Climate averages 1991–2020
Gainesville weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gainesville: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacksonville (99 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Gainesville, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gainesville ranks joint 154th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 472nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Gainesville is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 107 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
Gainesville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 74 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 80 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 70 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 135 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 20.5 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 147 | 21.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 60 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Jacksonville in AugustUnited States · 99 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Palm Coast in AugustUnited States · 108 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Spring Hill in AugustUnited States · 132 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 207 mm rain
- Deltona in AugustUnited States · 133 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Daytona Beach in AugustUnited States · 135 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Orlando in AugustUnited States · 154 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Alafaya in AugustUnited States · 162 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Lakeland in AugustUnited States · 183 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 159 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 Gainesville) is explained once on the Gainesville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.