Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 3.6°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 361st of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 218th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Colorado Springs is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Pueblo in AugustUnited States · 67 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in AugustUnited States · 81 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Centennial in AugustUnited States · 83 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Lakewood in AugustUnited States · 99 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in AugustUnited States · 100 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Denver in AugustUnited States · 102 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Arvada in AugustUnited States · 110 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in AugustUnited States · 113 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 39 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 Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.