Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville, United States weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Fayetteville, United States: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Springdale (14 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Fayetteville, United States, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville, United States ranks joint 179th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 242nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Fayetteville, United States is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 97 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
Fayetteville, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 70 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 113 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 140 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 142 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 104 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 84 | 10.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 103 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 94 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 76 | 7.5 | 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
- Springdale in AugustUnited States · 14 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Fort Smith in AugustUnited States · 78 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in AugustUnited States · 147 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in AugustUnited States · 149 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Tulsa in AugustUnited States · 165 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Little Rock in AugustUnited States · 224 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Edmond in AugustUnited States · 303 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AugustUnited States · 310 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.