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{{short description|Eighth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars}}
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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>]]
[[File:1850- 08 August each year - Global average temperature changes.svg |thumb |Chart shows changes in global average temperature annually in August of each year<ref>.●{{nbsp}}Source for 1850- raw data: {{cite web |title=Global Land and Ocean Temperature Anomalies |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/noaa-global-surface-temperature/v6.1/access/timeseries/aravg.mon.land_ocean.90S.90N.v6.1.0.202602.asc |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260326165000/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/noaa-global-surface-temperature/v6.1/access/timeseries/aravg.mon.land_ocean.90S.90N.v6.1.0.202602.asc |archive-date=26 March 2026 |url-status=live}}
<br>●{{nbsp}}Updated data is accessible through [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series/globe/land_ocean/tavg/1/0/1850-2026 Climate at a Glance Global Time Series / Globe / Global Time Series]. ''Choose parameters:'' Surface: Land and Ocean / Parameter: Average Temperature Anomaly / Time Scale: 1-Month / Month: All Months / Start Year: 1850 / End Year: 20__.
<br>●{{nbsp}}Technical note: data in chart is adjusted to reference period of 1850-1900 (representing pre-industrial era)</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>


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.<ref>[[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 [[Portunus (mythology)|Portumnalia]] on August 17, [[Consualia|Consuales Ludi]] on August 18, [[Vinalia|Vinalia rustica]] on August 19, [[Vulcan (mythology)#Vulcanalia|Vulcanalia]] on August 23, [[Opiconsivia]] on August 25, and [[Volturnalia]] on August 27. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.</ref>
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.<ref>[[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 [[Portunus (mythology)|Portumnalia]] on August 17, [[Consualia|Consuales Ludi]] on August 18, [[Vinalia|Vinalia rustica]] on August 19, [[Vulcan (mythology)#Vulcanalia|Vulcanalia]] on August 23, [[Opiconsivia]] on August 25, and [[Volturnalia]] on August 27. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.</ref>


Certain [[meteor shower]]s 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.
Certain [[meteor shower]]s take place in August. The [[Kappa Cygnids]] occur in August, with yearly dates varying. The [[Alpha Capricornids]] meteor shower occurs as early as 10 July and ends around 10 August. The Southern Delta Aquariids occur from mid-July to mid-August, with the peak usually around 28–29 July. The [[Perseids]], a major meteor shower, typically takes place between 17 July and 24 August, 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Abréu Galindo |first=Juan de |author-link=Juan de Abréu Galindo |title=Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria |url=http://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784 |year=1848 |orig-year=1632 |publisher=Imprenta, Litografía y Librería Isleña |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212135233/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Torriani |first=Leonardo |author-link=Leonardo Torriani |title=Descripción e historia del reino de las Islas Canarias: antes Afortunadas, con el parecer de sus fortificaciones |url=http://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/44103 |year=1959 |orig-year=1590 |publisher=Goya Ediciones |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065752/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/44103 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Abréu Galindo |first=Juan de |author-link=Juan de Abréu Galindo |title=Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria |url=http://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784 |year=1848 |orig-year=1632 |publisher=Imprenta, Litografía y Librería Isleña |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212135233/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Torriani |first=Leonardo |author-link=Leonardo Torriani |title=Descripción e historia del reino de las Islas Canarias: antes Afortunadas, con el parecer de sus fortificaciones |url=http://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/44103 |year=1959 |orig-year=1590 |publisher=Goya Ediciones |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065752/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/44103 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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 |volume=1 |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>
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== 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 22 August) and [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] (from 23 August 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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* National [[Catfish]] Month<ref name="unl-aug">{{cite web | url = http://food.unl.edu/web/fnh/august| title = Food Days, Weeks, Months – August | publisher = [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] | work = UNL Food }}</ref>
* National [[Catfish]] Month<ref name="unl-aug">{{cite web | url = http://food.unl.edu/web/fnh/august| title = Food Days, Weeks, Months – August | publisher = [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] | work = UNL Food }}</ref>
* National [[Dippin' Dots]] Month<ref name="unl-aug"/>
* National [[Dippin' Dots]] Month<ref name="unl-aug"/>
* [[Family meal|Family Meals]] Month<ref name="unl-aug" />
* [[Family meal]]s Month<ref name="unl-aug" />
* National [[Goat Cheese]] Month.<ref>Bober, Mike. [http://www.dcfoodies.com/2008/08/celebrate-natio.html Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites], dcfoodies.com</ref>
* National [[Goat Cheese]] Month.<ref>Bober, Mike. [http://www.dcfoodies.com/2008/08/celebrate-natio.html Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites], dcfoodies.com</ref>
* National [[Panini (sandwich)|Panini]] Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/08/20/why-is-national-panini-month-in-august/|title=Why Is National Panini Month In August?|date=August 20, 2012|work=Food Republic}}</ref>
* National [[Panini (sandwich)|Panini]] Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/08/20/why-is-national-panini-month-in-august/|title=Why Is National Panini Month In August?|date=August 20, 2012|work=Food Republic}}</ref>
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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>{{Cite web |last=GetNews |date=2025-10-28 |title=Ugly Potato Day 2026: A Growing Tradition at the Cloverdale Agriplex |url=https://www.barchart.com/story/news/35736774/ugly-potato-day-2026-a-growing-tradition-at-the-cloverdale-agriplex |access-date=2026-02-24 |website=Barchart.com |language=en}}</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 Saturday ====
==== 1st Saturday ====
* [[Food Day]] ([[Canada]])
* [[Food Day]] (Canada)
* [[Brewers Association|Mead Day]] ([[United States]])
* [[Brewers Association|Mead Day]] (United States)
* [[List of food days#August|National Mustard Day]] (United States)
* [[List of food days#August|National Mustard Day]] (United States)


