Ledyard weather in August

In August, Ledyard sees average daytime highs of 80°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 4.2 in of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 82°F in the first days to 79°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ledyard's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ledyard's year-round climate.

Daytime high
80°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
65°
11th coldest
Rainfall
4.2 in
10.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:02 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
6 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Ledyard is town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

Founded
1836

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 82°F in the first days to 79°F by the end.

A typical August day in Ledyard reaches about 80°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 16°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 73°F and 88°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°F cooler than July and about 7°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Ledyard

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
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.

Ledyard 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
Jan37° / 24°3.69.759.30.0
Feb39° / 25°3.28.84.610.30.0
Mar46° / 32°4.410.43.911.71.4
Apr58° / 41°3.910.90.813.14.1
May67° / 50°3.210.5014.36.0
Jun76° / 60°3.810.5014.96.6
Jul82° / 66°3.510.2014.76.0
Aug80° / 65°4.210.3013.76.5
Sep73° / 58°4.08.7012.37.0
Oct63° / 47°4.29.10.110.95.6
Nov52° / 37°3.78.70.79.72.8
Dec42° / 29°4.510.63.59.10.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25248
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ledyard gets around 4.2 in of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3127

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 26% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11219243014
21219243014
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41319242914
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28232425207
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:47 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:477:02
214.24:477:01
314.24:486:59
414.14:496:58
514.14:506:57
614.14:526:56
714.04:536:55
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2613.25:126:27
2713.25:136:25
2813.25:146:24
2913.15:156:22
3013.15:166:20
3113.05:186:19

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ledyard

In seasonPeak

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

Ledyard sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
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Is August a good time to visit Ledyard?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ledyard in August

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

In August, Ledyard sees daytime highs around 80°F and nights near 65°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Ledyard in August

The nearest coast averages about 69°F in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 mi away) is warmest in August at about 69°F and coldest in February near 39°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 29 to Aug 30 — about 1.1 months when the water holds above 68°F.

40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan43Bracing
Feb39Bracing
Mar40Bracing
Apr44Bracing
May51Bracing
Jun60Cool
Jul67Cool
Aug69Refreshing
Sep67Cool
Oct62Cool
Nov55Bracing
Dec48Bracing

UV index in Ledyard in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ledyard peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug5High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ledyard 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 Ledyard is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1515 µg/m³Nov 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Good
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ledyard?

Ledyard sits at 41.4°N, 72.0°W, 292 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Norwich, 6.8 mi away.

Topography around Ledyard

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Ledyard has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 ft around an average of 259 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,325 ft.

The land around Ledyard is covered by trees (89%) within 2 miles, trees (77%) within 10 miles, and trees (52%) and water (40%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
361 ft
10 miles
656 ft
50 miles
1,325 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Norwich 6.8 mi · New London 7.5 mi · Montville Center 7.5 mi · Waterford 9.3 mi · Westerly 11 mi · Plainfield 17 mi · Windham 19 mi · Willimantic 21 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 Ledyard (41.4398°, -72.0142°, elevation 292 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).