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Seward in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Seward is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 27 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Seward is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
15h 25mon average

Is August a good time to visit Seward?

Yes. August is one of Seward's best months (July to August).

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 65°F in August, against 30°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in August, against -1°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in August, against 47% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in August, against 59% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

15h 25m in August, against 6h 10m to 18h 31m 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. July66°19°low 51°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August65°18°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September59°15°low 45°low 7°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Seward sits, in August

America/Anchorage
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:21 AMsets 10:01 PM
Above the sea
19 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Skwentna233 km north

The land around Seward, 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 Seward

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Seward. 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 (19 m) against the climate model's (126 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 (19 m) against the climate model's (126 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.