°F | 97°F 1939 | 36°F 1919 | 22% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 8:55 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:52 AM, sunset 8:08 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00392302 (De Smet), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00392302, 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.