Delano weather in August

In August, Delano sees average daytime highs of 96°F and overnight lows near 71°F, with 0.0 in of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 96°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Delano's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delano's year-round climate.

Daytime high
96°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
71°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0.0 in
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:20 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
10%
1st clearest
Wind
4 mph
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Delano is city in California, United States.

Density
1,418/km²
people per km²
Founded
1869

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 96°F through the month.

A typical August day in Delano reaches about 96°F in the afternoon and slips back to 71°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 89°F and 102°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°F warmer than September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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29773
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289470
299470
309470
319470

How August really feels in Delano

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Delano weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan59° / 43°2.16.99.95.1
Feb63° / 46°2.17.910.65.8
Mar68° / 49°2.16.811.76.9
Apr74° / 53°1.0412.98.1
May82° / 60°0.42.313.97.7
Jun91° / 66°0.10.514.45.1
Jul96° / 72°0.00.214.22.9
Aug96° / 71°0.00.213.43.2
Sep89° / 66°0.00.412.25.5
Oct79° / 57°0.52.111.18.5
Nov66° / 48°1.0410.17.3
Dec59° / 42°1.86.29.65.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2946
3946
4946
5946
6955
7955
8955
9955
10964
11964
12973
13973
14973
15973
16973
17973
18973
19964
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21964
22964
23964
24964
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26964
27964
28964
29964
30964
31964

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Delano gets around 0.0 in of rain over 0.2 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1622792
2632782
3622783
4642673
5642673
6652573
7662563
8672463
9682462
10682462
11692452
12692452
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14702352
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21702361
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24702361
25702361
26702361
27702361
28712261
29712261
30702262
31712252

Wind in August

Winds average 4 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 4 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
164calm
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304calm
314calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:086:58
213.85:096:57
313.85:106:56
413.75:116:55
513.75:116:54
613.75:126:53
713.75:136:52
813.65:146:51
913.65:156:50
1013.65:156:49
1113.55:166:48
1213.55:176:47
1313.55:186:46
1413.45:196:44
1513.45:196:43
1613.45:206:42
1713.35:216:41
1813.35:226:40
1913.35:236:38
2013.25:236:37
2113.25:246:36
2213.25:256:34
2313.15:266:33
2413.15:276:32
2513.15:276:30
2613.05:286:29
2713.05:296:28
2812.95:306:26
2912.95:316:25
3012.95:316:23
3112.85:326:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.54 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
27.8Intense
37.8Intense
47.7Intense
57.7Intense
67.7Intense
77.7Intense
87.7Intense
97.6Intense
107.6Intense
117.6Intense
127.6Intense
137.5Intense
147.5Intense
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167.4Intense
177.4Intense
187.4Intense
197.3Intense
207.3Intense
217.3Intense
227.2Intense
237.2Intense
247.2Intense
257.1Intense
267.1Intense
277.0Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
306.9Intense
316.9Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Delano?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Delano. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Delano in August

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

In August, Delano sees daytime highs around 96°F and nights near 71°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Delano in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delano peaks around June 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Dec 16UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Delano 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 Delano is worst in September — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (May, 10 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateSep 1665 µg/m³May 2410 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep69Unhealthy
Oct36Poor
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Delano?

Delano sits at 35.8°N, 119.2°W, 315 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Wasco, 13 mi away.

Topography around Delano

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Delano has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 ft around an average of 312 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,957 ft.

The land around Delano is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (23%) within 2 miles, cropland (40%), trees (27%) and grassland (20%) within 10 miles, and grassland (45%), trees (22%) and cropland (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
105 ft
10 miles
525 ft
50 miles
9,957 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Wasco 13 mi · Shafter 19 mi · Porterville 24 mi · Oildale 27 mi · Corcoran 29 mi · Bakersfield 30 mi · Tulare 31 mi · Visalia 39 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 Delano (35.7688°, -119.2471°, elevation 315 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).