Climate averages 1991–2020
High Point weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in High Point: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greensboro (23 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as High Point, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, High Point ranks joint 258th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 394th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; High Point is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 105 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
High Point climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 95 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 87 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 98 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 14.6 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 99 | 12.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 105 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 82 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 84 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 94 | 9.0 | 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
- Greensboro in AugustUnited States · 23 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AugustUnited States · 27 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AugustUnited States · 80 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Durham in AugustUnited States · 100 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Charlotte in AugustUnited States · 111 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Cary in AugustUnited States · 112 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Raleigh in AugustUnited States · 125 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Gastonia in AugustUnited States · 132 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 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 High Point) is explained once on the High Point year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.