Cambridge Weather in August
Average highs run from 82°F on August 1 to 79°F on August 31, and lows from 58°F to 53°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.17 in.
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
- 81°F
- Average low
- 56°F
- Precipitation
- 4.17 in
- Record high
- 95°FAug 4, 2022
- Record low
- 39°FAug 28, 2025
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.9
- Daylight
- 14 h 31 min to 13 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 61°F
- Wind
- 3.4 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 82°F | 58°F | 92°F 2006 | 50°F 2010 | 0% | |
| Aug 2 | 82°F | 58°F | 92°F 2006 | 45°F 2023 | 0% | |
| Aug 3 | 82°F | 58°F | 89°F 2007 | 47°F 1999 | 0% | |
| Aug 4 | 82°F | 58°F | 95°F 2022 | 47°F 1999 | 0% | |
| Aug 5 | 82°F | 57°F | 88°F 2012 | 46°F 2019 | 0% | |
| Aug 6 | 82°F | 57°F | 92°F 2022 | 44°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 7 | 82°F | 57°F | 89°F 2018 | 48°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 8 | 82°F | 57°F | 92°F 2022 | 44°F 2009 | 0% | |
| Aug 9 | 82°F | 57°F | 92°F 2001 | 45°F 2002 | 0% | |
| Aug 10 | 82°F | 57°F | 88°F 2005 | 44°F 1999 | 0% | |
| Aug 11 | 82°F | 57°F | 91°F 2016 | 46°F 2006 | 0% | |
| Aug 12 | 81°F | 56°F | 89°F 2002 | 43°F 2006 | 0% | |
| Aug 13 | 81°F | 56°F | 90°F 2002 | 41°F 2006 | 0% | |
| Aug 14 | 81°F | 56°F | 94°F 2002 | 46°F 2007 | 0% | |
| Aug 15 | 81°F | 56°F | 91°F 2002 | 45°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Aug 16 | 81°F | 56°F | 90°F 2002 | 46°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Aug 17 | 81°F | 56°F | 88°F 2009 | 46°F 2017 | 0% | |
| Aug 18 | 81°F | 55°F | 90°F 2015 | 43°F 2000 | 0% | |
| Aug 19 | 81°F | 55°F | 87°F 2015 | 44°F 2007 | 0% | |
| Aug 20 | 81°F | 55°F | 90°F 2022 | 42°F 2008 | 0% | |
| Aug 21 | 80°F | 55°F | 88°F 2022 | 40°F 2000 | 0% | |
| Aug 22 | 80°F | 55°F | 88°F 2017 | 43°F 2025 | 0% | |
| Aug 23 | 80°F | 54°F | 88°F 2020 | 44°F 2016 | 0% | |
| Aug 24 | 80°F | 54°F | 88°F 2020 | 41°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Aug 25 | 80°F | 54°F | 93°F 2007 | 42°F 2001 | 0% | |
| Aug 26 | 80°F | 54°F | 88°F 2021 | 42°F 2017 | 0% | |
| Aug 27 | 80°F | 53°F | 84°F 2021 | 41°F 2008 | 0% | |
| Aug 28 | 79°F | 53°F | 91°F 2018 | 39°F 2025 | 0% | |
| Aug 29 | 79°F | 53°F | 92°F 2018 | 45°F 2026 | 0% | |
| Aug 30 | 79°F | 53°F | 92°F 2022 | 43°F 2012 | 0% | |
| Aug 31 | 79°F | 53°F | 90°F 2010 | 42°F 1999 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:44 AM, sunset 8:15 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 7:30 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00301068 (Buskirk), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00054781, 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.