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* [[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)
* [[Forgiveness|International Forgiveness Day]]
* [[Forgiveness|International Forgiveness Day]]
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Railway Workers' Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Railway Workers' Day]] (Russia)


==== First full week of August ====
==== First full week of August ====
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==== 1st Monday ====
==== 1st Monday ====
* [[Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland|August Public Holiday]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
* [[Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland|August Public Holiday]] (Ireland)
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Tuvalu]])
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Tuvalu]])
* [[Civic Holiday]] ([[Canada]])
* [[Civic Holiday]] (Canada)
** [[Civic Holiday|British Columbia Day]] ([[British Columbia]], Canada)
** [[Civic Holiday|British Columbia Day]] ([[British Columbia]], Canada)
** [[Natal Day]] ([[Nova Scotia]], Canada)
** [[Natal Day]] ([[Nova Scotia]], Canada)
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==== 1st Tuesday ====
==== 1st Tuesday ====
* [[National Night Out]] ([[United States]])
* [[National Night Out]] (United States)


==== 1st Friday ====
==== 1st Friday ====
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==== 2nd Saturday ====
==== 2nd Saturday ====
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Sports Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Sports Day]] (Russia)


====Sunday on or closest to August 9====
====Sunday on or closest to 9 August====
* [[National Peacekeepers' Day]] ([[Canada]])
* [[National Peacekeepers' Day]] (Canada)


==== 2nd Sunday ====
==== 2nd Sunday ====
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Uruguay]])
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], Chile, [[Uruguay]])
* [[Father's Day]] ([[Brazil]], [[Samoa]])
* [[Father's Day]] (Brazil, [[Samoa]])
* [[Melon Day]] ([[Turkmenistan]])
* [[Melon Day]] ([[Turkmenistan]])
* [[Navy Day#Bulgaria|Navy Day]] ([[Bulgaria]])
* [[Navy Day#Bulgaria|Navy Day]] ([[Bulgaria]])
* [[National Day]] ([[Singapore]])
* [[National Day]] (Singapore)


==== 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 Sunday ====
==== 3rd Sunday ====
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Peru]])
* [[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Peru]])
* [[National Grandparents Day|Grandparents Day]] ([[Hong Kong]])
* [[National Grandparents Day|Grandparents Day]] (Hong Kong)


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


==== Last Thursday ====
==== Last Thursday ====
* [[List of food days#United Kingdom|National Burger Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* [[List of food days#United Kingdom|National Burger Day]] (United Kingdom)


