August Weather in Panama City United States

Daily high temperatures are around 89°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 92°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 76°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Panama City typically range from 77°F to 89°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 46°F to 63°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.

Longmen, China (8,325 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Panama City (view comparison).

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The month of August in Panama City experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 60% to 51%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 49% of the time.

For reference, on July 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62%, while on October 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 66%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Panama City, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 61% and ending it at 46%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 62% on July 29, and its lowest chance is 19% on October 29.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during August in Panama City is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.0 inches or falls below 2.4 inches, and ending the month at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.9 inches or falls below 1.7 inches.

Over the course of August in Panama City, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 48 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 35 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 5 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 46 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 34 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Panama City is 6:01 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 18 minutes later at 6:19 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:35 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 30 minutes earlier at 7:05 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Panama City 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 5:41 AM and sets 14 hours, 6 minutes later, at 7:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:35 AM and sets 10 hours, 12 minutes later, at 4:47 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 in Panama City is gradually decreasing during August, falling from 99% to 94% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 31, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% 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 in Panama City is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 22, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.5 miles per hour, while on August 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 6.8 miles per hour on August 8.

The wind direction in Panama City during August is predominantly out of the west from August 1 to August 24 and the east from August 24 to August 31.

Panama City 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 in Panama City is essentially constant during August, remaining around 84°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 85°F on August 12.

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 in Panama City typically lasts for 11 months (326 days), from around February 3 to around December 26, rarely starting after March 3, or ending before December 5.

The month of August in Panama City 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 in Panama City are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 936°F, from 4,050°F to 4,986°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 in Panama City is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.1 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Panama City are 30.159 deg latitude, -85.660 deg longitude, and 23 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Panama City is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 39 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 15 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (59 feet). Within 50 miles is essentially flat (325 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Panama City is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and water (37%), within 10 miles by water (46%) and artificial surfaces (21%), and within 50 miles by water (44%) and trees (33%).