Lancaster County Weather in August
Average highs run from 91°F on August 1 to 87°F on August 31, and lows from 71°F to 67°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.34 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
- 69°F
- Precipitation
- 5.34 in
- Record high
- 106°FAug 10, 2007
- Record low
- 49°FAug 26, 1942
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 15.3
- Daylight
- 13 h 52 min to 12 h 55 min
- Cloud cover
- 57%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 68°F
- Wind
- 3.8 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 | 91°F | 71°F | 102°F 1999 | 58°F 1966 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 91°F | 70°F | 100°F 1921 | 61°F 1925 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 91°F | 70°F | 100°F 1935 | 61°F 1912 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 91°F | 70°F | 100°F 1934 | 58°F 1985 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 91°F | 70°F | 99°F 1935 | 55°F 1929 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 91°F | 70°F | 102°F 1956 | 56°F 1912 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 90°F | 70°F | 102°F 1935 | 54°F 2004 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 90°F | 70°F | 101°F 1999 | 57°F 2004 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 90°F | 70°F | 103°F 2007 | 59°F 1989 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 90°F | 70°F | 106°F 2007 | 58°F 1904 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 90°F | 70°F | 100°F 1900 | 61°F 1931 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 90°F | 70°F | 101°F 1925 | 58°F 1931 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 90°F | 70°F | 102°F 1925 | 57°F 1979 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 90°F | 69°F | 101°F 1925 | 58°F 1930 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 90°F | 69°F | 100°F 2007 | 58°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 90°F | 69°F | 103°F 1954 | 59°F 1964 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 89°F | 69°F | 100°F 1954 | 58°F 1963 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 89°F | 69°F | 104°F 1988 | 61°F 1948 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 89°F | 69°F | 101°F 1925 | 60°F 1943 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 89°F | 69°F | 106°F 1925 | 58°F 1918 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 89°F | 69°F | 106°F 1983 | 55°F 1918 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 89°F | 69°F | 103°F 1983 | 53°F 1931 | 30% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 89°F | 68°F | 103°F 1983 | 51°F 1930 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 89°F | 68°F | 100°F 1938 | 55°F 1930 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 88°F | 68°F | 100°F 1918 | 51°F 1952 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 88°F | 68°F | 99°F 1943 | 49°F 1942 | 29% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 88°F | 68°F | 100°F 1943 | 52°F 1942 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 88°F | 68°F | 98°F 1900 | 54°F 1944 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 88°F | 68°F | 101°F 1932 | 52°F 1968 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 88°F | 68°F | 102°F 1932 | 54°F 1968 | 28% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 87°F | 67°F | 100°F 1932 | 53°F 1946 | 27% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 8:25 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 7:50 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00386616 (Pageland), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00389350, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.