Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Amarillo, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks joint 150th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 213th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Amarillo is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 40 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in AugustUnited States · 183 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Lawton in AugustUnited States · 321 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in AugustUnited States · 338 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Midland in AugustUnited States · 359 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Abilene in AugustUnited States · 364 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AugustUnited States · 376 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Odessa in AugustUnited States · 379 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AugustUnited States · 392 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.