Liberal weather in August

In August, Liberal sees average daytime highs of 90°F and overnight lows near 67°F, with 2.5 in of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 90°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Liberal's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Liberal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
90°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
67°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2.5 in
8.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:05 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
41%
7th clearest
Wind
10 mph
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Liberal is city in and county seat of Seward County, Kansas, Unite States.

Density
682/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 90°F through the month.

A typical August day in Liberal reaches about 90°F in the afternoon and slips back to 67°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 79°F and 99°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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29268
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How August really feels in Liberal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 25 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
25
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.

Liberal 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
Jan47° / 24°0.62.929.72.0
Feb52° / 27°0.73.31.910.63.2
Mar61° / 35°1.55.31.611.75.8
Apr69° / 43°1.86.20.612.97.2
May78° / 54°2.58.40147.1
Jun88° / 64°2.68.7014.54.7
Jul93° / 68°1.98014.33.4
Aug90° / 67°2.58.7013.44.2
Sep83° / 59°1.45.9012.36.7
Oct71° / 46°1.950.3117.8
Nov58° / 34°0.630.9105.3
Dec48° / 26°1.03.62.39.52.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37525
47525
57525
67525
77426
87426
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Liberal gets around 2.5 in of rain over 8.7 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 33% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
132
232
333
433
532
632
732
831
931
1030
1129
1229
1329
1428
1528
1627
1727
1826
1926
2026
2125
2225
2325
2424
2524
2624
2723
2823
2923
3022
3122

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 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
112333420
212333520
312323521
411323521
511323521
612313621
712313621
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2322363210
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262537318
272637307
282836297
292936296
303136285
313236275

Wind in August

Winds average 10 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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Wind speed (mph)Feels
110light breeze
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49light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:527:47
213.95:537:46
313.95:547:45
413.85:557:44
513.85:567:43
613.85:567:42
713.75:577:41
813.75:587:40
913.75:597:39
1013.66:007:38
1113.66:017:37
1213.66:017:36
1313.56:027:34
1413.56:037:33
1513.56:047:32
1613.46:057:31
1713.46:067:29
1813.46:077:28
1913.36:077:27
2013.36:087:25
2113.36:097:24
2213.26:107:23
2313.26:117:21
2413.16:127:20
2513.16:137:19
2613.16:137:17
2713.06:147:16
2813.06:157:14
2912.96:167:13
3012.96:177:11
3112.96:187:10

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Liberal?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Liberal in August

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

In August, Liberal sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 67°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Liberal 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 Liberal peaks around July 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Liberal?

Liberal sits at 37.0°N, 100.9°W, 2,835 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Garden City, 64 mi away.

Topography around Liberal

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Liberal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 ft around an average of 2,841 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,594 ft.

The land around Liberal is covered by grassland (39%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 2 miles, cropland (56%) and grassland (42%) within 10 miles, and grassland (50%) and cropland (50%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
79 ft
10 miles
430 ft
50 miles
1,594 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Garden City 64 mi · Dodge City 70 mi · Dumas 100 mi · Pampa 104 mi · Amarillo 135 mi · Great Bend 149 mi · Hays 153 mi · Enid 175 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 Liberal (37.0431°, -100.921°, elevation 2,835 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).