Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, United States weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Worcester, United States: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newton (49 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Worcester, United States, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Worcester, United States ranks joint 412th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 379th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Worcester, United States is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 92 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
Worcester, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 85 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 2.2°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 78 | 8.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 107 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 82 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 100 | 11.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 97 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 92 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 99 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 86 | 9.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.5°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.29 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
- Newton in AugustUnited States · 49 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Pawtucket in AugustUnited States · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Lowell in AugustUnited States · 57 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Providence in AugustUnited States · 58 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Dorchester in AugustUnited States · 60 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Boston in AugustUnited States · 62 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Nashua in AugustUnited States · 62 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Quincy in AugustUnited States · 66 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 85 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.