==== Last Sunday ====
==== Last Sunday ====
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* [[National Heroes' Day#National Heroes' Day in the Philippines|National Heroes' Day]] ([[Philippines]])
* [[National Heroes' Day#National Heroes' Day in the Philippines|National Heroes' Day]] ([[Philippines]])
* [[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 ===
* [[Emancipation Day|Season of Emancipation]] ([[Barbados]]) (April 14 to August 23)
* [[Emancipation Day|Season of Emancipation]] ([[Barbados]]) (14 April to 23 August)
* [[International Clown Week]] (August 1–7)
* [[International Clown Week]] (1–7 August)
* [[World Breastfeeding Week]] (August 1–7)
* [[World Breastfeeding Week]] (1–7 August)
* [[August 1]]
* 1 August
** [[Armed Forces Day (China)]]
** [[Armed Forces Day (China)]]
** [[Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)]]
** [[Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)]]
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** [[Emancipation Day]] ([[Barbados]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[St. Lucia]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]])
** [[Emancipation Day]] ([[Barbados]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[St. Lucia]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]])
** [[Imbolc]] ([[Neopaganism]], [[Southern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Imbolc]] ([[Neopaganism]], [[Southern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Lammas]] ([[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Neopaganism]], [[Northern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Lammas]] (England, [[Scotland]], [[Neopaganism]], [[Northern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Lughnasadh]] ([[Gaels]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[Neopaganism]], [[Northern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Lughnasadh]] ([[Gaels]], Ireland, [[Scotland]], [[Neopaganism]], [[Northern Hemisphere]] only)
** [[Minden Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])
** [[Minden Day]] (United Kingdom)
** [[National Day (Benin)]]
** [[National Day (Benin)]]
** [[List of food days#August|National Milkshake Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Milkshake Day]] (United States)
** [[Culture of Tonga#Public Holidays|Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga]] ([[Tonga]])
** [[Culture of Tonga#Public Holidays|Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga]] ([[Tonga]])
** [[Pachamama Raymi]] ([[Quechua people]] in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]])
** [[Pachamama Raymi]] ([[Quechua people]] in Ecuador and [[Peru]])
** [[Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Parents' Day]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]])
** [[Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Parents' Day]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]])
** [[Feast of the Cross#August 1|Procession of the Cross]] and the beginning of [[Dormition of the Theotokos#Dormition fast|Dormition Fast]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]])
** [[Feast of the Cross#August 1|Procession of the Cross]] and the beginning of [[Dormition of the Theotokos#Dormition fast|Dormition Fast]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]])
** [[Statehood Day (Colorado)]]
** [[Statehood Day (Colorado)]]
** [[Swiss National Day]] ([[Switzerland]])
** [[Swiss National Day]] (Switzerland)
** [[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]])
** [[Cinema of Azerbaijan|Day of Azerbaijani cinema]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
** [[Cinema of Azerbaijan|Day of Azerbaijani cinema]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
** [[Virgen de los Ángeles|Our Lady of the Angels Day]] ([[Costa Rica]])
** [[Virgen de los Ángeles|Our Lady of the Angels Day]] ([[Costa Rica]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#Russian Federation|Paratroopers Day]] ([[Russia]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#Russian Federation|Paratroopers Day]] (Russia)
** [[Republic Day (North Macedonia)]]
** [[Republic Day (North Macedonia)]]
* [[August 3]]
* August 3
** [[Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau|Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti]] ([[Guinea-Bissau]])
** [[Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau|Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti]] ([[Guinea-Bissau]])
** [[Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea|Armed Forces Day]] ([[Equatorial Guinea]])
** [[Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea|Armed Forces Day]] ([[Equatorial Guinea]])
** [[Esther Earl#Esther Day|Esther Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[Esther Earl#Esther Day|Esther Day]] (United States)
** [[Flag Day (Venezuela)]]
** [[Flag Day (Venezuela)]]
** [[Independence Day (Niger)]]
** [[Independence Day (Niger)]]
*** [[Arbor Day]] (Niger)
*** [[Arbor Day]] (Niger)
** [[Armed Forces Day#Venezuela|National Guard Day]] ([[Venezuela]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#Venezuela|National Guard Day]] ([[Venezuela]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Watermelon Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Watermelon Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National White Wine Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National White Wine Day]] (United States)
* [[August 4]]
* August 4
** [[Coast Guard Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[Coast Guard Day]] (United States)
** [[Constitution Day (Cook Islands)]]
** [[Constitution Day (Cook Islands)]]
** [[Matica slovenská Day]] ([[Slovakia]])
** [[Matica slovenská Day]] ([[Slovakia]])
** [[Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)]]
** [[Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)]]
* [[August 5]]
