Swift Current weather in August

In August, Swift Current sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 51 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Swift Current's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Swift Current's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 51 mm; 7.9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 6:06 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 1st clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Swift Current is city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 691/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical August day in Swift Current reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	12
2	25	12
3	25	12
4	25	12
5	25	12
6	25	12
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

How August really feels in Swift Current

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Swift Current weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -15°	17	4.7	5.4	8.3	0.0
Feb	-4° / -14°	11	3.5	4.2	9.7	0.0
Mar	2° / -8°	21	5.5	5.2	11.5	0.1
Apr	10° / -2°	34	7.6	3.4	13.5	2.5
May	17° / 4°	55	9.4	1.2	15.2	5.3
Jun	21° / 10°	92	12.8	0	16.1	5.9
Jul	24° / 12°	61	9.5	0	15.7	7.2
Aug	24° / 11°	51	7.9	0	14.3	7.6
Sep	19° / 6°	38	5.8	0.3	12.4	6.6
Oct	11° / -1°	31	5.9	2.3	10.5	2.8
Nov	1° / -8°	21	5.8	5.2	8.8	0.0
Dec	-5° / -13°	16	4.7	5.3	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	70	70	69	69	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66
Cloudier (%)	30	30	31	31	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	66	34
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Swift Current gets around 51 mm of rain over 7.9 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 24% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	24
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	22
31	22

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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	84	85	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	93	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98
Comfortable (%)	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	79	19	2
5	79	19	2
6	80	18	2
7	80	18	2
8	81	17	2
9	82	16	2
10	82	16	2
11	83	15	2
12	84	14	2
13	85	13	2
14	87	12	1
15	88	11	1
16	89	10	1
17	90	9	1
18	90	9	1
19	91	8	1
20	92	7	1
21	92	7	1
22	93	6	1
23	93	6	1
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	97	3	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 8:51 PM to 7:53 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29
Sunset (PM)	8:51	8:49	8:48	8:46	8:44	8:43	8:41	8:39	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:32	8:30	8:28	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:57	7:55	7:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.1	5:44	8:51
2	15.1	5:45	8:49
3	15.0	5:47	8:48
4	15.0	5:48	8:46
5	14.9	5:50	8:44
6	14.9	5:51	8:43
7	14.8	5:53	8:41
8	14.8	5:54	8:39
9	14.7	5:56	8:37
10	14.6	5:57	8:36
11	14.6	5:59	8:34
12	14.5	6:00	8:32
13	14.5	6:02	8:30
14	14.4	6:03	8:28
15	14.4	6:05	8:26
16	14.3	6:06	8:24
17	14.2	6:08	8:22
18	14.2	6:09	8:20
19	14.1	6:11	8:18
20	14.1	6:12	8:16
21	14.0	6:14	8:14
22	13.9	6:15	8:12
23	13.9	6:17	8:10
24	13.8	6:19	8:08
25	13.8	6:20	8:06
26	13.7	6:22	8:04
27	13.6	6:23	8:02
28	13.6	6:25	8:00
29	13.5	6:26	7:57
30	13.5	6:28	7:55
31	13.4	6:29	7:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Swift Current?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Swift Current for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Swift Current in August

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

In August, Swift Current sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Swift Current in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Swift Current peaks around July 11 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	5	7	7	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Swift Current?

Swift Current sits at 50.3°N, 107.8°W, 742 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Moose Jaw, 161 km away.

Topography around Swift Current

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Swift Current has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 756 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m.

The land around Swift Current is covered by grassland (52%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

77 m

grassland 52%

16 km

169 m

cropland 57%

80 km

487 m

cropland 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Swift Current year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Moose Jaw 161 km · Medicine Hat 207 km · Stonebridge 216 km · Nutana Sector 218 km · Lakewood 220 km · Core Neighbourhoods 220 km · Confederation 220 km · Saskatoon 220 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

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 Swift Current (50.2834°, -107.8013°, elevation 742 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	12
2	25	12
3	25	12
4	25	12
5	25	12
6	25	12
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	24
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	79	19	2
5	79	19	2
6	80	18	2
7	80	18	2
8	81	17	2
9	82	16	2
10	82	16	2
11	83	15	2
12	84	14	2
13	85	13	2
14	87	12	1
15	88	11	1
16	89	10	1
17	90	9	1
18	90	9	1
19	91	8	1
20	92	7	1
21	92	7	1
22	93	6	1
23	93	6	1
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	97	3	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	12
2	25	12
3	25	12
4	25	12
5	25	12
6	25	12
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	24
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	79	19	2
5	79	19	2
6	80	18	2
7	80	18	2
8	81	17	2
9	82	16	2
10	82	16	2
11	83	15	2
12	84	14	2
13	85	13	2
14	87	12	1
15	88	11	1
16	89	10	1
17	90	9	1
18	90	9	1
19	91	8	1
20	92	7	1
21	92	7	1
22	93	6	1
23	93	6	1
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	97	3	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	12
2	25	12
3	25	12
4	25	12
5	25	12
6	25	12
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	10
23	24	10
24	24	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	9
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	66	34
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	26
13	25
14	24
15	24
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	22
31	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	79	19	2
5	79	19	2
6	80	18	2
7	80	18	2
8	81	17	2
9	82	16	2
10	82	16	2
11	83	15	2
12	84	14	2
13	85	13	2
14	87	12	1
15	88	11	1
16	89	10	1
17	90	9	1
18	90	9	1
19	91	8	1
20	92	7	1
21	92	7	1
22	93	6	1
23	93	6	1
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	96	4	0
27	96	4	0
28	97	3	0
29	97	3	0
30	97	3	0
31	98	2	0