Plains Weather in August
Average highs run from 90°F on August 1 to 88°F on August 31, and lows from 71°F to 69°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.68 in over about 10 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 89°F
- Average low
- 70°F
- Precipitation
- 4.68 in
- Record high
- 110°FAug 20, 1925
- Record low
- 57°FAug 16, 1983
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 18.2
- Daylight
- 13 h 41 min to 12 h 51 min
- Cloud cover
- 56%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 70°F
- Wind
- 5.6 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 90°F | 71°F | 102°F 1999 | 60°F 1936 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 90°F | 71°F | 102°F 1999 | 60°F 1925 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 90°F | 71°F | 102°F 1999 | 64°F 1925 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 90°F | 71°F | 103°F 1931 | 62°F 1965 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 90°F | 71°F | 104°F 1931 | 59°F 1950 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 90°F | 71°F | 102°F 1931 | 60°F 1948 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 90°F | 71°F | 101°F 1925 | 61°F 1950 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 90°F | 71°F | 103°F 1925 | 59°F 2004 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 90°F | 71°F | 104°F 1925 | 58°F 2004 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 90°F | 70°F | 99°F 1980 | 58°F 2002 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 90°F | 70°F | 101°F 1925 | 59°F 2002 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 90°F | 70°F | 106°F 1925 | 62°F 1931 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 90°F | 70°F | 106°F 1925 | 59°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 90°F | 70°F | 101°F 1918 | 58°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 89°F | 70°F | 104°F 1918 | 58°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 89°F | 70°F | 102°F 1995 | 57°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 89°F | 70°F | 102°F 1916 | 58°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 89°F | 70°F | 103°F 2000 | 60°F 1983 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 89°F | 70°F | 107°F 1925 | 62°F 1976 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 89°F | 70°F | 110°F 1925 | 62°F 1943 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 89°F | 70°F | 102°F 1983 | 59°F 1927 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 89°F | 70°F | 102°F 1983 | 60°F 1918 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 89°F | 69°F | 104°F 1968 | 57°F 1931 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 89°F | 69°F | 103°F 1938 | 57°F 1931 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 88°F | 69°F | 104°F 1968 | 58°F 1931 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 88°F | 69°F | 102°F 1938 | 59°F 1952 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 88°F | 69°F | 103°F 1936 | 59°F 1909 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 88°F | 69°F | 103°F 1954 | 58°F 1927 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 88°F | 69°F | 100°F 1933 | 57°F 1919 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 88°F | 69°F | 101°F 1990 | 57°F 1986 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 88°F | 69°F | 102°F 1948 | 57°F 1986 | 26% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 8:34 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00097087 (Plains Sw Ga Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00090253, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.