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The driest places in North America in August

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

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

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.