Most comfortable places in the US in August

Ranked by the most days with highs of 65-80°F and a dew point under 60°F in August (cities with humidity data only). First: Santa Maria, CA (28 days), of 341 cities.

Most comfortable places in the US in August
Rank	City	Comfortable days	High	Wet days
1	Santa Maria, CA	28 days	74°F	0
2	Salinas, CA	27 days	72°F	1
3	Hayward, CA	27 days	73°F	0
4	San Mateo, CA	27 days	73°F	0
5	Friday Harbor, WA	26 days	73°F	7
6	Aspen, CO	25 days	73°F	13
7	Everett, WA	25 days	76°F	6
8	Cannon Beach, OR	25 days	69°F	6
9	Santa Clara, CA	23 days	77°F	0
10	Sunnyvale, CA	23 days	77°F	0
11	Port Angeles, WA	23 days	70°F	6
12	Fremont, CA	23 days	77°F	0
13	Tacoma, WA	22 days	77°F	4
14	Seattle, WA	22 days	77°F	6
15	San Francisco, CA	21 days	68°F	1
16	Kent, WA	21 days	78°F	5
17	Monterey, CA	20 days	69°F	2
18	Incline Village, NV	19 days	77°F	2
19	Santa Barbara, CA	18 days	78°F	0
20	West Yellowstone, MT	18 days	78°F	6
21	San Jose, CA	17 days	81°F	0
22	Mackinac Island, MI	17 days	77°F	10
23	Fairbanks, AK	17 days	66°F	14
24	Oxnard, CA	17 days	74°F	1
25	Sun Valley, ID	16 days	79°F	4

Which states lead

California (12 of the top 25), Washington (6 of the top 25), Colorado (1 of the top 25), then 6 more states. The top 25 range from 28 days to 16 days; the median across all 341 cities is 2 days.

The other end: fewest comfortable days in August

Most comfortable places through the year

Month	First place	Comfortable days
January	Palm Springs, CA	22 days
February	Glendale, AZ	20 days
March	Anaheim, CA	24 days
April	Anaheim, CA	22 days
May	Torrance, CA	26 days
June	Santa Maria, CA	27 days
July	Salinas, CA	28 days
August	Santa Maria, CA	28 days
September	Everett, WA	24 days
October	Oceanside, CA	25 days
November	San Diego, CA	23 days
December	Anaheim, CA	22 days

341 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.