Mapleton Weather in August
Mapleton in August
The short of it: Mapleton in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 83° · low 62° · rain 3.4 in. · daylight 13 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Mapleton an average August high of 83°, a low of 62° and some 3.4 in. of rain. Much like July: highs about 83°, nights near 62°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 3.4 in., the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 52 min in mid-August, 66 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Mapleton runs about middling and drier than most in August. Schleswig, 18 mi to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Mapleton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 0.6 in. more rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 21°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 7 mph