Climate averages 1991–2020
Homestead weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Homestead: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kendall (28 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Homestead, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Homestead ranks joint 179th of 498 for the warmest August highs and 491st of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Homestead is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 171 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
Homestead climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 35 | 5.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 40 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 50 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 95 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 185 | 23.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 149 | 24.7 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 176 | 25.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 101 | 15.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 38 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 30 | 5.5 | 10.611 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
- Kendall in AugustUnited States · 28 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Doral in AugustUnited States · 41 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Miami in AugustUnited States · 44 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Hialeah in AugustUnited States · 48 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Miami Gardens in AugustUnited States · 58 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Pembroke Pines in AugustUnited States · 65 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Davie in AugustUnited States · 70 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Fort Lauderdale in AugustUnited States · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 163 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 Homestead) is explained once on the Homestead year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.