Lodi weather in August

In August, Lodi sees average daytime highs of 89°F and overnight lows near 60°F, with 0.1 in of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 89°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Lodi's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lodi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
89°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
60°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0.1 in
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:25 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
10%
1st clearest
Wind
5 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Lodi is city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Density
1,796/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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 89°F through the month.

A typical August day in Lodi reaches about 89°F in the afternoon and slips back to 60°F overnight — a 29°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 82°F and 97°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Lodi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 13 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
13
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.

Lodi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan57° / 41°4.59.29.74.2
Feb62° / 44°4.49.410.55.2
Mar67° / 47°3.7911.76.4
Apr72° / 50°1.85.5137.6
May80° / 55°1.03.8147.9
Jun87° / 59°0.20.914.66.3
Jul90° / 60°0.00.114.45.4
Aug89° / 60°0.10.213.55.6
Sep86° / 58°0.10.712.36.8
Oct77° / 53°1.33.2118.4
Nov65° / 45°2.36.29.96.5
Dec57° / 41°4.39.39.44.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% 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 5%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1946
2946
3946
4946
5946
6946
7946
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lodi gets around 0.1 in of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
160373
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760373
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3168293

Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 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 5:11 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:117:11
214.05:127:10
313.95:137:09
413.95:147:08
513.95:157:07
613.85:167:06
713.85:167:05
813.85:177:04
913.75:187:03
1013.75:197:01
1113.75:207:00
1213.65:216:59
1313.65:226:58
1413.65:236:56
1513.55:246:55
1613.55:256:54
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1813.45:266:51
1913.45:276:50
2013.35:286:48
2113.35:296:47
2213.35:306:46
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2713.15:346:38
2813.05:356:37
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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 7.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.14 kWh/m² to a high of 8.21 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.9Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lodi

In seasonPeak

None of Lodi's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Lodi's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Feb
Mar
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lodi?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lodi in August

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

In August, Lodi sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 60°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lodi 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 Lodi peaks around June 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 14UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Lodi 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 Lodi is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateAug 2126 µg/m³Jun 138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug27Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lodi?

Lodi sits at 38.1°N, 121.3°W, 49 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Galt, 8.7 mi away.

Topography around Lodi

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Lodi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 ft around an average of 52 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,787 ft.

The land around Lodi is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) within 2 miles, cropland (50%) within 10 miles, and grassland (38%), trees (28%) and cropland (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
82 ft
10 miles
210 ft
50 miles
4,787 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Galt 8.7 mi · Stockton 12 mi · Elk Grove 20 mi · Lathrop 21 mi · Laguna 22 mi · Manteca 23 mi · Vineyard 24 mi · Oakley 25 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 Lodi (38.1302°, -121.2725°, elevation 49 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).