Climate averages 1991–2020
Red Deer weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Red Deer: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Airdrie (109 km away). In August its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Red Deer, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Red Deer ranks joint 79th of 86 for the warmest August highs and joint 25th of 86 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 86 cities is 23.8°C; Red Deer is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Red Deer climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.6°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 17 | 4.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -2.6°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 11 | 3.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.3°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 20 | 5.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 33 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 83 | 12.9 | 16.316 h |
| August, selected | 21.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 67 | 9.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 0.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 21 | 5.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | -5.1°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 15 | 4.6 | 7.88 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Airdrie in AugustCanada · 109 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Calgary in AugustCanada · 137 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in AugustCanada · 143 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Edmonton in AugustCanada · 144 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Lethbridge in AugustCanada · 294 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in AugustCanada · 460 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Kelowna in AugustCanada · 477 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Kamloops in AugustCanada · 485 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Red Deer) is explained once on the Red Deer year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.