Climate averages 1991–2020
Denver weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Denver: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakewood (9 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Denver, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Denver ranks joint 313th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 168th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Denver is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 36 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
Denver climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 22 | 5.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 23 | 5.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 47 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 70 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 82 | 11.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 41 | 7.2 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 39 | 6.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 40 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 30 | 5.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 9.49 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
- Lakewood in AugustUnited States · 9 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Arvada in AugustUnited States · 11 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in AugustUnited States · 12 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in AugustUnited States · 13 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Thornton in AugustUnited States · 14 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Centennial in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in AugustUnited States · 21 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Boulder in AugustUnited States · 39 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 71 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 Denver) is explained once on the Denver year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Lakewood, Thornton and Westminster (Colorado), United States lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.