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[[File:Reeve and Serfs.jpg|thumb|Depiction of [[harvesting]] in the August calendar page of the [[Queen Mary Psalter]] (fol. 78v), ca. 1310]]
[[File:Reeve and Serfs.jpg|thumb|Depiction of [[harvesting]] in the August calendar page of the [[Queen Mary Psalter]] (fol. 78v), ca. 1310]]
[[File:08 August - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg |thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in August has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202501/supplemental/page-3 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) }} Link is an example for one month; for other months, change the "202501" in the preceding URL to '''yyyymm''', where '''yyyy''' is the four-digit year and '''mm''' is the two-digit month (01=January through 12=December)</ref>]]


'''August''' is the eighth month of the year in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]] and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 31 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=August {{!}} month {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/August-month |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
'''August''' is the eighth month of the year in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]] and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 31 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=August {{!}} month {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/August-month |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
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The month was originally named ''[[Sextilis]]'' in [[Latin]] because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month [[Roman calendar]] under [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]] in 753 BC, with [[March]] being the first month of the year. About 700&nbsp;BC, it became the eighth month when [[January]] and [[February]] were added to the year before March by King [[Numa Pompilius]], who also gave it 29 days. [[Julius Caesar]] added two days when he created the [[Julian calendar]] in {{auc|46|BC|main=greg}}, giving it its modern length of 31 days.
The month was originally named ''[[Sextilis]]'' in [[Latin]] because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month [[Roman calendar]] under [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]] in 753 BC, with [[March]] being the first month of the year. About 700&nbsp;BC, it became the eighth month when [[January]] and [[February]] were added to the year before March by King [[Numa Pompilius]], who also gave it 29 days. [[Julius Caesar]] added two days when he created the [[Julian calendar]] in {{auc|46|BC|main=greg}}, giving it its modern length of 31 days.


In 8 BC, the month was renamed in honor of Emperor [[Augustus]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.livescience.com/45650-calendar-history.html| title = Keeping Time: Months and the Modern Calendar | website = [[Live Science]]| date = May 16, 2014}}</ref> According to a [[Senatus consultum]] quoted by [[Macrobius]], he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:id=calendarium-cn|title=Year of Julius Caesar, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.}}</ref> Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but this is an invention of the 13th century scholar [[Johannes de Sacrobosco]]. Sextilis had 31 days before it was renamed. It was not chosen for its length.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Roscoe |last=Lamont |year=1919 |title=The Roman calendar and its reformation by Julius Caesar |magazine=[[Popular Astronomy (US magazine)|Popular Astronomy]] |volume=27 |pages=583–595, esp.&nbsp;585–587 |bibcode=1919PA.....27..579P |url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1919PA.....27..579P/0000583.000.html}} Sacrobosco's theory is discussed on pages&nbsp;585–587.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Nothaft |first=C. Philipp E. |date=2018 |title=Scandalous Error: Calendar Reform and Calendrical Astronomy in Medieval Europe |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=122 |isbn=9780198799559 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780198799559.001.0001}}</ref>
In 8 BC, the month was renamed in honor of Emperor [[Augustus]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.livescience.com/45650-calendar-history.html| title = Keeping Time: Months and the Modern Calendar | website = [[Live Science]]| date = May 16, 2014}}</ref> According to a [[Senatus consultum]] quoted by [[Macrobius]], he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:id=calendarium-cn|title=Year of Julius Caesar, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.}}</ref> Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but this is an invention of the 13th century scholar [[Johannes de Sacrobosco]]. Sextilis had 31 days before it was renamed. It was not chosen for its length.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Roscoe |last=Lamont |year=1919 |title=The Roman calendar and its reformation by Julius Caesar |magazine=[[Popular Astronomy (US magazine)|Popular Astronomy]] |volume=27 |pages=583–595, esp.&nbsp;585–587 |bibcode=1919PA.....27..579P |url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1919PA.....27..579P/0000583.000.html}} Sacrobosco's theory is discussed on pages&nbsp;585–587.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Nothaft |first=C. Philipp E. |date=2018 |title=Scandalous Error: Calendar Reform and Calendrical Astronomy in Medieval Europe |volume=1 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=122 |isbn=9780198799559 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780198799559.001.0001}}</ref>


