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Photo by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Yellowstone in August
goodbusy · a good time to go
The year in Yellowstone
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- JanJYellowstone in January: avoid
- FebFYellowstone in February: avoid
- MarMYellowstone in March: avoid
- AprAYellowstone in April: avoid
- MayMYellowstone in May: ok, busy
- JunJYellowstone in June: good, busy
- JulJYellowstone in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAYellowstone in August: good, busy
- SepSYellowstone in September: sweet spot
- OctOYellowstone in October: ok
- NovNYellowstone in November: avoid
- DecDYellowstone in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 22°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 10°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 20°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 6 · 42 mm |
| Humidity | 50% |
| Sunshine | 12.2 h/day |
| Daylight | 14.0 h/day |
| Crowds | 62 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
How busy it gets
What August is known for
- Peak season — Warm weather and full park access attract the most visitors.
Written by a language model from the climate figures; the numbers above are measured and win where the two disagree.
Yellowstone in pictures
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DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 10°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 6 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 12 hours of sunshine a day.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Yellowstone: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
August elsewhere
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