Climate averages 1991–2020
Fall River weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Fall River: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Bedford (20 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than Fall River, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fall River ranks joint 456th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 332nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Fall River is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 91 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
Fall River climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.510 h |
| February | 3.7°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 81 | 8.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 111 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 96 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 78 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 9.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 80 | 9.8 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 104 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 110 | 10.4 | 9.29 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
- New Bedford in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Warwick in AugustUnited States · 22 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Providence in AugustUnited States · 25 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Pawtucket in AugustUnited States · 27 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Brockton in AugustUnited States · 44 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Quincy in AugustUnited States · 63 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Dorchester in AugustUnited States · 67 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Newton in AugustUnited States · 71 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 88 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 Fall River) is explained once on the Fall River year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.