Nahant Weather in August
Average highs run from 80°F on August 1 to 77°F on August 31, and lows from 61°F to 58°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.25 in over about 8 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
- 79°F
- Average low
- 60°F
- Precipitation
- 3.25 in
- Record high
- 102°FAug 2, 1975
- Record low
- 46°FAug 25, 1940
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.2
- Daylight
- 14 h 27 min to 13 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 60°F
- Wind
- 4.3 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 | 80°F | 61°F | 98°F 1955 | 55°F 1964 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 80°F | 61°F | 102°F 1975 | 54°F 1947 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 80°F | 61°F | 96°F 1957 | 55°F 1953 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 80°F | 61°F | 98°F 2022 | 54°F 1964 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 80°F | 61°F | 100°F 1955 | 54°F 1972 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 80°F | 61°F | 97°F 2022 | 54°F 1951 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 80°F | 61°F | 98°F 2022 | 55°F 1964 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 80°F | 61°F | 98°F 2022 | 57°F 1950 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 80°F | 60°F | 99°F 1949 | 57°F 1964 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 80°F | 60°F | 101°F 1949 | 53°F 1964 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 80°F | 60°F | 99°F 1944 | 56°F 2007 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 80°F | 60°F | 101°F 1944 | 56°F 1954 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 80°F | 60°F | 100°F 1944 | 54°F 1941 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 79°F | 60°F | 101°F 2002 | 52°F 1964 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 79°F | 60°F | 98°F 1944 | 52°F 1964 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 79°F | 60°F | 97°F 1944 | 55°F 1964 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 79°F | 60°F | 97°F 1944 | 55°F 1961 | 27% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 79°F | 60°F | 95°F 2002 | 54°F 1941 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 79°F | 60°F | 95°F 2019 | 56°F 1958 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 79°F | 59°F | 98°F 1937 | 54°F 1949 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 79°F | 59°F | 97°F 1955 | 54°F 1940 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 79°F | 59°F | 93°F 1955 | 51°F 1982 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 78°F | 59°F | 92°F 1947 | 53°F 1988 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 78°F | 59°F | 96°F 1947 | 51°F 1940 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 78°F | 59°F | 96°F 1948 | 46°F 1940 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 78°F | 59°F | 99°F 1948 | 50°F 1942 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 78°F | 58°F | 100°F 1948 | 52°F 1940 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 78°F | 58°F | 99°F 1948 | 50°F 1986 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 77°F | 58°F | 98°F 2018 | 47°F 1986 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 77°F | 58°F | 99°F 1973 | 48°F 1965 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 77°F | 58°F | 97°F 1953 | 47°F 1965 | 25% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:08 AM, sunset 7:19 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00194502 (Marblehead), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014739, 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.