Winter Garden weather in August

In August, Winter Garden sees average daytime highs of 90°F and overnight lows near 76°F, with 6.5 in of rain across 23.5 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 90°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Winter Garden's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winter Garden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
90°
1st warmest
Overnight low
76°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6.5 in
23.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:00 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
5 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Winter Garden is city in Orange County, Florida, United States.

Density
998/km²
people per km²
Founded
1908

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 Winter Garden reaches about 90°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 86°F and 93°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Winter Garden

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.

Winter Garden 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
Jan70° / 51°2.26.110.47.2
Feb73° / 53°2.06.4117.3
Mar77° / 57°2.46.211.87.6
Apr82° / 63°2.16.712.76.8
May86° / 69°2.79.113.45.1
Jun89° / 74°6.119.813.83.2
Jul90° / 75°6.022.513.62.8
Aug90° / 76°6.523.5132.8
Sep87° / 74°5.618.612.23.6
Oct83° / 67°2.69.811.36.1
Nov76° / 59°1.35.310.67.7
Dec72° / 54°2.05.510.27.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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

Any precipitation

Winter Garden gets around 6.5 in of rain over 23.5 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 75% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

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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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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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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 5:51 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:517:14
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Winter Garden

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
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Aug
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Oct
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Is August a good time to visit Winter Garden?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Winter Garden.

What to pack for Winter Garden in August

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

In August, Winter Garden sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Winter Garden 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 Winter Garden peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 15UV 11Dec 20UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Winter Garden 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 Winter Garden is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1619 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May12Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Winter Garden?

Winter Garden sits at 28.6°N, 81.6°W, 125 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Ocoee, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Winter Garden

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Winter Garden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 ft around an average of 105 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 ft.

The land around Winter Garden is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (29%) and water (24%) within 2 miles, trees (41%) and water (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (63%) and grassland (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
98 ft
10 miles
262 ft
50 miles
358 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Ocoee 2.5 mi · Lake Butler 5.0 mi · Pine Hills 8.1 mi · Apopka 8.7 mi · Clermont 11 mi · Oak Ridge 12 mi · Orlando 12 mi · Wekiwa Springs 14 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 Winter Garden (28.5653°, -81.5862°, elevation 125 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). 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).