* August 5
** [[Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major]] ([[Catholic Church]])
** [[Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major]] ([[Catholic Church]])
** [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso|Independence Day]] (Burkina Faso)
** [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso|Independence Day]] (Burkina Faso)
** [[Freshpair#National Underwear Day|National Underwear Day]] (United States)
** [[Freshpair#National Underwear Day|National Underwear Day]] (United States)
** [[Victory Day (Croatia)|Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders]] (Croatia)
** [[Victory Day (Croatia)|Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders]] (Croatia)
* [[August 6]]
* August 6
** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]]
** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]]
** [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]'s [[Accession Day]]. (United Arab Emirates)
** [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]'s [[Accession Day]]. (United Arab Emirates)
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** [[Public holidays in Jamaica|Independence Day]] (Jamaica)
** [[Public holidays in Jamaica|Independence Day]] (Jamaica)
** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia)
** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia)
* [[August 7]]
* August 7
** [[Assyrian culture#Premta d-Simele; Martyr's Day|Assyrian Martyrs Day]] ([[Assyrian people|Assyrian community]])
** [[Assyrian culture#Premta d-Simele; Martyr's Day|Assyrian Martyrs Day]] ([[Assyrian people|Assyrian community]])
** [[Public holidays in Colombia|Battle of Boyacá Day]] (Colombia)
** [[Public holidays in Colombia|Battle of Boyacá Day]] (Colombia)
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** [[Republic Day]] (Ivory Coast)
** [[Republic Day]] (Ivory Coast)
** [[Youth Day]] (Kiribati)
** [[Youth Day]] (Kiribati)
* [[August 8]]
* August 8
** [[Public holidays in Iraq|Ceasefire Day]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]])
** [[Public holidays in Iraq|Ceasefire Day]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]])
** [[Father's Day]] (Taiwan)
** [[Father's Day]] (Taiwan)
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** [[Nane Nane Day]] (Tanzania)
** [[Nane Nane Day]] (Tanzania)
** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Signal Troops Day]] (Ukraine)
** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Signal Troops Day]] (Ukraine)
* [[August 9]]
* August 9
** [[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Gangut Day]] (Russia)
** [[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Gangut Day]] (Russia)
** [[International Day of the World's Indigenous People]] ([[United Nations]])
** [[International Day of the World's Indigenous People]] (United Nations)
** [[National Day (Singapore)]]
** [[National Day (Singapore)]]
** [[National Women's Day]] (South Africa)
** [[National Women's Day]] (South Africa)
** [[Ásatrú holidays#The Troth|Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians]] ([[The Troth]])
** [[Ásatrú holidays#The Troth|Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians]] ([[The Troth]])
* [[August 10]]
* 10 August
** [[Armed Forces Day#Argentina|Argentine Air Force Day]] ([[Argentina]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#Argentina|Argentine Air Force Day]] ([[Argentina]])
** [[Public holidays in Anguilla|Constitution Day]] ([[Anguilla]])
** [[Public holidays in Anguilla|Constitution Day]] ([[Anguilla]])
** [[Public holidays in Ecuador|Declaration of Independence of Quito]] ([[Ecuador]])
** [[Public holidays in Ecuador|Declaration of Independence of Quito]] ([[Ecuador]])
** [[Biodiesel#Historical background|International Biodiesel Day]]
** [[Biodiesel#Historical background|International Biodiesel Day]]
** [[List of food days#August|National S'more Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National S'more Day]] (United States)
* [[August 11]]
* 11 August
** [[Flag Day]] (Pakistan)
** [[Flag Day]] (Pakistan)
** [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (Chad)
** [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (Chad)
** [[Mountain Day]] (Japan)
** [[Mountain Day]] (Japan)
* [[August 12]]
* 12 August
** [[Glorious Twelfth]] (United Kingdom)
** [[Glorious Twelfth]] (United Kingdom)
** [[Sirikit|HM the Queen's Birthday]] and [[Mother's Day|National Mother's Day]] (Thailand)
** [[Sirikit|HM the Queen's Birthday]] and [[Mother's Day|National Mother's Day]] (Thailand)
** [[International Youth Day]] ([[United Nations]])
** [[International Youth Day]] (United Nations)
** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia)
** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia)
** [[Sea Org Day]] ([[Scientology]])
** [[Sea Org Day]] ([[Scientology]])
** [[World Elephant Day]]
** [[World Elephant Day]]
* [[August 13]]
* 13 August
** [[Public holidays in the Central African Republic|Independence Day]] (Central African Republic)
** [[Public holidays in the Central African Republic|Independence Day]] (Central African Republic)
** [[International Lefthanders Day]]
** [[International Lefthanders Day]]
** [[List of food days#August|National Filet Mignon Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Filet Mignon Day]] (United States)
** [[Women in Tunisia|Women's Day]] (Tunisia)
** [[Women in Tunisia|Women's Day]] (Tunisia)
* [[August 14]]
* 14 August
** [[Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Anniversary Day]] ([[Tristan da Cunha]])
** [[Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Anniversary Day]] ([[Tristan da Cunha]])
** [[Public holidays in Morocco|Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab]] (Morocco)
** [[Public holidays in Morocco|Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab]] (Morocco)
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** [[Falklands Day]] (Falkland Islands)
