Winter Park weather in August

In August, Winter Park sees average daytime highs of 90°F and overnight lows near 76°F, with 6.7 in of rain across 22.6 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 Park's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winter Park's year-round climate.

Daytime high
90°
1st warmest
Overnight low
76°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6.7 in
22.6 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:59 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
5 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

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

Density
1,137/km²
people per km²
Founded
1882

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 Park 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 3°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Winter Park

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 Park 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°2.16.210.47.2
Feb73° / 53°2.06.3117.4
Mar77° / 57°2.36.411.87.5
Apr82° / 63°2.16.712.76.8
May86° / 69°2.99.113.45.1
Jun89° / 74°6.019.113.83.3
Jul90° / 75°5.921.513.62.9
Aug90° / 76°6.722.6132.8
Sep87° / 74°5.618.212.23.7
Oct83° / 67°2.79.911.36.0
Nov77° / 59°1.45.410.67.7
Dec72° / 54°1.95.710.27.4

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Winter Park gets around 6.7 in of rain over 22.6 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 72% and peaks near 73% 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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
138314
238314
338215
438215
538116
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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 5 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 5:50 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:507:13
213.45:517:12
313.35:517:11
413.35:527:11
513.35:527:10
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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 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Winter Park

In seasonPeak

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

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

Winter Park'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 Winter Park?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Winter Park in August

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

In August, Winter Park sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Winter Park in August

The nearest coast averages about 82°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 44 mi away) is warmest in September at about 82°F and coldest in February near 67°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 2 to Jan 31 — about 11 months when the water holds above 68°F.

65°70°75°80°85°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan69Refreshing
Feb67Cool
Mar69Refreshing
Apr72Refreshing
May76Warm
Jun80Warm
Jul81Warm
Aug82Warm
Sep82Tropical
Oct80Warm
Nov74Refreshing
Dec71Refreshing

UV index in Winter Park 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 Park peaks around July 16 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 16UV 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 Park 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 Park is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1019 µg/m³Dec 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Winter Park?

Winter Park sits at 28.6°N, 81.3°W, 92 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Maitland, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Winter Park

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Winter Park has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 ft around an average of 95 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 ft.

The land around Winter Park is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 2 miles, trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 10 miles, and trees (56%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
75 ft
10 miles
167 ft
50 miles
322 ft
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Maitland 2.5 mi · Altamonte Springs 4.3 mi · Orlando 5.0 mi · Casselberry 5.6 mi · Winter Springs 6.8 mi · Pine Hills 7.5 mi · Alafaya 8.1 mi · Wekiwa Springs 8.7 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 Park (28.6°, -81.3392°, elevation 92 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).