Climate averages 1991–2020
Elgin weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Elgin: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Schaumburg (16 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Elgin, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Elgin ranks joint 393rd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 338th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Elgin is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elgin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 52 | 7.9 | 9.59 h |
| February | 1.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 49 | 7.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 114 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 118 | 12.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 94 | 11.1 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 93 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 78 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 80 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 61 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.7°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 55 | 8.0 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Schaumburg in AugustUnited States · 16 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in AugustUnited States · 25 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Naperville in AugustUnited States · 30 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Aurora (Illinois), United States in AugustUnited States · 31 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Bolingbrook in AugustUnited States · 42 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Cicero in AugustUnited States · 49 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Evanston in AugustUnited States · 49 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Waukegan in AugustUnited States · 51 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 96 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 Elgin) is explained once on the Elgin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.