Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubbock weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lubbock: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midland (177 km away). In August its highs average 33.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Lubbock, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lubbock ranks joint 128th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 180th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Lubbock is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 52 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
Lubbock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 24 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 40 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 32 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 43 | 6.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 52 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 3.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 12.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 23 | 3.4 | 10.010 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
- Midland in AugustUnited States · 177 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Amarillo in AugustUnited States · 183 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Odessa in AugustUnited States · 198 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Abilene in AugustUnited States · 234 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 46 mm rain
- San Angelo in AugustUnited States · 270 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in AugustUnited States · 313 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Lawton in AugustUnited States · 339 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AugustUnited States · 433 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.1°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 Lubbock) is explained once on the Lubbock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.