Garden City weather in August

In August, Garden City sees average daytime highs of 88°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 2.6 in of rain across 9 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 88°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Garden City's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garden City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
88°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
65°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2.6 in
9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
6:03 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
41%
6th clearest
Wind
9 mph
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Garden City is city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States.

Density
1,030/km²
people per km²
Founded
1878

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 88°F through the month.

A typical August day in Garden City reaches about 88°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 78°F and 98°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°F cooler than July and about 6°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Garden City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 2 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
2
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.

Garden City 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 (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan45° / 22°0.63.32.59.71.2
Feb49° / 25°0.73.52.410.52.3
Mar58° / 33°1.55.4211.75.0
Apr67° / 41°2.07.41136.7
May76° / 52°2.790147.1
Jun87° / 62°2.68014.65.2
Jul91° / 67°2.38.5014.43.9
Aug88° / 65°2.69013.54.6
Sep82° / 57°1.56012.37.0
Oct69° / 44°1.95.40.5117.6
Nov56° / 32°0.73.41.19.94.6
Dec46° / 24°0.93.72.79.41.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Garden City gets around 2.6 in of rain over 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:507:49
214.05:517:48
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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306.0Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Garden City?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Garden City for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Garden City in August

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

In August, Garden City sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Garden City in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Garden City peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Garden City?

Garden City sits at 38.0°N, 100.9°W, 2,838 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Dodge City, 49 mi away.

Topography around Garden City

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Garden City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 ft around an average of 2,844 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,306 ft.

The land around Garden City is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and grassland (35%) within 2 miles, cropland (61%) and grassland (34%) within 10 miles, and cropland (71%) and grassland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
121 ft
10 miles
259 ft
50 miles
1,306 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Dodge City 49 mi · Liberal 64 mi · Hays 104 mi · Great Bend 117 mi · Dumas 158 mi · Hutchinson 160 mi · Pampa 168 mi · Salina 186 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 Garden City (37.9717°, -100.8727°, elevation 2,838 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).