Climate averages 1991–2020
Layton weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Layton: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ogden (18 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Layton, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Layton ranks joint 221st of 498 for the warmest August highs and 111th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Layton is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 30 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
Layton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.3°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 46 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 27 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 8.3 | 1.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 9.4 | 2.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 30 | 4.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 43 | 6.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 43 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 51 | 9.1 | 9.39 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
- Ogden in AugustUnited States · 18 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in AugustUnited States · 34 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 12 mm rain
- West Valley City in AugustUnited States · 41 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 12 mm rain
- West Jordan in AugustUnited States · 50 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Orem in AugustUnited States · 88 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Provo in AugustUnited States · 96 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Boise in AugustUnited States · 449 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Meridian in AugustUnited States · 461 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 3.4 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 Layton) is explained once on the Layton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.