Gettysburg Weather in August
Average highs run from 85°F on August 1 to 80°F on August 31, and lows from 60°F to 54°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.49 in over about 7 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
- 83°F
- Average low
- 58°F
- Precipitation
- 2.49 in
- Record high
- 111°FAug 9, 1947
- Record low
- 34°FAug 20, 1935
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 7.0
- Daylight
- 14 h 41 min to 13 h 17 min
- Cloud cover
- 48%
- Humidity
- 58%
- Dew point
- 55°F
- Wind
- 10.1 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 | 85°F | 60°F | 107°F 1955 | 46°F 1968 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 85°F | 60°F | 107°F 1938 | 44°F 1971 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 85°F | 60°F | 108°F 1947 | 43°F 1974 | 26% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 85°F | 60°F | 107°F 1947 | 43°F 1974 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 85°F | 60°F | 107°F 1941 | 45°F 1994 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 85°F | 60°F | 109°F 1941 | 44°F 1976 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 85°F | 60°F | 103°F 1980 | 46°F 1989 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 85°F | 60°F | 104°F 1936 | 43°F 1939 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 85°F | 60°F | 111°F 1947 | 44°F 1966 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 84°F | 59°F | 107°F 1947 | 39°F 1903 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 84°F | 59°F | 106°F 1959 | 38°F 1902 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 84°F | 59°F | 103°F 1959 | 39°F 1964 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 84°F | 59°F | 107°F 1938 | 41°F 1964 | 25% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 84°F | 59°F | 110°F 1937 | 43°F 1979 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 84°F | 58°F | 106°F 1937 | 44°F 1979 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 83°F | 58°F | 107°F 1988 | 45°F 1977 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 83°F | 58°F | 101°F 1955 | 40°F 1943 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 83°F | 58°F | 110°F 1959 | 43°F 1977 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 83°F | 58°F | 104°F 1976 | 39°F 1950 | 24% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 83°F | 57°F | 102°F 1947 | 34°F 1935 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 82°F | 57°F | 105°F 1976 | 44°F 1935 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 82°F | 57°F | 103°F 1960 | 41°F 2004 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 82°F | 56°F | 104°F 1936 | 42°F 1964 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 82°F | 56°F | 105°F 1971 | 36°F 1934 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 81°F | 56°F | 105°F 2003 | 41°F 1934 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 81°F | 56°F | 104°F 1970 | 42°F 1958 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 81°F | 55°F | 104°F 1976 | 41°F 1967 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 80°F | 55°F | 104°F 1959 | 39°F 1986 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 80°F | 55°F | 101°F 1969 | 41°F 1946 | 23% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 80°F | 54°F | 103°F 2012 | 38°F 1935 | 22% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 80°F | 54°F | 98°F 1953 | 38°F 1935 | 22% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 9:06 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 8:18 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00393294 (Gettysburg), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00393294, 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.