Climate averages 1991–2020
Waco 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 Waco: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temple (54 km away). In August its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Waco, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waco ranks joint 32nd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 189th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Waco is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 60 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
Waco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 70 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 72 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 86 | 8.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 119 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 74 | 8.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 37 | 5.7 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 35.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 49 | 5.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 60 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 107 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 83 | 7.1 | 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
- Temple in AugustUnited States · 54 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Killeen in AugustUnited States · 73 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Bryan in AugustUnited States · 122 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Round Rock in AugustUnited States · 126 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 mm rain
- College Station in AugustUnited States · 128 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AugustUnited States · 132 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in AugustUnited States · 132 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Grand Prairie in AugustUnited States · 134 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.3°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 Waco) is explained once on the Waco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.