Chapel Hill Weather in August
Average highs run from 88°F on August 1 to 86°F on August 31, and lows from 65°F to 62°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.99 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
- 87°F
- Average low
- 64°F
- Precipitation
- 3.99 in
- Record high
- 108°FAug 8, 1930
- Record low
- 39°FAug 27, 2015
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 10.3
- Daylight
- 13 h 56 min to 12 h 57 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 69%
- Dew point
- 65°F
- Wind
- 4.7 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 | 88°F | 65°F | 102°F 1999 | 45°F 2014 | 0% | |
| Aug 2 | 88°F | 65°F | 100°F 1999 | 47°F 2014 | 0% | |
| Aug 3 | 88°F | 65°F | 101°F 1930 | 49°F 1920 | 0% | |
| Aug 4 | 88°F | 65°F | 102°F 1937 | 50°F 2009 | 0% | |
| Aug 5 | 88°F | 65°F | 103°F 2010 | 44°F 2014 | 0% | |
| Aug 6 | 88°F | 65°F | 103°F 1930 | 50°F 1948 | 0% | |
| Aug 7 | 88°F | 65°F | 106°F 1930 | 48°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 8 | 88°F | 65°F | 108°F 1930 | 44°F 1989 | 0% | |
| Aug 9 | 88°F | 65°F | 108°F 1930 | 44°F 1989 | 0% | |
| Aug 10 | 88°F | 65°F | 102°F 2007 | 44°F 1989 | 0% | |
| Aug 11 | 88°F | 65°F | 103°F 1935 | 49°F 1922 | 0% | |
| Aug 12 | 88°F | 65°F | 101°F 1999 | 50°F 1967 | 0% | |
| Aug 13 | 88°F | 65°F | 103°F 1999 | 47°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 14 | 88°F | 65°F | 103°F 2007 | 44°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 15 | 87°F | 65°F | 103°F 2007 | 46°F 2014 | 0% | |
| Aug 16 | 87°F | 64°F | 106°F 2007 | 48°F 1929 | 0% | |
| Aug 17 | 87°F | 64°F | 106°F 2007 | 48°F 2004 | 0% | |
| Aug 18 | 87°F | 64°F | 102°F 2000 | 49°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Aug 19 | 87°F | 64°F | 105°F 1925 | 45°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Aug 20 | 87°F | 64°F | 103°F 1925 | 50°F 2024 | 0% | |
| Aug 21 | 87°F | 64°F | 100°F 1924 | 42°F 2024 | 0% | |
| Aug 22 | 87°F | 64°F | 102°F 1924 | 48°F 1939 | 0% | |
| Aug 23 | 87°F | 63°F | 104°F 2007 | 49°F 2012 | 0% | |
| Aug 24 | 87°F | 63°F | 106°F 2007 | 49°F 1997 | 0% | |
| Aug 25 | 87°F | 63°F | 103°F 2007 | 47°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Aug 26 | 87°F | 63°F | 101°F 1938 | 40°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Aug 27 | 87°F | 63°F | 102°F 1936 | 39°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Aug 28 | 87°F | 63°F | 103°F 1943 | 43°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Aug 29 | 86°F | 62°F | 102°F 1924 | 42°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Aug 30 | 86°F | 62°F | 100°F 2000 | 46°F 1986 | 0% | |
| Aug 31 | 86°F | 62°F | 102°F 1951 | 42°F 1946 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 7:51 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:18 AM, sunset 7:15 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, 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.