National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
              NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
          MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
                               FOR AUGUST


20 WARMEST AUG             20 WETTEST AUG              SNOWIEST AUG
  (1872-2020)                (1872-2020)               (1882-2020)

 1  77.0  2020              1  5.85  1979              Numerous Years
    77.0  2011              2  4.47  1951                 with No
 3  76.8  1937              3  4.03  2008              Snowfall (137)
 4  75.4  2019              4  3.87  1923              
 5  75.4  2007              5  3.69  1991           
 6  75.3  1995              6  3.52  1997           
 7  75.0  2012              7  3.49  1921            
    75.0  1994              8  3.37  1999              
 9  74.7  1938              9  3.22  1936           
10  74.6  2013             10  3.20  1984             
    74.6  1878             11  3.19  1908          
12  74.5  2000             12  3.06  2000              
13  74.4  1983             13  2.84  2004            
    74.4  1934                 2.84  1891             
15  74.2  1943             15  2.78  2013               
    74.2  1922             16  2.76  2007          
17  74.1  1948             17  2.75  1927           
    74.1  1947             18  2.73  2014    
19  74.0  2015             19  2.72  1929          
20  73.9  1969             20  2.71  1972              
    73.9  1932                         


20 COLDEST AUG            20 DRIEST AUG             LEAST SNOWIEST AUG
  (1872-2020)               (1872-2020)                 (1882-2020)

 1  66.5  1915              1  0.02  1924             Numerous Years
 2  66.6  1927              2  0.05  1917                 with No
 3  67.7  1920                 0.05  1900             Snowfall (137)
 4  67.8  1884              4  0.06  1960          
 5  68.0  1888              5  0.11  2012
 6  68.1  1968              6  0.16  1974
 7  68.2  2004              7  0.19  1948
    68.2  1967              8  0.22  2016
 9  68.4  1992              9  0.23  1907
    68.4  1923             10  0.25  1959    
    68.4  1917             11  0.26  1978   
12  68.7  1963                 0.27  1964
13  68.8  1908             13  0.27  1950
    68.8  1887             14  0.28  1985
    68.8  1885             15  0.30  2011
16  68.9  1950             16  0.33  1889
17  69.0  1906             17  0.35  1893
    69.0  1890                 0.35  2020
19  69.2  1891             19  0.38  1940
20  69.3  1872             20  0.39  1942


- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average August Temperature is 72.5 degrees (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average August Precipitation is 1.69 inches (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average August Snowfall is 0.0 (from 1981-2010 DEN data).

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.


UPDATED: 10/2/2020