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Ararat in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Ararat is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Ararat is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
13h 30mon average

Is August a good time to visit Ararat?

A good month, just outside Ararat's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in August, against 44°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 7°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in August, against 26% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in August, against 36% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 30m in August, against 9h 42m to 14h 37m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July84°29°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August82°28°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September77°25°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Ararat sits, in August

America/New York
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:39 AMsets 8:15 PM
Above the sea
823 mupland
Latitude
36.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Waynesville254 km south-west

The land around Ararat, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Ararat

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ararat. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (823 m) against the climate model's (501 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (823 m) against the climate model's (501 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.