== Symbols ==
== Symbols ==
[[File:Gladiolus imbricatus1002.jpg|thumb|[[Gladiolus]]]]
[[File:Gladiolus imbricatus1002.jpg|thumb|[[Gladiolus]]]]
[[File:Peridot-China.jpg|alt=Peridot gemstones|thumb|[[Peridot]] gemstones]] [[File:Sardonyx Inscription.JPG|alt=Sardonyx stone|thumb|[[Sardonyx]] stone]] [[File:Spinel-Calcite-258747.jpg|alt=Red spinel on calcite|thumb|Red [[spinel]] on [[calcite]]]]August's [[birthstone]]s are the [[peridot]], [[sardonyx]], and [[spinel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americangemsociety.org/en/august-birthstones|title=Why the American Gem Society|website=American Gem Society}}</ref> Its [[birth flower]] is the [[gladiolus]] or [[poppy]], meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911093344/http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/ Birth months, flowers, and gemstones], shgresources.com</ref> The [[Zodiac|Western zodiac]] signs are [[Leo (astrology)|Leo]] (until August 22) and [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] (from August 23 onward).<ref>The Earth passes the junction of the signs at 15:44 UT/GMT August 22, 2020. It will pass again at 21:34 UT/GMT on August 22, 2021.</ref><ref name=astrology>{{cite web |title=Astrology Calendar |url=https://www.yourzodiacsign.com/calendar/ |website=yourzodiacsign}} Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.</ref>
[[File:Peridot-China.jpg|alt=Peridot gemstones|thumb|[[Peridot]] gemstones]]  
[[File:Sardonyx Inscription.JPG|alt=Sardonyx stone|thumb|[[Sardonyx]] stone]]
[[File:Spinel-Calcite-258747.jpg|alt=Red spinel on calcite|thumb|Red [[spinel]] on [[calcite]]]]
 
August's [[birthstone]]s are the [[peridot]], [[sardonyx]], and [[spinel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americangemsociety.org/en/august-birthstones|title=Why the American Gem Society|website=American Gem Society}}</ref>  
 
Its [[birth flower]] is the [[gladiolus]] or [[poppy]], meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911093344/http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/ Birth months, flowers, and gemstones], shgresources.com</ref> The [[Zodiac|Western zodiac]] signs are [[Leo (astrology)|Leo]] (until August 22) and [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] (from August 23 onward).<ref>The Earth passes the junction of the signs at 15:44 UT/GMT August 22, 2020. It will pass again at 21:34 UT/GMT on August 22, 2021.</ref><ref name=astrology>{{cite web |title=Astrology Calendar |url=https://www.yourzodiacsign.com/calendar/ |website=yourzodiacsign}} Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.</ref>


== Observances ==
== Observances ==
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* Women's Month (South Africa)
* Women's Month (South Africa)
* American Adventures Month (celebrates vacationing in the Americas)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonpl.org/blogs/post/american-adventures-month/|title=American Adventures Month|website=Canton Public Library|date=August 2022 }}</ref>
* American Adventures Month (celebrates vacationing in the Americas)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonpl.org/blogs/post/american-adventures-month/|title=American Adventures Month|website=Canton Public Library|date=August 2022 }}</ref>
* Children's Eye Health and Safety Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hap.org/health/topic/eyemonth.php|title=Children's Eye Health and Safety Month}}</ref>
* Children's Eye Health and Safety Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hap.org/health/topic/eyemonth.php|title=Children's Eye Health and Safety Month|access-date=July 29, 2015|archive-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410150343/http://www.hap.org/health/topic/eyemonth.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.g-pact.org/gpact-in-action/public-relations/online-events|title=Online Events}}</ref>
* Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.g-pact.org/gpact-in-action/public-relations/online-events|title=Online Events|access-date=July 29, 2015|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003055024/https://www.g-pact.org/gpact-in-action/public-relations/online-events|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Get Ready for Kindergarten Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ced.org/blog/entry/august-is-get-ready-for-kindergarten-month|title=August is Get Ready for Kindergarten Month!|website=Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board}}</ref>
* Get Ready for Kindergarten Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ced.org/blog/entry/august-is-get-ready-for-kindergarten-month|title=August is Get Ready for Kindergarten Month!|website=Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board}}</ref>
* [[Secret Society of Happy People|Happiness Happens Month]]
* [[Secret Society of Happy People|Happiness Happens Month]]
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=== Moveable Gregorian ===
=== Moveable Gregorian ===
* [[National Science Week]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scienceweek.net.au/|title=National Science Week 2020}}</ref> ([[Australia]])
* [[National Science Week]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scienceweek.net.au/|title=National Science Week 2020}}</ref> ([[Australia]])
* Ugly [[Potato]] Day<ref>https://www.barchart.com/story/news/35736774/ugly-potato-day-2026-a-growing-tradition-at-the-cloverdale-agriplex</ref> (Canada)
* See also [[Movable Western Christian observances]]
* See also [[Movable Western Christian observances]]
* See also [[Movable Eastern Christian observances]]
* See also [[Movable Eastern Christian observances]]
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==== 1st Sunday ====
==== 1st Sunday ====
* [[Armed Forces Day#Ukraine|Air Force Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
* [[Armed Forces Day#Ukraine|Air Force Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
* [[American Family Day]] ([[Arizona]], [[United States]])
* [[American Family Day]] ([[Arizona]], United States)
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Uruguay]])
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Uruguay]])
* [[Friendship Day]] ([[United States]])
* [[Friendship Day]] ([[United States]])
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* [[Public holidays in Samoa|Labor Day]] ([[Samoa]])
* [[Public holidays in Samoa|Labor Day]] ([[Samoa]])
* [[National Day]] ([[Jamaica]])
* [[National Day]] ([[Jamaica]])
* [[Picnic Day (Australian holiday)|Picnic Day]] ([[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]])
* [[Picnic Day (Australian holiday)|Picnic Day]] ([[Northern Territory]], Australia)
* [[Public holidays in Bermuda|Somers' Day]] ([[Bermuda]])
* [[Public holidays in Bermuda|Somers' Day]] ([[Bermuda]])
* [[Youth Day]] ([[Kiribati]])
* [[Youth Day]] ([[Kiribati]])
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==== 2nd Monday ====
==== 2nd Monday ====
* [[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Heroes' Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
* [[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Heroes' Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
* [[Victory Day]] ([[Hawaii]] and [[Rhode Island]], [[United States]])
* [[Victory Day]] ([[Hawaii]] and [[Rhode Island]], United States)


