Climate averages 1991–2020
Newport News weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Newport News: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is East Hampton (11 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Newport News, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Newport News ranks joint 270th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 436th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Newport News is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 115 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
Newport News climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 79 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 83 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 116 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 111 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 115 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 95 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 85 | 8.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 88 | 9.1 | 9.710 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
- East Hampton in AugustUnited States · 11 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in AugustUnited States · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Norfolk in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Suffolk in AugustUnited States · 31 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in AugustUnited States · 43 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Richmond in AugustUnited States · 111 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Greenville in AugustUnited States · 174 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in AugustUnited States · 210 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 89 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 Newport News) is explained once on the Newport News year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.