Badger weather in August

In August, Badger sees average daytime highs of 66°F and overnight lows near 50°F, with 2.3 in of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 69°F in the first days to 62°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Badger's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Badger's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 66°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 50°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 2.3 in; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 12 min; 4:48 AM – 9:01 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Badger is census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States of America.

Density: 113/km²; people per km²

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 69°F in the first days to 62°F by the end.

A typical August day in Badger reaches about 66°F in the afternoon and slips back to 50°F overnight — a 16°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 57°F and 75°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 6°F cooler than July and about 11°F 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 (°F)	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	61
Avg low (°F)	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	54
2	70	54
3	69	54
4	69	53
5	69	53
6	69	53
7	69	53
8	68	53
9	68	52
10	68	52
11	67	52
12	67	51
13	67	51
14	67	51
15	66	51
16	66	50
17	66	50
18	65	49
19	65	49
20	65	49
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	63	47
25	63	47
26	63	47
27	62	46
28	62	46
29	62	46
30	62	45
31	61	45

How August really feels in Badger

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Badger weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -9°	0.4	3.4	4.7	4.6	0.0
Feb	13° / -3°	0.4	2.9	3.9	7.8	0.0
Mar	25° / 5°	0.3	2.4	3.2	11.2	0.0
Apr	45° / 25°	0.4	2.9	2.2	14.7	1.4
May	61° / 41°	0.7	4.8	0.5	18.1	5.4
Jun	71° / 53°	1.9	9.5	0	20.6	6.5
Jul	72° / 55°	2.2	10	0	19.5	6.4
Aug	66° / 50°	2.3	10.2	0	16.2	5.8
Sep	55° / 39°	1.5	8	0.9	12.7	3.4
Oct	34° / 22°	0.8	5.4	4.2	9.2	0.1
Nov	14° / 3°	0.6	4.3	5.3	5.8	0.0
Dec	6° / -5°	0.4	3.6	4.6	3.4	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	72	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	29	71
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Badger gets around 2.3 in of rain over 10.2 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30

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

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 96% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph 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 (mph)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 54 min at the start of August to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 204 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:59 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 9:54 PM to 8:05 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)	17.9	17.8	17.7	17.6	17.5	17.4	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5
Sunrise (AM)	3:59	4:02	4:05	4:08	4:12	4:15	4:18	4:22	4:25	4:28	4:31	4:35	4:38	4:41	4:44	4:48	4:51	4:54	4:57	5:01	5:04	5:07	5:10	5:13	5:17	5:20	5:23	5:26	5:29	5:32	5:35
Sunset (PM)	9:54	9:50	9:47	9:44	9:40	9:37	9:33	9:30	9:26	9:22	9:19	9:15	9:12	9:08	9:04	9:01	8:57	8:53	8:50	8:46	8:42	8:39	8:35	8:31	8:27	8:24	8:20	8:16	8:12	8:09	8:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.9	3:59	9:54
2	17.8	4:02	9:50
3	17.7	4:05	9:47
4	17.6	4:08	9:44
5	17.5	4:12	9:40
6	17.4	4:15	9:37
7	17.2	4:18	9:33
8	17.1	4:22	9:30
9	17.0	4:25	9:26
10	16.9	4:28	9:22
11	16.8	4:31	9:19
12	16.7	4:35	9:15
13	16.6	4:38	9:12
14	16.4	4:41	9:08
15	16.3	4:44	9:04
16	16.2	4:48	9:01
17	16.1	4:51	8:57
18	16.0	4:54	8:53
19	15.9	4:57	8:50
20	15.8	5:01	8:46
21	15.6	5:04	8:42
22	15.5	5:07	8:39
23	15.4	5:10	8:35
24	15.3	5:13	8:31
25	15.2	5:17	8:27
26	15.1	5:20	8:24
27	15.0	5:23	8:20
28	14.8	5:26	8:16
29	14.7	5:29	8:12
30	14.6	5:32	8:09
31	14.5	5:35	8:05

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.62 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Badger?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Badger for sightseeing.

What to pack for Badger in August

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

In August, Badger sees daytime highs around 66°F and nights near 50°F. Worth packing: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Badger in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Badger peaks around June 20 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	3	5	4	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Badger in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Badger is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 33.8× the cleanest month (December, 1 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	3	5	8	10	34	29	19	3	2	1	1
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	3	Good
Oct	2	Good
Nov	1	Good
Dec	1	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Badger?

Badger sits at 64.8°N, 147.5°W, 472 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Fairbanks, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Badger

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Badger.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Badger has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 ft around an average of 466 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,411 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,298 ft.

The land around Badger is covered by trees (65%) and grassland (20%) within 2 miles, trees (64%) and grassland (25%) within 10 miles, and trees (68%) and grassland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

187 ft

trees 65%

10 miles

1,411 ft

trees 64%

50 miles

4,298 ft

trees 68%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

August weather nearby: Fairbanks 6.2 mi · Dawson City 247 mi · Eagle River 249 mi · Anchorage 258 mi · Whitehorse 484 mi · Juneau 621 mi · Terrace 963 mi · Anadyr 1,017 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; 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 Badger (64.8°, -147.5333°, elevation 472 ft), 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	54
2	70	54
3	69	54
4	69	53
5	69	53
6	69	53
7	69	53
8	68	53
9	68	52
10	68	52
11	67	52
12	67	51
13	67	51
14	67	51
15	66	51
16	66	50
17	66	50
18	65	49
19	65	49
20	65	49
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	63	47
25	63	47
26	63	47
27	62	46
28	62	46
29	62	46
30	62	45
31	61	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	29	71
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	54
2	70	54
3	69	54
4	69	53
5	69	53
6	69	53
7	69	53
8	68	53
9	68	52
10	68	52
11	67	52
12	67	51
13	67	51
14	67	51
15	66	51
16	66	50
17	66	50
18	65	49
19	65	49
20	65	49
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	63	47
25	63	47
26	63	47
27	62	46
28	62	46
29	62	46
30	62	45
31	61	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	29	71
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	54
2	70	54
3	69	54
4	69	53
5	69	53
6	69	53
7	69	53
8	68	53
9	68	52
10	68	52
11	67	52
12	67	51
13	67	51
14	67	51
15	66	51
16	66	50
17	66	50
18	65	49
19	65	49
20	65	49
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	63	47
25	63	47
26	63	47
27	62	46
28	62	46
29	62	46
30	62	45
31	61	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	28	72
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	29	71
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0