Madison Weather in August
Average highs run from 81°F on August 1 to 77°F on August 31, and lows from 62°F to 57°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.11 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
- 80°F
- Average low
- 60°F
- Precipitation
- 4.11 in
- Record high
- 102°FAug 16, 1988
- Record low
- 35°FAug 27, 1968
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.7
- Daylight
- 14 h 31 min to 13 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 61°F
- Wind
- 8.1 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 | 81°F | 62°F | 101°F 1988 | 47°F 1976 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 81°F | 62°F | 98°F 1988 | 44°F 1965 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 81°F | 62°F | 96°F 1958 | 43°F 1966 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 81°F | 62°F | 99°F 1947 | 41°F 1972 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 81°F | 61°F | 98°F 1947 | 45°F 1974 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 81°F | 61°F | 98°F 1947 | 43°F 1992 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 81°F | 61°F | 96°F 1949 | 42°F 1976 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 81°F | 61°F | 95°F 1941 | 44°F 1976 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 81°F | 61°F | 93°F 1949 | 40°F 1972 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 80°F | 61°F | 97°F 1944 | 44°F 1982 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 80°F | 61°F | 97°F 1941 | 39°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 80°F | 61°F | 99°F 1995 | 38°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 80°F | 61°F | 95°F 1944 | 43°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 80°F | 61°F | 96°F 1944 | 37°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 80°F | 61°F | 95°F 1955 | 37°F 1979 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 80°F | 60°F | 102°F 1988 | 38°F 1979 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 80°F | 60°F | 102°F 1988 | 45°F 1981 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 80°F | 60°F | 100°F 1955 | 41°F 1977 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 80°F | 60°F | 97°F 1983 | 43°F 1981 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 79°F | 60°F | 98°F 1955 | 39°F 1950 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 79°F | 60°F | 101°F 1955 | 43°F 1969 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 79°F | 59°F | 94°F 1976 | 44°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 79°F | 59°F | 98°F 1947 | 43°F 1940 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 79°F | 59°F | 98°F 1947 | 41°F 1977 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 79°F | 59°F | 94°F 1948 | 37°F 1958 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 78°F | 59°F | 95°F 1953 | 39°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 78°F | 58°F | 95°F 1953 | 35°F 1968 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 78°F | 58°F | 95°F 1955 | 38°F 1968 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 78°F | 58°F | 94°F 1948 | 35°F 1965 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 78°F | 58°F | 97°F 1953 | 40°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 77°F | 57°F | 100°F 1953 | 37°F 1967 | 32% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:48 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 7:34 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00471416 (Charmany Farm), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014837, 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.