Mount Pleasant weather in August

In August, Mount Pleasant sees average daytime highs of 79°F and overnight lows near 59°F, with 3.0 in of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 80°F in the first days to 78°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mount Pleasant's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mount Pleasant's year-round climate.

Daytime high
79°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
59°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3.0 in
10.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:49 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
56%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Mount Pleasant is city in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.

Density
1,285/km²
people per km²
Founded
1889

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 80°F in the first days to 78°F by the end.

A typical August day in Mount Pleasant reaches about 79°F in the afternoon and slips back to 59°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 71°F and 87°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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 Mount Pleasant

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.

Mount Pleasant weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°2.197.19.10.0
Feb33° / 17°1.86.96.110.20.0
Mar43° / 25°2.28.94.111.60.8
Apr56° / 37°3.6111.913.23.7
May67° / 47°3.610.7014.56.1
Jun77° / 57°3.410.5015.26.6
Jul81° / 61°3.010.1014.96.5
Aug79° / 59°3.010.2013.86.7
Sep72° / 52°2.89012.36.8
Oct59° / 41°2.99.90.310.84.4
Nov45° / 31°2.492.29.51.1
Dec34° / 23°2.18.868.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25446
35446
45446
55347
65347
75248
85149
95149
105149
115149
125149
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155248
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265446
275446
285545
295545
305545
315644

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mount Pleasant gets around 3.0 in of rain over 10.2 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 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
334
434
534
634
734
834
934
1034
1134
1234
1334
1434
1533
1633
1733
1833
1933
2033
2132
2232
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2631
2731
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3030
3130

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 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1272825154
2272825154
3272825164
4282824164
5282824164
6282824164
7292724164
8292723174
9302723174
10302623174
11312623173
12312623173
13312623183
14312623183
15312623182
16312623182
17312623182
18312623182
19312623182
20312623191
21312623191
22312623191
23312623181
24322722181
25332722181
26342721171
27342720171
28352620172
29372719162
30382618162
31402617152

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 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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216calm
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237calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:327:58
214.45:337:57
314.45:347:56
414.35:357:55
514.35:367:53
614.25:377:52
714.25:397:51
814.25:407:49
914.15:417:48
1014.15:427:46
1114.05:437:45
1214.05:447:44
1313.95:457:42
1413.95:477:41
1513.95:487:39
1613.85:497:38
1713.85:507:36
1813.75:517:34
1913.75:527:33
2013.65:537:31
2113.65:557:29
2213.55:567:28
2313.55:577:26
2413.45:587:24
2513.45:597:23
2613.36:007:21
2713.36:017:19
2813.26:037:17
2913.26:047:16
3013.16:057:14
3113.16:067:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
75.5Bright
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95.5Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
125.4Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.1Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mount Pleasant?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mount Pleasant in August

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

In August, Mount Pleasant sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 59°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mount Pleasant in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mount Pleasant peaks around June 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mount Pleasant?

Mount Pleasant sits at 43.6°N, 84.8°W, 771 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Midland, 26 mi away.

Topography around Mount Pleasant

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Mount Pleasant has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 ft around an average of 778 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 397 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,178 ft.

The land around Mount Pleasant is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 2 miles, cropland (49%) and trees (35%) within 10 miles, and trees (53%) and cropland (34%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
148 ft
10 miles
397 ft
50 miles
1,178 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Midland 26 mi · Saginaw Township North 39 mi · Saginaw 43 mi · Bay City 44 mi · Forest Hills 57 mi · Waverly 60 mi · Lansing 61 mi · East Lansing 61 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 Mount Pleasant (43.5978°, -84.7675°, elevation 771 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).