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Typical August weather

Moab

Utah · August

Still brutal, but the storms make the sky worth watching.

96° days
64° nights

about 3 rainy days · 13½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What August feels like

August is the peak of the monsoon here — more days with rain than any other month, which is a low bar in this desert but plenty to send waterfalls pouring straight over the canyon rims. The late light after a storm clears is the best photography of the year.

Real rain shows up about 3 days all month; the rest stay dry. Most afternoons push past 90°.

The numbers

Typical high96°
Typical low64°
Days with real rain3
Total rain0.9 in
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:32 am / 8:12 pm

How August compares

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