August
August · July · September
United States · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in Backus Beach: typically 24.5°C by day, 14.8°C at night, with 77 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · July · September
July · August · September
September · June · August
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 88 — days reach only -1.9°C, 26° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C | -9.6°C | 36 mm | 6.7 | 2.6°C | 9 h 09 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | -0.8°C | -9.5°C | 30 mm | 5.6 | 1.4°C | 10 h 21 | 5 | Good coverage |
| March | 3.3°C | -5.3°C | 41 mm | 6.3 | 1.2°C | 11 h 46 | 5 | Good coverage |
| April | 9°C | 0.2°C | 76 mm | 8.3 | 2.3°C | 13 h 25 | 13 | Good coverage |
| May | 15.3°C | 6.2°C | 82 mm | 9.2 | 5.0°C | 14 h 48 | 43 | Good coverage |
| June | 20.7°C | 11.6°C | 84 mm | 9.4 | 10.9°C | 15 h 34 | 70 | Good coverage |
| July | 24.7°C | 15.1°C | 79 mm | 8.1 | 17.6°C | 15 h 15 | 87 | Good coverage |
| August | 24.5°C | 14.8°C | 77 mm | 7.7 | 19.8°C | 14 h 03 | 88 | Good coverage |
| September | 20.8°C | 11.1°C | 71 mm | 7.6 | 17.6°C | 12 h 28 | 73 | Good coverage |
| October | 13.6°C | 4.7°C | 68 mm | 9.1 | 12.2°C | 10 h 53 | 37 | Good coverage |
| November | 7.1°C | -0.4°C | 47 mm | 7.7 | 7.9°C | 9 h 30 | 11 | Good coverage |
| December | 1.1°C | -5.8°C | 44 mm | 7.4 | 4.8°C | 8 h 49 | 5 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C13 Jan 2013 | -28.3°C10 Jan 1982 | 32 mm30 Jan 2013 | 100 mm1974 · driest 4 mm in 2022 | 41 |
| February | 18.3°C23 Feb 1984 | -30.0°C18 Feb 1979 | 33 mm25 Feb 2017 | 71 mm2009 · driest 5 mm in 2007 | 42 |
| March | 24.4°C27 Mar 2007 | -26.1°C1 Mar 2014 | 48 mm24 Mar 2022 | 134 mm1998 · driest 9 mm in 2015 | 42 |
| April | 31.1°C16 Apr 2003 | -14.4°C5 Apr 1972 | 47 mm28 Apr 2011 | 195 mm2011 · driest 8 mm in 1976 | 42 |
| May | 32.8°C22 May 2009 | -6.1°C6 May 1976 | 58 mm13 May 2000 | 162 mm2004 · driest 14 mm in 2023 | 41 |
| June | 36.7°C25 Jun 2005 | -1.1°C10 Jun 1978 | 56 mm14 Jun 1999 | 161 mm2009 · driest 1 mm in 2023 | 41 |
| July | 38.3°C20 Jul 1977 | 1.1°C12 Jul 1978 | 79 mm11 Jul 1984 | 177 mm2010 · driest 22 mm in 2019 | 40 |
| August | 39.4°C7 Aug 2001 | 1.7°C29 Aug 1982 | 78 mm27 Aug 2006 | 183 mm2006 · driest 15 mm in 2019 | 38 |
| September | 36.1°C11 Sep 2013 | 0.0°C17 Sep 1973 | 87 mm26 Sep 2005 | 153 mm2001 · driest 8 mm in 2024 | 37 |
| October | 31.7°C9 Oct 2007 | -7.2°C24 Oct 1981 | 52 mm7 Oct 1998 | 114 mm2011 · driest 4 mm in 2024 | 39 |
| November | 24.4°C10 Nov 1999 | -18.3°C29 Nov 1976 | 34 mm27 Nov 2019 | 142 mm1977 · driest 1 mm in 2022 | 41 |
| December | 18.3°C6 Dec 2001 | -22.8°C30 Dec 1976 | 54 mm30 Dec 2019 | 141 mm1971 · driest 1 mm in 2023 | 41 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 10 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 8 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 |
| April | <1 | <1 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| May | 2 | <1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 5 | <1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| October | <1 | <1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 8 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 21% | 3% | 16% | -4.6–0.5°C |
| February | 0% | 19% | 3% | 17% | -2.9–2.4°C |
| March | <1% | 22% | 5% | 18% | 1.1–6.3°C |
| April | 5% | 26% | 9% | 31% | 7.0–12.1°C |
| May | 16% | 28% | 8% | 29% | 13.6–18.1°C |
| June | 41% | 30% | 10% | 37% | 19.1–23.5°C |
| July | 71% | 25% | 8% | 25% | 23.0–27.1°C |
| August | 70% | 25% | 7% | 24% | 22.5–26.1°C |
| September | 45% | 25% | 7% | 28% | 19.0–22.9°C |
| October | 10% | 27% | 6% | 29% | 11.6–16.2°C |
| November | <1% | 26% | 5% | 27% | 5.2–9.4°C |
| December | 0% | 24% | 5% | 25% | -1.8–4.6°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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