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The driest places in North America in August: ranked by rainfall

Bakersfield tops the list at 0.03 mm in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in August: Bakersfield (0.03 mm) , Oxnard (0.3 mm) , Windhoek (0.3 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 23 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Bakersfield United States 0.03 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 405 h –
2 Oxnard United States 0.3 mm 25 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 397 h 19 °C
3 Windhoek Namibia 0.3 mm 24 °C 8.0 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
4 Anaheim United States 0.4 mm 29 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 397 h 21 °C
5 Fresno United States 0.4 mm 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 407 h –
6 Long Beach United States 0.4 mm 28 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 396 h 21 °C
7 Los Angeles United States 0.5 mm 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 397 h 20 °C
8 Huntington Beach United States 0.5 mm 26 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 395 h 21 °C
9 Santa Clarita United States 0.6 mm 33 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 403 h –
10 Ontario United States 0.7 mm 33 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 399 h –
11 Glendale United States 0.8 mm 32 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 401 h –
12 Modesto United States 0.8 mm 35 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 408 h –
13 Pomona United States 0.9 mm 32 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 398 h –
14 Oakland United States 0.9 mm 26 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 395 h –
15 Riverside United States 1.0 mm 34 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 401 h –
16 San Francisco United States 1.0 mm 22 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 395 h 14 °C
17 San Jose United States 1.0 mm 29 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 399 h –
18 Sunnyvale United States 1.0 mm 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 399 h 15 °C
19 Fremont United States 1.0 mm 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 401 h –
20 Oceanside United States 1.1 mm 26 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 394 h 21 °C
21 Santa Rosa United States 1.1 mm 30 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 400 h –
22 Fontana United States 1.1 mm 34 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 401 h –
23 Lancaster United States 1.3 mm 35 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 404 h –
24 Stockton United States 1.3 mm 33 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 407 h –
25 Sacramento United States 1.3 mm 34 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 407 h –
26 Elk Grove United States 1.5 mm 33 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 408 h –
27 Salinas United States 1.6 mm 24 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 14 °C
28 Ensenada Mexico 1.7 mm 28 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 393 h 20 °C
29 Tijuana Mexico 2.0 mm 25 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 21 °C
30 San Diego United States 2.3 mm 25 °C 18 °C 2 mm 1 391 h 21 °C
31 Escondido United States 2.5 mm 29 °C 19 °C 3 mm 1 396 h 21 °C
32 Boise United States 3.1 mm 33 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 410 h –
33 Reno United States 6.4 mm 32 °C 17 °C 6 mm 2 409 h –
34 San Bernardino United States 7.7 mm 34 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 401 h –
35 Moreno Valley United States 7.8 mm 33 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 401 h –
36 Mexicali Mexico 8.6 mm 42 °C 28 °C 9 mm 2 395 h –
37 Las Vegas United States 9.0 mm 38 °C 26 °C 9 mm 2 400 h –
38 Henderson United States 9.8 mm 39 °C 26 °C 10 mm 2 398 h –
39 Palmdale United States 9.9 mm 34 °C 20 °C 10 mm 2 403 h –
40 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 10 mm 41 °C 28 °C 10 mm 2 395 h –
41 Salem United States 11 mm 29 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 388 h –
42 Salt Lake City United States 11 mm 32 °C 17 °C 11 mm 3 399 h –
43 Spring Valley United States 11 mm 38 °C 25 °C 11 mm 2 400 h –
44 Spokane United States 13 mm 30 °C 16 °C 13 mm 2 409 h –
45 Eugene United States 13 mm 29 °C 13 °C 13 mm 2 390 h –
46 Portland United States 15 mm 29 °C 15 °C 15 mm 3 384 h –
47 Albuquerque United States 19 mm 32 °C 19 °C 19 mm 4 385 h –
48 Vancouver United States 22 mm 28 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 380 h –
49 Victoria Canada 22 mm 21 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 391 h 12 °C
50 Honolulu United States 23 mm 28 °C 24 °C 23 mm 6 387 h 27 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

July: top 5

  1. Modesto 0.2 mm
  2. Stockton 0.2 mm
  3. Santa Rosa 0.3 mm
  4. Elk Grove 0.4 mm
  5. Sacramento 0.4 mm

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Bakersfield 0.9 mm
  2. San Francisco 1.7 mm
  3. Salinas 1.8 mm
  4. Fresno 1.8 mm
  5. Modesto 1.9 mm

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in August, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.