** [[Falklands Day]] (Falkland Islands)
** [[Independence Day (Pakistan)]]
** [[Independence Day (Pakistan)]]
** [[List of food days#August|National Creamsicle Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Creamsicle Day]] (United States)
** [[National Navajo Code Talkers Day]] (United States)
** [[National Navajo Code Talkers Day]] (United States)
** [[Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia|Pramuka Day]] (Indonesia)
** [[Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia|Pramuka Day]] (Indonesia)
* [[August 15]]
* 15 August
** [[Assumption of Mary|Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary]] ([[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Holy day of obligation|holy days of obligation]], a public holiday in many countries.)
** [[Assumption of Mary|Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary]] ([[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Holy day of obligation|holy days of obligation]], a public holiday in many countries.)
*** [[Ferragosto]] (Italy)
*** [[Ferragosto]] (Italy)
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** [[Public holidays in Liechtenstein|National Day]] (Liechtenstein)
** [[Public holidays in Liechtenstein|National Day]] (Liechtenstein)
** [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United Kingdom)
** [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United Kingdom)
** [[List of food days#August|National Lemon Meringue Pie Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Lemon Meringue Pie Day]] (United States)
* [[August 16]]
* 16 August
** [[Bennington Battle Day]] ([[Vermont]], United States)
** [[Bennington Battle Day]] ([[Vermont]], United States)
** [[Children's Day#Paraguay|Children's Day]] (Paraguay)
** [[Children's Day#Paraguay|Children's Day]] (Paraguay)
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** The first day of the [[Public holidays in Gabon|Independence Days]] (Gabon)
** The first day of the [[Public holidays in Gabon|Independence Days]] (Gabon)
** [[National Airborne Day]] (United States)
** [[National Airborne Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Rum Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Rum Day]] (United States)
** [[List of holidays by country#Dominican Republic|Restoration Day]] (Dominican Republic)
** [[List of holidays by country#Dominican Republic|Restoration Day]] (Dominican Republic)
* [[August 17]]
* 17 August
** [[Rastafari#Grounding|The Birthday of Marcus Garvey]] ([[Rastafari]])
** [[Rastafari#Grounding|The Birthday of Marcus Garvey]] ([[Rastafari]])
** [[Engineer's Day]] (Colombia)
** [[Engineer's Day]] (Colombia)
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** [[Public holidays in Slovenia|Prekmurje Union Day]] (Slovenia)
** [[Public holidays in Slovenia|Prekmurje Union Day]] (Slovenia)
** [[Public holidays in Argentina|San Martin Day]] (Argentina)
** [[Public holidays in Argentina|San Martin Day]] (Argentina)
* [[August 18]]
* 18 August
** [[Arbor Day#Pakistan|Arbor Day]] ([[Pakistan]])
** [[Arbor Day#Pakistan|Arbor Day]] ([[Pakistan]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#North Macedonia|Armed Forces Day]] ([[North Macedonia]])
** [[Armed Forces Day#North Macedonia|Armed Forces Day]] ([[North Macedonia]])
** [[Virginia Dare#Tourism and advertising|Birthday of Virginia Dare]] ([[Roanoke Island]])
** [[Virginia Dare#Tourism and advertising|Birthday of Virginia Dare]] ([[Roanoke Island]])
** [[Constitution Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
** [[Constitution Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
** [[Battle of Long Tan|Long Tan Day]] ([[Australia]])
** [[Battle of Long Tan|Long Tan Day]] (Australia)
** [[Public holidays in Thailand#National observances|National Science Day]] ([[Thailand]])
** [[Public holidays in Thailand#National observances|National Science Day]] ([[Thailand]])
* [[August 19]]
* 19 August
** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]] ([[Julian calendar]]), and its related observances:
** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]] ([[Julian calendar]]), and its related observances:
*** [[Buhe]] ([[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]])
*** [[Buhe]] ([[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]])
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** [[List of food days#August|National Potato Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Potato Day]] (United States)
** [[World Humanitarian Day]]
** [[World Humanitarian Day]]
* [[August 20]]
* 20 August
** [[Indian Akshay Urja Day]] (India)
** [[Indian Akshay Urja Day]] (India)
** [[List of national independence days|Restoration of Independence Day]] (Estonia)
** [[List of national independence days|Restoration of Independence Day]] (Estonia)
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** [[Public holidays in Hungary|Saint Stephen's Day]] (Hungary)
** [[Public holidays in Hungary|Saint Stephen's Day]] (Hungary)
** [[World Mosquito Day]]
** [[World Mosquito Day]]
* [[August 21]]
* 21 August
** [[Ninoy Aquino Day]] (Philippines)
** [[Ninoy Aquino Day]] (Philippines)
** [[Youth Day]]/[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|King Mohammed VI]]'s Birthday (Morocco)
** [[Youth Day]]/[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|King Mohammed VI]]'s Birthday (Morocco)
* [[August 22]]
* 22 August
