Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks joint 247th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 326th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Winston-Salem is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 101 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- High Point in AugustUnited States · 27 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Greensboro in AugustUnited States · 41 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AugustUnited States · 83 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Charlotte in AugustUnited States · 111 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Durham in AugustUnited States · 122 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Gastonia in AugustUnited States · 126 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Roanoke in AugustUnited States · 133 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Cary in AugustUnited States · 136 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 111 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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.