Provincetown climate

Provincetown Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Plymouth-Kingston, 42.9 km from Provincetown

Average highs run from 84°F on August 1 to 80°F on August 31, and lows from 64°F to 61°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.63 in over about 11 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Provincetown, in °F, with the record for each date.406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
82°F
Average low
63°F
Precipitation
3.63 in
Record high
95°FAug 2, 2006
Record low
45°FAug 19, 2025
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
3.4
Daylight
14 h 25 min to 13 h 11 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
64°F
Wind
11.4 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 184°F64°F91°F 200654°F 201037%0%
Aug 284°F64°F95°F 200652°F 199837%0%
Aug 384°F64°F94°F 200652°F 202537%0%
Aug 484°F64°F88°F 202253°F 202537%0%
Aug 584°F64°F89°F 202253°F 201337%0%
Aug 684°F64°F91°F 202250°F 201337%0%
Aug 783°F64°F90°F 202253°F 201337%0%
Aug 883°F64°F89°F 202251°F 202537%0%
Aug 983°F64°F92°F 200149°F 199937%0%
Aug 1083°F64°F86°F 200147°F 199937%0%
Aug 1183°F64°F89°F 200555°F 200637%0%
Aug 1283°F64°F89°F 202553°F 200637%0%
Aug 1383°F64°F89°F 202151°F 200637%0%
Aug 1483°F64°F92°F 201651°F 200636%0%
Aug 1583°F64°F87°F 201654°F 201036%0%
Aug 1683°F63°F90°F 201853°F 200136%0%
Aug 1782°F63°F90°F 200252°F 200035%0%
Aug 1882°F63°F87°F 200947°F 202535%0%
Aug 1982°F63°F88°F 202245°F 202535%0%
Aug 2082°F63°F86°F 202249°F 199834%0%
Aug 2182°F63°F85°F 200351°F 200734%0%
Aug 2282°F63°F88°F 200550°F 200034%0%
Aug 2382°F63°F83°F 202048°F 200433%0%
Aug 2481°F63°F85°F 202147°F 200433%0%
Aug 2581°F62°F90°F 202145°F 200433%0%
Aug 2681°F62°F89°F 202145°F 200433%0%
Aug 2781°F62°F90°F 202149°F 201933%0%
Aug 2881°F62°F90°F 201849°F 202533%0%
Aug 2981°F62°F91°F 201850°F 200033%0%
Aug 3080°F61°F88°F 201047°F 201432%0%
Aug 3180°F61°F90°F 201048°F 200332%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Provincetown, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

August 1
sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 7:59 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:16 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00196486 (Plymouth-Kingston), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094720, 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.