** Feast of the [[Coronation of Mary]]
** Feast of the [[Coronation of Mary]]
** [[Flag Day]] (Russia)
** [[Flag Day]] (Russia)
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** [[List of food days|National Eat a Peach Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days|National Eat a Peach Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days|National Pecan Torte Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days|National Pecan Torte Day]] (United States)
* [[August 23]]
* 23 August
** [[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Kursk Day]] (Russia)
** [[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Kursk Day]] (Russia)
** [[Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)]]
** [[Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)]]
** [[European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism]] or Black Ribbon Day ([[European Union]] and other countries), and related observances:
** [[European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism]] or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances:
*** [[King Michael's Coup|Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day]] (Romania)
*** [[King Michael's Coup|Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day]] (Romania)
** [[International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition]]
** [[International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition]]
** [[Umhlanga (ceremony)|Umhlanga Day]] (Eswatini)
** [[Umhlanga (ceremony)|Umhlanga Day]] (Eswatini)
* [[August 24]]
* 24 August
** [[Public holidays in Liberia|Flag Day]] (Liberia)
** [[Public holidays in Liberia|Flag Day]] (Liberia)
** [[Independence Day of Ukraine]]
** [[Independence Day of Ukraine]]
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** [[Nostalgia Night]] (Uruguay)
** [[Nostalgia Night]] (Uruguay)
** [[Willka Raymi]] ([[Cusco]], Peru)
** [[Willka Raymi]] ([[Cusco]], Peru)
* [[August 25]]
* 25 August
** [[Public holidays in North Korea|Day of Songun]] (North Korea)
** [[Public holidays in North Korea|Day of Songun]] (North Korea)
** [[Public holidays in Uruguay|Independence Day]] (Uruguay)
** [[Public holidays in Uruguay|Independence Day]] (Uruguay)
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** [[List of food days#August|National Whiskey Sour Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Whiskey Sour Day]] (United States)
** [[Army Day#Brazil|Soldier's Day]] (Brazil)
** [[Army Day#Brazil|Soldier's Day]] (Brazil)
* [[August 26]]
* 26 August
** [[Herero Day]] (Namibia)
** [[Herero Day]] (Namibia)
** [[Heroes' Day (Namibia)]]
** [[Heroes' Day (Namibia)]]
** [[Repentance Day]] (Papua New Guinea)
** [[Repentance Day]] (Papua New Guinea)
** [[Women's Equality Day]] (United States)
** [[Women's Equality Day]] (United States)
* [[August 27]]
* 27 August
** [[Film and Movies Day]] (Russia)
** [[Film and Movies Day]] (Russia)
** [[Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova]]
** [[Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova]]
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** [[List of food days#August|National Banana Lovers Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Banana Lovers Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Pots De Creme Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Pots De Creme Day]] (United States)
* [[August 28]]
* 28 August
** [[Assumption of Mary]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Public holiday in North Macedonia, Serbia, and [[Georgia (country)]])
** [[Assumption of Mary]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Public holiday in North Macedonia, Serbia, and [[Georgia (country)]])
** [[List of food days#August|Crackers of the Keyboard Day]]
** [[List of food days#August|Crackers of the Keyboard Day]]
** [[List of food days#August|National Cherry Turnover Day]] ([[United States]])
** [[List of food days#August|National Cherry Turnover Day]] (United States)
* [[August 29]]
* 29 August
** [[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]
** [[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]
** [[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] (Ukraine)
** [[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] (Ukraine)
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** [[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] (Slovakia)
** [[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] (Slovakia)
** [[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] (India)
** [[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] (India)
* [[August 30]]
* 30 August
** [[Kazakhstan#Public holidays|Constitution Day]] (Kazakhstan)
** [[Kazakhstan#Public holidays|Constitution Day]] (Kazakhstan)
** [[National Day|Constitution Day]]  (Turks and Caicos Islands)
** [[National Day|Constitution Day]]  (Turks and Caicos Islands)
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** [[Saint Rose of Lima's Day]] (Peru)
** [[Saint Rose of Lima's Day]] (Peru)
** [[Victory Day (Turkey)]]
** [[Victory Day (Turkey)]]
* [[August 31]]
* 31 August
** [[Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day]] ([[Baloch people|Baloch]]s and [[Pashtuns]], [[International observance]])
** [[Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day]] ([[Baloch people|Baloch]]s and [[Pashtuns]], [[International observance]])
** [[Public holidays in Poland|Day of Solidarity and Freedom]] (Poland)
** [[Public holidays in Poland|Day of Solidarity and Freedom]] (Poland)
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** [[List of food days#August|National Trail Mix Day]] (United States)
** [[List of food days#August|National Trail Mix Day]] (United States)
** [[North Borneo Self-government Day]] ([[Sabah]], [[Borneo]])
** [[North Borneo Self-government Day]] ([[Sabah]], [[Borneo]])
** [[Romanian Language Day]] (Romania, [[Moldova]])
** [[Romanian Language Day]] (Romania, [[Moldova]], Ukraine)


