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Sundance in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Sundance is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Sundance is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
13h 43mon average

Is August a good time to visit Sundance?

A good month, just outside Sundance's best months, which run in two parts: 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 87°F in August, against 37°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in August, against 3°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in August, against 18% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in August, against 27% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

13h 43m in August, against 9h 19m to 15h 01m 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. July89°32°low 55°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August87°31°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September78°26°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sundance sits, in August

America/Denver
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:37 AMsets 8:26 PM
Above the sea
1,859 mhigh country
Latitude
40.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Alta12 km north

The land around Sundance, 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 Sundance

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sundance. 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 (1,859 m) against the climate model's (2,537 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 (1,859 m) against the climate model's (2,537 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.