Aberdeen, SD: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 69.9°F in Aberdeen, SD, the coldest August since 2025, tied 61st coldest of 132 (with 2013 and 1957).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 69.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 61st coldest of 132
Precipitation: 1.17 in; Driest since 2018; 29th driest of 131

A normal August in Aberdeen, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.7°F, between 65.9°F and 72°F in eight years of ten and 2.24 in of precipitation, between 0.84 in and 3.82 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Aberdeen, SD since 1893: 69.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 63.4°F, in 2004.

Normal range, 65.9 to 72°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Aberdeen, SD from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	69.9	70	82.7	79	57	64	1.17	102	0
2025	69.7	74	80.3	109	59.1	26	3.42	27	0
2024	70.5	60	81.8	90	59.3	22	4.64	12	0
2023	72	35	84.2	58	59.8	13	6.71	1	0
2022	71.4	47	83.8	64	59	27	1.59	85	0
2021	73	21	87	29	58.9	29	4.10	17	0
2020	73	21	86.3	33	59.6	18	1.19	101	0
2019	68.1	101	78.6	124	57.5	52	2.33	60	0
2018	69.8	73	83.2	71	56.3	77	0.84	115	0
2017	66	123	78.5	125	53.4	112	2.69	48	0
2016	70.7	58	83.5	70	57.8	47	2.02	72	0
2015	68.7	88	81.2	102	56.3	77	2.94	36	0
2014	67.2	112	78	127	56.5	73	6.19	4	0
2013	69.9	70	82.7	79	57.1	61	0.34	128	0
2012	67.7	107	82.5	82	52.9	116	1.76	79	0
2011	70.8	57	82.9	75	58.7	34	0.87	114	0
2010	73.4	17	85.7	40	61.1	7	1.01	107	0
2009	65.9	124	78.5	125	53.2	113	2.82	43	0
2008	70	69	82.9	75	57	64	1.24	99	0
2007	68.4	94	80.1	110	56.6	71	2.19	70	0
2006	70.9	55	83.6	67	58.1	41	2.47	55	0
2005	68.2	98	81.5	97	54.8	96	2.90	38	0
2004	63.4	132	76	132	50.7	131	0.96	109	0
2003	71.9	38	84.8	50	58.9	29	1.59	85	0
2002	67.8	105	79.8	113	55.9	83	3.82	24	0
2001	71.4	47	84.4	54	58.4	37	0.79	116	0
2000	69.6	78	81.6	93	57.5	52	1.69	82	0
1999	69.6	78	81.7	92	57.5	52	3.19	31	0
1998	71.3	49	82.9	75	59.7	14	2.95	35	0
1997	68.4	94	81.3	100	55.6	85	3.75	25	0
1996	70.1	68	84	61	56.2	79	0.24	130	0
1995	71.6	42	83.1	73	60.1	12	2.36	59	0
1994	65.7	125	77.6	128	53.8	108	3.87	21	0
1993	70.2	65	81.6	93	58.8	32	4.42	14	0
1992	64.3	129	76.6	131	52	124	1.55	87	0
1991	72.6	28	85.8	39	59.5	20	2.28	63	0
1990	70.9	55	84.3	56	57.5	52	4.85	10	0
1989	72	35	85.1	45	58.8	32	3.83	23	0
1988	72.8	24	86.8	30	58.9	29	2.80	44	0
1987	67.7	107	81.1	104	54.4	101	1.87	77	0
1986	66.2	120	79.7	115	52.6	121	2.85	41	0
1985	67.3	111	79.2	119	55.4	89	2.71	47	0
1984	72.7	27	85.6	41	59.7	14	2.23	66	0
1983	76.5	3	89	12	64	1	2.21	68	0
1982	71.3	49	85.3	43	57.4	57	0.44	127	0
1981	72.1	33	84.6	53	59.6	18	2.91	37	0
1980	68.9	86	81.1	104	56.6	71	5.93	6	0
1979	68.3	96	79.7	115	56.8	68	1.24	99	0
1978	70.7	58	83.9	62	57.5	52	4.04	18	0
1977	65.7	125	78.9	121	52.4	122	2.48	54	0
1976	75.9	5	90.4	6	61.3	5	0.66	122	0
