Lutz weather in August

In August, Lutz sees average daytime highs of 89°F and overnight lows near 76°F, with 5.6 in of rain across 19.8 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-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 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lutz's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lutz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
89°
1st warmest
Overnight low
76°
12th coldest
Rainfall
5.6 in
19.8 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:04 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
68%
11th clearest
Wind
5 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Lutz is census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Density
275/km²
people per km²

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 Lutz reaches about 89°F in the afternoon and slips back to 76°F overnight — a 14°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 85°F and 93°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Lutz

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
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.

Lutz weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan69° / 51°2.56.510.47.1
Feb72° / 53°2.26.3117.4
Mar76° / 57°2.56.311.87.7
Apr82° / 63°2.1612.77.0
May87° / 69°2.37.313.45.3
Jun89° / 74°5.016.413.83.6
Jul89° / 76°5.018.313.63.2
Aug89° / 76°5.619.8133.1
Sep88° / 74°4.614.712.23.8
Oct84° / 67°2.17.211.36.2
Nov77° / 58°1.44.310.67.9
Dec72° / 54°2.2610.27.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 61%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33664
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53565
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73565
83763
93763
103862
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lutz gets around 5.6 in of rain over 19.8 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 63% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1157915
2157915
3157816
4157717
5057817
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 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 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:557:16
213.35:567:16
313.35:567:15
413.35:577:14
513.35:587:14
613.25:587:13
713.25:597:12
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lutz

In seasonPeak

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

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

Lutz's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Lutz?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lutz.

What to pack for Lutz in August

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

In August, Lutz sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lutz in August

The nearest coast averages about 86°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 25 mi away) is warmest in August at about 86°F and coldest in February near 63°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 21 to Dec 11 — about 8.7 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan64Cool
Feb63Cool
Mar67Cool
Apr73Refreshing
May78Warm
Jun83Tropical
Jul85Tropical
Aug86Tropical
Sep84Tropical
Oct80Warm
Nov73Refreshing
Dec67Cool

UV index in Lutz in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lutz peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 11Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Lutz 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 Lutz is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1918 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun16Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lutz?

Lutz sits at 28.2°N, 82.5°W, 69 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Land O' Lakes, 5.0 mi away.

Topography around Lutz

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Lutz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 ft around an average of 79 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 ft.

The land around Lutz is covered by trees (68%) within 2 miles, trees (65%) within 10 miles, and trees (42%) and water (31%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
75 ft
10 miles
151 ft
50 miles
377 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Land O' Lakes 5.0 mi · Northdale 5.0 mi · Greater Northdale 5.0 mi · Lake Magdalene 5.6 mi · University 5.6 mi · Carrollwood Village 6.8 mi · Carrollwood 7.5 mi · Citrus Park 8.1 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 Lutz (28.1511°, -82.4615°, elevation 69 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).