Climate averages 1991–2020
Waukegan weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Waukegan: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenosha (25 km away). In August its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Waukegan, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waukegan ranks joint 471st of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 370th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Waukegan is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Waukegan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 75 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | -0.7°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 63 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 75 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 14.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 105 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 88 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 78 | 10.5 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 24.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 83 | 9.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 101 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 87 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 78 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kenosha in AugustUnited States · 25 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in AugustUnited States · 33 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Evanston in AugustUnited States · 38 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Racine in AugustUnited States · 41 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Schaumburg in AugustUnited States · 42 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Elgin in AugustUnited States · 51 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Cicero in AugustUnited States · 58 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Chicago in AugustUnited States · 59 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 95 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 Waukegan) is explained once on the Waukegan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.