==== 2nd Tuesday ====
==== 2nd Tuesday ====
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==== 3rd Monday ====
==== 3rd Monday ====
* [[Discovery Day]] ([[Yukon]], Canada)
* [[Discovery Day]] ([[Yukon]], Canada)
* [[Hartjesdag|Day of Hearts]] ([[Haarlem]] and [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]])
* [[Hartjesdag|Day of Hearts]] ([[Haarlem]] and [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands)
* [[National Mourning Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])
* [[National Mourning Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])


==== 3rd Friday ====
==== 3rd Friday ====
* [[Hawaii Admission Day]] ([[Hawaii]], [[United States]])
* [[Hawaii Admission Day]] ([[Hawaii]], United States)


==== Last Thursday ====
==== Last Thursday ====
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* [[Liberation Day (Hong Kong)]]
* [[Liberation Day (Hong Kong)]]
* [[Bank Holiday|Late Summer Bank Holiday]] ([[England]], [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]])
* [[Bank Holiday|Late Summer Bank Holiday]] ([[England]], [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]])
==== Last Friday ====
* [[Wear it Purple Day]] ([[Australia]])


=== Fixed Gregorian ===
=== Fixed Gregorian ===
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** [[Victory Day]] ([[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]])
** [[Victory Day]] ([[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]])
** [[Scouts' Day#World Scout Scarf Day|World Scout Scarf Day]]
** [[Scouts' Day#World Scout Scarf Day|World Scout Scarf Day]]
** [[Yorkshire Day]] ([[Yorkshire]], [[England]])
** [[Yorkshire Day]] ([[Yorkshire]], England)
* [[August 2]]
* [[August 2]]
** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Airmobile Forces Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Airmobile Forces Day]] ([[Ukraine]])

Latest revision as of 20:37, 28 October 2025

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File:Reeve and Serfs.jpg
Depiction of harvesting in the August calendar page of the Queen Mary Psalter (fol. 78v), ca. 1310
File:08 August - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg
In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in August has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface.[1]

August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days.[2]

In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August falls in summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, the month falls during winter. In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers. Numerous religious holidays occurred during August in ancient Rome.[3]

Certain meteor showers take place in August. The Kappa Cygnids occur in August, with yearly dates varying. The Alpha Capricornids meteor shower occurs as early as July 10 and ends around August 10. The Southern Delta Aquariids occur from mid-July to mid-August, with the peak usually around July 28–29. The Perseids, a major meteor shower, typically takes place between July 17 and August 24, with the peak days varying yearly. The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August.

Among the aborigines of the Canary Islands, especially among the Guanches of Tenerife, the month of August received the name of Beñesmer or Beñesmen, which was also the harvest festival held that month.[4][5]

The month was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in Template:Auc, giving it its modern length of 31 days.

In 8 BC, the month was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus.[6] According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.[7] Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but this is an invention of the 13th century scholar Johannes de Sacrobosco. Sextilis had 31 days before it was renamed. It was not chosen for its length.[8][9]

Symbols

File:Gladiolus imbricatus1002.jpg
Gladiolus
Peridot gemstones
Peridot gemstones
Sardonyx stone
Sardonyx stone
Red spinel on calcite
Red spinel on calcite

August's birthstones are the peridot, sardonyx, and spinel.[10]

Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.[11] The Western zodiac signs are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onward).[12][13]

Observances

This list does not necessarily imply official status or general observance.

Non-Gregorian: 2025 dates

(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at sundown before the listed date and end at sundown on the date in question unless otherwise noted.)

Month-long

United States month-long

Food months in the United States

Moveable Gregorian

Second to last Sunday in July and the following two weeks

1st Saturday

1st Sunday

First full week of August

  • National Farmer's Market Week (United States)

1st Monday

1st Tuesday

1st Friday

2nd Saturday

Sunday on or closest to August 9

2nd Sunday

2nd Monday

2nd Tuesday

3rd Saturday

3rd Sunday

3rd Monday

3rd Friday

Last Thursday

Last Sunday

Last Monday

Last Friday

Fixed Gregorian

References

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  3. ↑ Supplicia canum was held on August 3, Lychnapsia on August 12, Nemoralia was held from August 13–15 (or on the full moon of August), Tiberinalia and Portumnalia on August 17, Consuales Ludi on August 18, Vinalia rustica on August 19, Vulcanalia on August 23, Opiconsivia on August 25, and Volturnalia on August 27. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.
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