August Weather at Paso Robles Municipal Airport United States

Daily high temperatures are around 92°F, rarely falling below 80°F or exceeding 104°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 93°F on August 1.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 55°F to 53°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Paso Robles Municipal Airport typically range from 55°F to 93°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 59°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Ceres, South Africa (10,178 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Paso Robles Municipal Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Paso Robles Municipal Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 8% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 8% on August 7.

The clearest day of the month is August 7, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 92% of the time.

For reference, on February 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

Over the course of August at Paso Robles Municipal Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 59 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 58 seconds, and weekly decrease of 13 minutes, 47 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 55 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is 6:11 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 23 minutes later at 6:34 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:06 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 36 minutes earlier at 7:30 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Paso Robles Municipal Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:46 AM and sets 14 hours, 35 minutes later, at 8:21 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:08 AM and sets 9 hours, 45 minutes later, at 4:53 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on September 13, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on October 31, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on May 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.4 miles per hour, while on September 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Paso Robles Municipal Airport throughout August is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 69% on August 1.

Paso Robles Municipal Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 59°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Paso Robles Municipal Airport typically lasts for 8.0 months (244 days), from around March 15 to around November 14, rarely starting before January 24 or after April 18, and rarely ending before October 22 or after December 4.

The month of August at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Paso Robles Municipal Airport are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 592°F, from 2,160°F to 2,752°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Paso Robles Municipal Airport is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 1.0 kWh, from 8.1 kWh to 7.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Paso Robles Municipal Airport are 35.673 deg latitude, -120.628 deg longitude, and 814 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Paso Robles Municipal Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 240 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 808 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,729 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,223 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Paso Robles Municipal Airport is covered by grassland (68%) and cropland (32%), within 10 miles by grassland (84%) and cropland (11%), and within 50 miles by grassland (47%) and shrubs (22%).