Mackay climate

Mackay Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mackay, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 23°C on August 1 to 26°C on August 31, and lows from 13°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 3 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mackay, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CAug 31, 2000
Reanalysis low
5°CAug 11, 2012
Daylight
11 h 10 min to 11 h 40 min
Cloud cover
33%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
8.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 123°C13°C28°C 20106°C 20039%
Aug 223°C13°C28°C 19967°C 20038%
Aug 323°C13°C28°C 199610°C 19949%
Aug 423°C13°C28°C 19967°C 20169%
Aug 523°C13°C28°C 19969°C 20069%
Aug 624°C13°C29°C 19988°C 20079%
Aug 724°C13°C28°C 19918°C 19959%
Aug 824°C13°C29°C 19915°C 199510%
Aug 924°C13°C29°C 20196°C 199510%
Aug 1024°C13°C28°C 19936°C 199410%
Aug 1124°C13°C26°C 20115°C 20129%
Aug 1224°C13°C28°C 19927°C 20129%
Aug 1324°C13°C29°C 19927°C 20108%
Aug 1424°C13°C31°C 20096°C 20058%
Aug 1524°C13°C29°C 20139°C 20087%
Aug 1624°C13°C28°C 19989°C 20088%
Aug 1724°C13°C29°C 20177°C 20088%
Aug 1824°C14°C31°C 20179°C 20148%
Aug 1925°C14°C30°C 20139°C 20089%
Aug 2025°C14°C30°C 20137°C 19969%
Aug 2125°C14°C28°C 19918°C 20189%
Aug 2225°C14°C29°C 20099°C 201911%
Aug 2325°C14°C30°C 200610°C 202012%
Aug 2425°C14°C30°C 201010°C 202012%
Aug 2525°C15°C30°C 200910°C 200014%
Aug 2625°C15°C30°C 20099°C 199214%
Aug 2725°C15°C28°C 20099°C 201615%
Aug 2825°C15°C30°C 19928°C 201615%
Aug 2925°C15°C31°C 199110°C 200116%
Aug 3026°C15°C31°C 199111°C 200116%
Aug 3126°C15°C32°C 200012°C 200215%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mackay, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

August 1
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 5:54 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.