Climate averages 1991–2020
Mesa weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Mesa: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tempe (8 km away). In August its highs average 39.5°C, about as warm as Mesa, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Mesa ranks joint 11th of 498 for the warmest August highs and 142nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Mesa is 9.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 26 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
Mesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 40 | 3.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 20.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 44 | 4.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 29 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.3 | 0.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 40.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 39.3°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 25 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 26 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 20 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 20 | 2.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 33 | 4.1 | 10.010 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
- Tempe in AugustUnited States · 8 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 27.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Scottsdale in AugustUnited States · 12 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Chandler in AugustUnited States · 13 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Phoenix in AugustUnited States · 24 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Glendale (Arizona), United States in AugustUnited States · 36 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.7°C · 27 mm rain
- San Tan Valley in AugustUnited States · 38 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Peoria (Arizona), United States in AugustUnited States · 42 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Avondale in AugustUnited States · 49 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 28.0°C · 27 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 Mesa) is explained once on the Mesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.