August Weather in Beaver Dam United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 104°F to 100°F, rarely falling below 93°F or exceeding 110°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 79°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 85°F.

For reference, on July 10, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Beaver Dam typically range from 79°F to 105°F, while on January 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 55°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.

Deir ez-Zor, Syria (7,184 miles away) and Yazd, Iran (7,632 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Beaver Dam (view comparison).

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The month of August in Beaver Dam experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 21% to 17%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 83% of the time.

For reference, on February 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 42%, while on September 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 87%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Beaver Dam, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is essentially constant, remaining around 13% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 15% on February 24, and its lowest chance is 3% 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 Beaver Dam is essentially constant, remaining about 0.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.6 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.7 inches on August 15.

Over the course of August in Beaver Dam, 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, 2 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 4 seconds, and weekly decrease of 14 minutes, 26 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 0 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Beaver Dam is 5:41 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 25 minutes later at 6:06 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:41 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 37 minutes earlier at 7:04 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Beaver Dam during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 14 hours, 42 minutes later, at 7:58 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:45 AM and sets 9 hours, 38 minutes later, at 5:23 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 Beaver Dam is essentially constant during August, remaining around 2% throughout.

For reference, on August 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time, while on October 11, 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 Beaver Dam is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour, while on August 23, 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 23.

The hourly average wind direction in Beaver Dam throughout August is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 57% on August 1.

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 Beaver Dam typically lasts for 9.4 months (287 days), from around February 11 to around November 24, rarely starting before January 15 or after March 8, and rarely ending before November 7 or after December 13.

The month of August in Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam are very rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 1,004°F, from 3,766°F to 4,770°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 Beaver Dam is gradually decreasing during August, falling by 0.8 kWh, from 7.5 kWh to 6.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Beaver Dam are 36.899 deg latitude, -113.933 deg longitude, and 1,824 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Beaver Dam contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 413 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,952 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (6,352 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (9,150 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Beaver Dam is covered by shrubs (100%), within 10 miles by shrubs (94%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (90%).