Climate averages 1991–2020
Tallahassee weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tallahassee: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Albany (Georgia), United States (127 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Tallahassee, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tallahassee ranks joint 162nd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 472nd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Tallahassee is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 102 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
Tallahassee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 97 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 84 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 7.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 141 | 16.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 144 | 19.9 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 147 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 102 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 70 | 6.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 86 | 7.4 | 10.210 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
- Albany (Georgia), United States in AugustUnited States · 127 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Gainesville in AugustUnited States · 208 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in AugustUnited States · 235 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Warner Robins in AugustUnited States · 250 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Jacksonville in AugustUnited States · 252 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Macon in AugustUnited States · 274 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Spring Hill in AugustUnited States · 276 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 207 mm rain
- Montgomery in AugustUnited States · 288 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 90 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 Tallahassee) is explained once on the Tallahassee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.