Climate averages 1991–2020
Clarksville weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Clarksville: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nashville (65 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Clarksville, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Clarksville ranks joint 162nd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 273rd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Clarksville is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 82 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
Clarksville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 100 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 108 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 124 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 125 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 97 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 82 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 91 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 97 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 115 | 10.6 | 9.710 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
- Nashville in AugustUnited States · 65 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Franklin in AugustUnited States · 80 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in AugustUnited States · 116 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Evansville in AugustUnited States · 162 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Huntsville in AugustUnited States · 212 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Louisville in AugustUnited States · 238 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Chattanooga in AugustUnited States · 248 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 85 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in AugustUnited States · 250 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 85 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 Clarksville) is explained once on the Clarksville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.