Red Deer weather in August

In August, Red Deer sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Red Deer's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Red Deer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
5:25 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover
54%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Red Deer is city in Alberta, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
963/km²
people per km²
Founded
1882

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Red Deer reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12210
22210
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42210
52210
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31207

How August really feels in Red Deer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Red Deer weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -15°174.95.880.0
Feb-3° / -13°113.34.29.50.0
Mar / -9°205.85.511.50.0
Apr / -2°337.23.913.62.1
May16° / 6310.31.815.44.7
Jun19° / 9114.2016.45.4
Jul22° / 10°8312.90166.3
Aug21° / 6710014.56.6
Sep17° / 4180.712.45.5
Oct / -1°245.82.610.32.1
Nov / -8°215.35.28.50.0
Dec-5° / -13°154.65.37.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35644
45644
55644
65545
75446
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95446
105446
115446
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Red Deer gets around 67 mm of rain over 10 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
537
637
737
837
936
1036
1136
1235
1335
1434
1534
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1732
1832
1931
2030
2130
2229
2328
2428
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2627
2727
2827
2927
3027
3127

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
178202
278202
379192
479192
580182
680182
781172
882162
983152
1083152
1185141
1286131
1387121
1487121
1588111
1689101
179091
189181
199271
209271
219460
229550
239550
249640
259730
269730
279820
289820
299820
309820
319910

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:01 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 7:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.45:018:22
215.35:028:20
315.25:048:19
415.25:058:17
515.15:078:15
615.15:088:13
715.05:108:11
815.05:128:10
914.95:138:08
1014.85:158:06
1114.85:178:04
1214.75:188:02
1314.75:208:00
1414.65:227:58
1514.55:237:56
1614.55:257:54
1714.45:277:52
1814.45:287:49
1914.35:307:47
2014.25:327:45
2114.25:337:43
2214.15:357:41
2314.05:377:39
2414.05:387:36
2513.95:407:34
2613.85:427:32
2713.85:447:29
2813.75:457:27
2913.65:477:25
3013.65:497:23
3113.55:507:20

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
25.9Bright
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.7Bright
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105.5Bright
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215.2Bright
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235.2Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Red Deer?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Red Deer for sightseeing.

What to pack for Red Deer in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Red Deer sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Red Deer in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Red Deer peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Red Deer?

Red Deer sits at 52.3°N, 113.8°W, 856 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Sylvan Lake, 20 km away.

Topography around Red Deer

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Red Deer.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Red Deer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 877 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 546 m.

The land around Red Deer is covered by artificial surfaces (50%), trees (26%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
546 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sylvan Lake 20 km · Camrose 106 km · Airdrie 109 km · Leduc 112 km · Coventry Hills 123 km · Evanston 125 km · Panorama Hills 125 km · Saddle Ridge 127 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Red Deer (52.2668°, -113.802°, elevation 856 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).