Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Abilene: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In August its highs average 34.3°C, about as warm as Abilene, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 54th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 184th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Abilene is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 58 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
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
- San Angelo in AugustUnited States · 128 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in AugustUnited States · 200 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Midland in AugustUnited States · 226 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AugustUnited States · 228 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Lubbock in AugustUnited States · 234 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Killeen in AugustUnited States · 241 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in AugustUnited States · 248 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Flower Mound in AugustUnited States · 254 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 51 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 Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.