Dumfries climate

Dumfries Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 18°C on August 1 to 16°C on August 31, and lows from 12°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 115 mm over about 19 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dumfries, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
115 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CAug 1, 1995
Reanalysis low
6°CAug 23, 1993
Daylight
15 h 55 min to 13 h 51 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
17.6 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 118°C12°C25°C 19958°C 201564%
Aug 218°C12°C24°C 19959°C 202064%
Aug 318°C12°C23°C 19998°C 202064%
Aug 418°C12°C23°C 20039°C 200164%
Aug 518°C12°C25°C 20038°C 199364%
Aug 618°C11°C24°C 20037°C 199364%
Aug 718°C11°C24°C 20038°C 200563%
Aug 818°C11°C23°C 20038°C 200762%
Aug 917°C11°C24°C 20038°C 201162%
Aug 1017°C11°C24°C 19978°C 201662%
Aug 1117°C11°C23°C 19958°C 199362%
Aug 1217°C11°C25°C 20208°C 199362%
Aug 1317°C11°C22°C 19976°C 199362%
Aug 1417°C11°C22°C 20207°C 199263%
Aug 1517°C11°C21°C 20209°C 201563%
Aug 1617°C11°C21°C 19958°C 199365%
Aug 1717°C11°C21°C 19958°C 199365%
Aug 1817°C11°C23°C 19958°C 199165%
Aug 1917°C11°C24°C 19977°C 201464%
Aug 2017°C11°C24°C 19957°C 199965%
Aug 2117°C11°C24°C 19958°C 200066%
Aug 2217°C11°C22°C 19956°C 201466%
Aug 2317°C11°C21°C 20156°C 199364%
Aug 2417°C11°C21°C 20036°C 201463%
Aug 2516°C11°C23°C 20198°C 199862%
Aug 2616°C11°C20°C 20136°C 199361%
Aug 2716°C11°C19°C 20027°C 199860%
Aug 2816°C10°C18°C 19918°C 199559%
Aug 2916°C10°C21°C 19917°C 199258%
Aug 3016°C10°C22°C 19916°C 201058%
Aug 3116°C10°C20°C 19916°C 201258%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dumfries, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

August 1
sunrise 5:23 AM, sunset 9:18 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 8:10 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.