August Weather in Arches National Park Utah, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 94°F to 88°F, rarely falling below 80°F or exceeding 100°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 68°F to 62°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 74°F.

For reference, on July 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Arches National Park typically range from 68°F to 95°F, while on January 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 20°F to 38°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.

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The month of August in Arches National Park experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 29% to 25%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on March 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on September 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 80%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Arches National Park, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is essentially constant, remaining around 16% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 18% on July 31, and its lowest chance is 5% on June 13.

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 Arches National Park is essentially constant, remaining about 0.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.6 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of August in Arches National Park, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 6 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 12 seconds, and weekly decrease of 15 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 13 hours, 2 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Arches National Park is 6:20 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 27 minutes later at 6:47 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:28 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 39 minutes earlier at 7:49 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Arches National Park during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:53 AM and sets 14 hours, 53 minutes later, at 8:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:33 AM and sets 9 hours, 27 minutes later, at 5:00 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 Arches National Park is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, 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 in Arches National Park is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour, while on January 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 6.3 miles per hour on August 11.

The hourly average wind direction in Arches National Park throughout August is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 48% on August 31.

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 Arches National Park typically lasts for 6.5 months (201 days), from around April 11 to around October 28, rarely starting before March 19 or after May 1, and rarely ending before October 10 or after November 14.

The month of August in Arches National Park 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 Arches National Park are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 805°F, from 2,484°F to 3,289°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 Arches National Park is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 0.8 kWh, from 7.2 kWh to 6.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Arches National Park are 38.723 deg latitude, -109.586 deg longitude, and 4,022 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Arches National Park contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 771 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,808 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,149 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (8,921 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Arches National Park is covered by shrubs (100%), within 10 miles by shrubs (99%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (82%) and trees (10%).