Climate averages 1991–2020
Montgomery weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Montgomery: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Columbus, United States (124 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Montgomery, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Montgomery ranks joint 119th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 322nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Montgomery is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 78 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
Montgomery climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 106 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 110 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 111 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 95 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 79 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 95 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 90 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 110 | 9.6 | 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
- Columbus, United States in AugustUnited States · 124 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Hoover in AugustUnited States · 125 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in AugustUnited States · 137 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in AugustUnited States · 151 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- South Fulton in AugustUnited States · 204 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in AugustUnited States · 220 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Atlanta in AugustUnited States · 235 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Mobile in AugustUnited States · 249 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 140 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 Montgomery) is explained once on the Montgomery year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.