National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

National Weather Service - Denver/Boulder, Colorado

Denver Area Normals & Extremes for August

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

Date Normal High Record High Year Set Record Warmest Minimum Year Set   Normal Low Record Low Year Set Record Coldest Maximum Year Set   Maximum Precipitation Year Set Maximum Snowfall Year Set

1

90

104

2008

70

1980^   61

42

1995

66

1999   1.71 1976 0.0 -

2

90

103

2008

70

2022^   61

50

1891

63

1976   1.52 1951 0.0 -

3

89

100

1878

68

1981^   61

48

1911

59

1978   1.93 1951 0.0 -

4

89

102

2024

70

1960^   61

50

1978

61

2005   0.70 1999 0.0 -

5

89

101

2022

76

1881   60

48

1978

70

1936   0.71 1929 0.0 -

6

89

100

1980

72

1938   60

48

1887

64

1997^   1.29 2008 0.0 -

7

89

99

1980

65

1939   60

50

1971

65

1939   0.95 1973 0.0 -

8

89

105#

1878

72

1881   60

49

1904

63

1927   0.54 1979 0.0 -

9

89

98

2021^

71

2006   60

45

1872

59

1884   1.31 1968 0.0 -

10

89

100

1962

68

2006^   60

45

1974

58

1968   0.75 1878 0.0 -

11

88

98

2022

69

1943   59

48

1872

64

1908   0.73 1923 0.0 -

12

88

100

1876

69

2022^   59

49

2004

65

1920   1.35 1936 0.0 -

13

88

99

2007

69

1938   59

48

2004

63

2005   1.37 1975 0.0 -

14

88

100

1962

68

1958^   59

49

2023^

62

1979   0.98 1980 0.0 -

15

88

98

2015

69

1933   59

44

1978

59

2008   0.94 1932 0.0 -

16

88

100

2002

68

1874   58

47

2009^

58

2008   1.13 1931 0.0 -

17

87

98^

2024

68

1948   58

44

1960

66

1910   1.45 2000 0.0 -

18

87

100

2020

69

2023   58

47

2015^

65

1978   1.62 2004 0.0 -

19

87

99

2019

67

1948   58

47

2015

61

1908^   1.05 1979 0.0 -

20

87

99

2013

70

2013   58

46

2018^

58

1920   0.92 1984 0.0 -

21

87

99

2023

72

2023   57

45

1974

59

2022   1.14 1958 0.0 -

22

87

98

1960

73

2023   57

40*

1904

60

1896   1.94 2013 0.0 -

23

87

98

2020^

68

1925   57

41

1964

64

1987^   2.93 1921 0.0 -

24

86

98

2020^

69

1937   57

40*

1910

58

1992   1.98 1992 0.0 -

25

86

99

2011

69

1881   57

40*

1910

65

1885   0.81 2014 0.0 -

26

86

97

2020^

66

1988   56

40*

1910

66

1891   0.95 1944 0.0 -

27

86

98

2012^

66

1994   56

48

2016^

55

2004   1.39 1955 0.0 -

28

86

96

2012^

67

2011   56

42

2004

59

1892   0.68 1882 0.0 -

29

85

97

2012

67

1948   56

44

1962

55

1946   0.50 1872 0.0 -

30

85

98

1990

70

2013   55

42

1968

59

1882  

0.77

2003

0.0

-

31

85

98

2011^

66

1985   55

43

1962

62

1882   0.65 1951 0.0 -
 

 

The Normal High and Low Temperatures are calculated from 1991-2020 data.

The Temperature Extremes range from 1872-Present

^ - Also in Previous Years

# - Highest Temperatures of the Month:  105° on 8/8/1878 (Tied for highest temperature in Denver)

* - Lowest Temperature of the Month:  40° on 8/22/1904, 8/24/1910, 8/25/1910, and 8/26/1910

- The August Mean Temperature is 72.9° (from 1991-2020 data)

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872 thru December 1948, then at the Stapleton Airport Office from

January 1950 thru February 1995, then at Denver International Airport from March 1995 to Present.

 

Updated: 6/24/2023