Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Worth weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Fort Worth: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlington (Texas), United States (20 km away). In August its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Fort Worth, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Worth ranks joint 43rd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 197th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Fort Worth is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 63 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
Fort Worth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 6.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 68 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 94 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 123 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 85 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 34.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 53 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 63 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 79 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 6.5 | 10.010 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
- Arlington (Texas), United States in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Grand Prairie in AugustUnited States · 30 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Irving in AugustUnited States · 36 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Flower Mound in AugustUnited States · 38 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Lewisville in AugustUnited States · 47 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Carrollton in AugustUnited States · 48 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Dallas in AugustUnited States · 49 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Denton in AugustUnited States · 57 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 48 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 Fort Worth) is explained once on the Fort Worth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.