Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Greenville: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Greenville, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks joint 247th of 498 for the warmest August highs and 456th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Greenville is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 132 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 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
- Raleigh in AugustUnited States · 116 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Cary in AugustUnited States · 129 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Suffolk in AugustUnited States · 143 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Durham in AugustUnited States · 145 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Fayetteville in AugustUnited States · 151 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in AugustUnited States · 161 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in AugustUnited States · 162 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Norfolk in AugustUnited States · 168 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 119 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.