Climate averages 1991–2020
Temple weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Temple: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Killeen (37 km away). In August its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Temple, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Temple ranks joint 41st of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 211th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Temple is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 69 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
Temple climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 72 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 85 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 123 | 10.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 75 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 34.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 58 | 5.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 69 | 6.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 105 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 82 | 7.8 | 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
- Killeen in AugustUnited States · 37 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Waco in AugustUnited States · 54 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Round Rock in AugustUnited States · 73 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Austin in AugustUnited States · 100 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Bryan in AugustUnited States · 104 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 63 mm rain
- College Station in AugustUnited States · 110 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 63 mm rain
- New Braunfels in AugustUnited States · 172 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AugustUnited States · 181 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 Temple) is explained once on the Temple year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.