Climate averages 1991–2020
Virginia weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Virginia: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Welkom (19 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Virginia, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Virginia ranks joint 46th of 95 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 95 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Virginia is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Virginia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 92 | 13.1 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 75 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 67 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 17.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 10.511 h |
| August, selected | 21.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 51 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 67 | 8.9 | 13.513 h |
| December | 29.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 91 | 13.1 | 13.914 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Welkom in AugustSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AugustSouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AugustSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AugustSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Bothaville in AugustSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in AugustSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Orkney in AugustSouth Africa · 126 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AugustSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 15 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Virginia) is explained once on the Virginia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Welkom lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.