Climate averages 1991–2020
Longview weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Longview: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Tyler (55 km away). In August its highs average 34.1°C, about as warm as Longview, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Longview ranks joint 50th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 218th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Longview is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 84 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
Longview climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 104 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 111 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 111 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 34.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 63 | 7.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 84 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 105 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 8.9 | 10.110 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
- Tyler in AugustUnited States · 55 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Shreveport in AugustUnited States · 93 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Mesquite in AugustUnited States · 177 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Garland in AugustUnited States · 183 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 mm rain
- McKinney in AugustUnited States · 192 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Plano in AugustUnited States · 192 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Allen in AugustUnited States · 192 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Richardson in AugustUnited States · 193 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 53 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 Longview) is explained once on the Longview year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.