Amherst climate

Amherst Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Littlefield, 21.3 km from Amherst

Average highs run from 92°F on August 1 to 88°F on August 31, and lows from 65°F to 60°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.35 in over about 7 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Amherst, in °F, with the record for each date.406080100120151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
91°F
Average low
63°F
Precipitation
2.35 in
Record high
106°FAug 19, 1994
Record low
49°FAug 26, 2010
Chance of a freeze
0%
Days of 90°F or more
20.9
Daylight
13 h 49 min to 12 h 54 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
50%
Dew point
57°F
Wind
9.2 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 192°F65°F104°F 196655°F 197119%0%
Aug 292°F65°F105°F 196658°F 197119%0%
Aug 392°F65°F103°F 201257°F 197119%0%
Aug 492°F65°F102°F 199657°F 197120%0%
Aug 592°F65°F103°F 195457°F 196520%0%
Aug 692°F65°F101°F 195454°F 197820%0%
Aug 792°F64°F102°F 198555°F 197820%0%
Aug 892°F64°F101°F 201155°F 193920%0%
Aug 992°F64°F103°F 198552°F 193920%0%
Aug 1092°F64°F102°F 195354°F 198920%0%
Aug 1192°F64°F103°F 201155°F 197520%0%
Aug 1292°F64°F102°F 199350°F 197920%0%
Aug 1391°F64°F101°F 202351°F 197920%0%
Aug 1491°F64°F105°F 202057°F 196021%0%
Aug 1591°F64°F103°F 202055°F 196721%0%
Aug 1691°F63°F101°F 196956°F 196721%0%
Aug 1791°F63°F102°F 196956°F 197321%0%
Aug 1891°F63°F103°F 197856°F 194221%0%
Aug 1991°F63°F106°F 199456°F 196721%0%
Aug 2090°F63°F105°F 199453°F 195621%0%
Aug 2190°F63°F103°F 198655°F 198121%0%
Aug 2290°F62°F101°F 199955°F 198121%0%
Aug 2390°F62°F103°F 202454°F 196421%0%
Aug 2490°F62°F103°F 197353°F 196621%0%
Aug 2589°F62°F104°F 202652°F 195621%0%
Aug 2689°F62°F102°F 202649°F 201021%0%
Aug 2789°F61°F106°F 201953°F 196621%0%
Aug 2889°F61°F101°F 197855°F 196120%0%
Aug 2989°F61°F101°F 201154°F 197020%0%
Aug 3088°F61°F100°F 195954°F 196720%0%
Aug 3188°F60°F103°F 198052°F 195620%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Amherst, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

August 1
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 8:50 PM
August 31
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 8:17 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00415265 (Littlefield), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00415183, 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.