Buckeye weather in August

In August, Buckeye sees average daytime highs of 104°F and overnight lows near 83°F, with 1.0 in of rain across 4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 104°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Buckeye's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buckeye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
104°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
83°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1.0 in
4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:57 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
32%
7th clearest
Wind
5 mph
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Buckeye is city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Density
52/km²
people per km²
Founded
1888

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 104°F through the month.

A typical August day in Buckeye reaches about 104°F in the afternoon and slips back to 83°F overnight — a 22°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 98°F and 110°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°F cooler than July and about 5°F warmer than September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
110584
210584
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How August really feels in Buckeye

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 102°F)
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Buckeye weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan67° / 44°0.82.9107.7
Feb71° / 48°1.03.410.88.0
Mar78° / 53°0.72.511.78.4
Apr85° / 59°0.2112.86.8
May94° / 67°0.10.613.73.7
Jun103° / 76°0.10.214.20.6
Jul106° / 83°0.73.4140.0
Aug104° / 83°1.0413.20.1
Sep100° / 76°0.72.712.21.6
Oct89° / 64°0.51.711.25.5
Nov76° / 52°0.51.810.38.6
Dec66° / 44°0.939.87.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37921
48020
58119
68119
78218
88317
98416
108416
118614
128614
138614
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Buckeye gets around 1.0 in of rain over 4 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 13% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
114
214
314
414
513
613
713
813
912
1012
1112
1212
1312
1412
1512
1612
1713
1813
1913
2013
2113
2213
2313
2413
2513
2613
2713
2813
2913
3013
3112

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 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1362320146
2362321146
3362321146
4362221146
5362222146
6352222146
7352223146
8342224146
9342324146
10332325145
11322325145
12322326145
13312326145
14302326155
15292327155
16292327156
17282327156
18282328156
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21272328157
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24292227157
25302127157
26302126158
27302125158
28312125158
29322025157
30322025157
31332024157

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.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
15calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:467:26
213.65:477:26
313.65:487:25
413.65:487:24
513.65:497:23
613.55:507:22
713.55:517:21
813.55:517:20
913.55:527:19
1013.45:537:18
1113.45:537:17
1213.45:547:16
1313.35:557:15
1413.35:567:14
1513.35:567:13
1613.25:577:12
1713.25:587:11
1813.25:587:10
1913.25:597:08
2013.16:007:07
2113.16:017:06
2213.16:017:05
2313.06:027:04
2413.06:037:02
2513.06:037:01
2612.96:047:00
2712.96:056:58
2812.96:056:57
2912.86:066:56
3012.86:076:55
3112.86:086:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 8.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.1Intense
107.0Intense
117.0Intense
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137.0Intense
147.0Intense
156.9Intense
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216.8Intense
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236.7Intense
246.7Intense
256.7Intense
266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.6Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Buckeye?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Buckeye.

What to pack for Buckeye in August

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

In August, Buckeye sees daytime highs around 104°F and nights near 83°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Buckeye in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Buckeye peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Buckeye?

Buckeye sits at 33.4°N, 112.6°W, 869 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Goodyear, 14 mi away.

Topography around Buckeye

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Buckeye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 ft around an average of 873 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,234 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,085 ft.

The land around Buckeye is covered by cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 2 miles, shrubs (39%), bare terrain (29%) and cropland (20%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (46%) and bare terrain (33%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
125 ft
10 miles
2,234 ft
50 miles
4,085 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Goodyear 14 mi · Avondale 14 mi · El Mirage 22 mi · Surprise 23 mi · Sun City 24 mi · Sun City West 24 mi · Peoria 25 mi · Maryvale 25 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
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 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 Buckeye (33.3703°, -112.5838°, elevation 869 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).