Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lynchburg, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 253rd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 237th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Lynchburg is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 104 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in AugustUnited States · 72 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Richmond in AugustUnited States · 149 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Durham in AugustUnited States · 159 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Greensboro in AugustUnited States · 160 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AugustUnited States · 176 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 91 mm rain
- High Point in AugustUnited States · 179 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Cary in AugustUnited States · 183 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Raleigh in AugustUnited States · 188 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 111 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.