Blue Ridge Weather in August
Average highs run from 96°F on August 1 to 94°F on August 31, and lows from 72°F to 68°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.23 in over about 3 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
- 96°F
- Average low
- 71°F
- Precipitation
- 2.23 in
- Record high
- 109°FAug 11, 1969
- Record low
- 51°FAug 29, 1992
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 28.4
- Daylight
- 13 h 38 min to 12 h 50 min
- Cloud cover
- 42%
- Humidity
- 60%
- Dew point
- 68°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 96°F | 72°F | 107°F 1998 | 62°F 1971 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 96°F | 72°F | 106°F 1998 | 61°F 1965 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 96°F | 72°F | 105°F 1998 | 62°F 1965 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 96°F | 72°F | 103°F 1964 | 61°F 1973 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 96°F | 72°F | 106°F 1964 | 61°F 1973 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 96°F | 72°F | 105°F 1982 | 66°F 1978 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 96°F | 72°F | 105°F 1985 | 64°F 1990 | 10% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 96°F | 72°F | 108°F 1988 | 59°F 1990 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 96°F | 72°F | 105°F 1962 | 57°F 1989 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 96°F | 72°F | 107°F 1962 | 57°F 1989 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 96°F | 72°F | 109°F 1969 | 65°F 1976 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 96°F | 71°F | 107°F 1969 | 59°F 1989 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 96°F | 71°F | 108°F 1962 | 54°F 1967 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 96°F | 71°F | 104°F 1969 | 59°F 1967 | 11% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 96°F | 71°F | 104°F 1982 | 61°F 1984 | 12% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 96°F | 71°F | 105°F 1982 | 65°F 1963 | 12% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 96°F | 71°F | 104°F 1982 | 63°F 1999 | 12% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 96°F | 71°F | 106°F 1984 | 63°F 2004 | 12% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 96°F | 71°F | 109°F 1984 | 62°F 1992 | 13% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 96°F | 71°F | 104°F 1985 | 58°F 1992 | 13% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 95°F | 70°F | 104°F 1988 | 59°F 1992 | 13% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 95°F | 70°F | 106°F 1980 | 60°F 1992 | 13% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 95°F | 70°F | 104°F 1980 | 54°F 1992 | 14% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 95°F | 70°F | 104°F 1982 | 59°F 1992 | 14% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 95°F | 70°F | 104°F 1990 | 60°F 1966 | 14% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 95°F | 69°F | 105°F 1999 | 59°F 1966 | 15% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 94°F | 69°F | 105°F 1990 | 61°F 1970 | 15% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 94°F | 69°F | 106°F 1990 | 62°F 1992 | 15% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 94°F | 69°F | 103°F 1984 | 51°F 1992 | 15% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 94°F | 69°F | 107°F 1990 | 52°F 1992 | 16% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 94°F | 68°F | 108°F 1990 | 51°F 1992 | 16% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 7:52 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00415611 (Marlin), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00413047, 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.