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 05:15, 1 April 2026

This article is about the month. For other uses, see August (disambiguation).
"Aug." redirects here. For other uses, see Aug.

Template:Calendar/month/link on

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]
File:1850- 08 August each year - Global average temperature changes.svg
Chart shows changes in global average temperature annually in August of each year[2]

August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days.[3]

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.[4]

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 10 July and ends around 10 August. The Southern Delta Aquariids occur from mid-July to mid-August, with the peak usually around 28–29 July. The Perseids, a major meteor shower, typically takes place between 17 July and 24 August, 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.[5][6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.[12] The Western zodiac signs are Leo (until 22 August) and Virgo (from 23 August onward).[13][14]

Observances

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

Non-Gregorian: 2026 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 9 August

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

  1. ↑ "Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe". 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)
  2. ↑ .● Source for 1850- raw data: "Global Land and Ocean Temperature Anomalies". National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2026.
    ● Updated data is accessible through Climate at a Glance Global Time Series / Globe / Global Time Series. Choose parameters: Surface: Land and Ocean / Parameter: Average Temperature Anomaly / Time Scale: 1-Month / Month: All Months / Start Year: 1850 / End Year: 20__.
    ● Technical note: data in chart is adjusted to reference period of 1850-1900 (representing pre-industrial era)
  3. ↑ "August | month | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ↑ 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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  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "Astrology Calendar". yourzodiacsign. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.
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  16. ↑ "Children's Eye Health and Safety Month". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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  18. ↑ "August is Get Ready for Kindergarten Month!". Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board.
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  21. ↑ "Psoriasis Awareness Month – Take Action, One Day at a Time – National Psoriasis Foundation".
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  23. ↑ "12th annual National Black Business Month". National Black Business Month.
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  25. ↑ "National Immunization Awareness Month – NIAM – CDC".
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  30. ↑ Bober, Mike. Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites, dcfoodies.com
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