Burke County Weather in August
Average highs run from 87°F on August 1 to 84°F on August 31, and lows from 66°F to 63°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.80 in over about 11 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
- 86°F
- Average low
- 65°F
- Precipitation
- 4.80 in
- Record high
- 104°FAug 18, 1988
- Record low
- 42°FAug 28, 2011
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 8.8
- Daylight
- 13 h 56 min to 12 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 63°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 | 87°F | 66°F | 98°F 1999 | 51°F 1997 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 87°F | 66°F | 100°F 1953 | 53°F 1912 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 87°F | 66°F | 99°F 1953 | 52°F 1998 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 87°F | 66°F | 97°F 1899 | 49°F 1907 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 87°F | 66°F | 98°F 1953 | 51°F 1929 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 87°F | 66°F | 97°F 1918 | 50°F 1950 | 40% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 87°F | 66°F | 100°F 1935 | 48°F 1957 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 87°F | 66°F | 98°F 1980 | 51°F 2004 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 87°F | 66°F | 101°F 2007 | 48°F 1989 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 87°F | 66°F | 99°F 1900 | 49°F 1989 | 39% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 87°F | 66°F | 99°F 1900 | 53°F 1989 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 87°F | 66°F | 98°F 1925 | 55°F 1963 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 86°F | 65°F | 100°F 1925 | 49°F 1967 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 86°F | 65°F | 98°F 1956 | 52°F 1967 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 86°F | 65°F | 99°F 1954 | 48°F 1963 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 86°F | 65°F | 102°F 1954 | 48°F 1979 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 86°F | 65°F | 97°F 1900 | 53°F 1967 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 86°F | 65°F | 104°F 1988 | 53°F 1958 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 86°F | 65°F | 103°F 1988 | 51°F 1943 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 86°F | 65°F | 101°F 1925 | 52°F 1940 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 86°F | 65°F | 104°F 1983 | 51°F 1918 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 85°F | 65°F | 102°F 1983 | 52°F 1982 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 85°F | 64°F | 104°F 1983 | 48°F 1969 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 85°F | 64°F | 101°F 1983 | 50°F 1997 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 85°F | 64°F | 97°F 1899 | 49°F 1925 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 85°F | 64°F | 98°F 1975 | 50°F 1917 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 85°F | 64°F | 99°F 1943 | 50°F 1942 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 84°F | 64°F | 97°F 1932 | 42°F 2011 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 84°F | 63°F | 100°F 1948 | 42°F 1986 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 84°F | 63°F | 99°F 1948 | 42°F 1986 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 84°F | 63°F | 98°F 1953 | 48°F 1968 | 31% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 8:31 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 7:55 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00315838 (Morganton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00315838, 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.