Hays weather in August

In August, Hays sees average daytime highs of 88°F and overnight lows near 66°F, with 3.1 in of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hays's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hays's year-round climate.

Daytime high
88°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
66°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3.1 in
8.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
41%
4th clearest
Wind
9 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Hays is city in Kansas, United States.

Density
1,001/km²
people per km²
Founded
1867

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 Hays reaches about 88°F in the afternoon and slips back to 66°F overnight — a 22°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 7°F warmer than September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How August really feels in Hays

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 5 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
5
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.

Hays weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan42° / 21°0.73.32.69.60.3
Feb46° / 24°1.04.12.910.51.3
Mar56° / 32°1.76.32.111.74.1
Apr65° / 42°2.68.30.9136.3
May75° / 53°4.210.90.114.16.7
Jun86° / 64°3.39.5014.75.2
Jul91° / 69°3.19.3014.43.9
Aug88° / 66°3.18.9013.54.8
Sep81° / 57°2.06012.37.1
Oct68° / 44°2.16.40.4117.2
Nov55° / 32°1.24.21.19.94.1
Dec43° / 23°1.13.92.79.30.7

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 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. 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

Hays gets around 3.1 in of rain over 8.9 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
431
531
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930
1030
1129
1229
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1628
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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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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

Winds average 9 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 9 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min 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 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 7:45 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:427:45
214.05:437:44
314.05:447:43
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613.95:467:40
713.95:477:39
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1913.45:587:23
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2613.16:057:13
2713.16:067:11
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2913.06:087:08
3013.06:087:07
3112.96:097:05

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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256.0Intense
266.0Bright
275.9Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Hays

In seasonPeak

In August, Hays sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hays's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Hays?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Hays in August

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

In August, Hays sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 66°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Hays 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 Hays peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hays?

Hays sits at 38.9°N, 99.3°W, 2,021 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Great Bend, 47 mi away.

Topography around Hays

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Hays has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 ft around an average of 2,021 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,237 ft.

The land around Hays is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and grassland (31%) within 2 miles, cropland (49%) and grassland (47%) within 10 miles, and grassland (50%) and cropland (48%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
118 ft
10 miles
400 ft
50 miles
1,237 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Great Bend 47 mi · Dodge City 86 mi · Salina 93 mi · Hutchinson 94 mi · Garden City 104 mi · Newton 122 mi · Kearney 126 mi · Hastings 128 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 Hays (38.8792°, -99.3268°, elevation 2,021 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).