Climate averages 1991–2020
Odessa weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Odessa: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midland (32 km away). In August its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Odessa, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Odessa ranks joint 78th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 164th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Odessa is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 45 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
Odessa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 29 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 29 | 4.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 55 | 7.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 38 | 7.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 37 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 37 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 24 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.110 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
- Midland in AugustUnited States · 32 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 39 mm rain
- San Angelo in AugustUnited States · 188 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lubbock in AugustUnited States · 198 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Abilene in AugustUnited States · 257 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ciudad Acuña in AugustMexico · 311 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Amarillo in AugustUnited States · 379 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in AugustMexico · 387 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 24 mm rain
- El Paso in AugustUnited States · 389 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 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 Odessa) is explained once on the Odessa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.