1975	72.3	31	85.6	41	59	27	1.50	90	0
1974	68	102	81.9	88	54.2	103	0.94	110	0
1973	75.5	7	90.4	6	60.7	8	1.17	102	0
1972	71.6	42	85.1	45	58	42	0.52	125	0
1971	73	21	89.5	10	56.4	74	1.39	94	0
1970	72	35	87.3	24	56.8	68	0.33	129	0
1969	73.1	20	88	18	58.2	39	0.74	120	0
1968	68.2	98	82.6	81	53.7	110	1.07	106	0
1967	68	102	84.2	58	51.7	126	1.40	92	0
1966	66.6	114	78.9	121	54.2	103	2.77	46	0
1965	69.4	83	84.4	54	54.5	100	1.26	97	0
1964	66.3	119	79.2	119	53.5	111	4.04	18	0
1963	71.1	52	84.3	56	57.9	45	2.55	50	0
1962	70.3	62	85.1	45	55.5	87	0.75	119	0
1961	73.6	15	90.9	4	56.4	74	1.15	104	0
1960	68.3	96	82.2	85	54.4	101	4.21	15	0
1959	74.2	11	89	12	59.3	22	1.48	91	0
1958	71.5	45	87.6	22	55.3	91	0.93	112	0
1957	69.9	70	81.6	93	58.2	39	1.29	96	0
1956	68.5	93	81.9	88	55.1	94	2.87	40	0
1955	72.8	24	85.9	37	59.7	14	2.32	61	0
1954	69.5	80	82.9	75	56.2	79	2.37	58	0
1953	71.6	42	83.6	67	59.7	14	4.21	15	0
1952	69.2	84	83.8	64	54.6	99	0.69	121	0
1951	66.4	116	78.8	123	54	105	2.20	69	0
1950	65.5	127	79.3	118	51.8	125	2.12	71	0
1949	73.7	14	89.7	9	57.6	51	1.25	98	0
1948	70.4	61	85.9	37	54.8	96	2.55	50	0
1947	76.8	2	91.8	3	61.8	4	0.06	131	0
1946	67.8	105	81.6	93	54	105	1.00	108	0
1945	71	53	84.8	50	57.3	60	1.88	76	0
1944	69.7	74	83.6	67	55.6	85	4.58	13	2
1943	71.7	40	85.3	43	58	42	2.97	34	0
1942	69.2	84	81.4	99	57.1	61	6.62	2	0
1941	72.4	30	87.9	19	56.9	67	1.40	92	0
1940	68.7	88	82	87	55.4	89	2.90	38	0
1939			88.8	15			2.53	53	7
1938	76	4	93.7	1	58.3	38	0.64	123	0
1937	78.2	1	93	2	63.4	2	2.40	57	0
1936	75.7	6	90.1	8	61.3	5	1.99	73	0
1935	72.1	33	86.4	32	57.8	47	2.23	66	0
1934	72.5	29	87.8	20	57.1	61	0.88	113	0
1933	72.8	24	87.2	28	57.9	45	0.64	123	2
1932	73.5	16	87.8	20	59.2	25	1.61	83	1
1931	71.7	40	84.9	49	58.5	36	1.96	74	0
1930	74.3	10	88.2	17	60.4	9	6.13	5	0
1929	73.8	13	89.2	11	58.7	34	0.94	110	1
1928	71	53	84.1	60	58	42	3.85	22	0
1927	68.6	90	82.2	85	55	95	1.95	75	0
1926	69.7	74	81.5	97	57.8	47	3.42	27	0
1925	73.4	17	89	12	57.7	50	3.25	30	0
1924	68.6	90	81.2	102	56	82	2.78	45	0
1923	67.7	107	80.7	108	54.8	96	1.09	105	0
1922	75.5	7	90.8	5	60.2	11	0.52	125	0
1921	71.5	45	86.3	33	56.7	70	2.29	62	0
1920	69.5	80	83.8	64	55.2	92	0.79	116	0
1919	70.3	62	83.2	71	57.4	57	1.30	95	0
1918	69.7	74	82.5	82	57	64			0
1917	66.5	115	80.1	110	52.9	116	0.77	118	0
1916	66.4	116	77.2	129	55.7	84			0
1915	63.7	131	75.1	133	52.3	123	5.44	8	0
1914	66.4	116	79.8	113	53.1	114	1.54	88	0
1913	74.1	12	88.7	16	59.5	20	2.27	65	0
1912	67.1	113	81.1	104	53.1	114	2.84	42	0
1911							5.32	9	10
1910	66.2	120	81.3	100	51.1	130	2.47	55	0
1909	73.3	19	86.3	33	60.3	10	3.06	33	0
1908	65.3	128	80	112	50.6	132	2.28	63	0
1907	68.8	87	83.9	62	53.8	108	1.70	81	0
1906	68	102	79.7	115	56.2	79	4.76	11	0
1905	70.2	65	83.1	73	57.4	57	3.39	29	0
1904	66.1	122	80.9	107	51.3	129	3.98	20	0
1903	68.6	90	81.8	90	55.5	87	6.59	3	0
1902	67.7	107	82.5	82	52.8	118	1.51	89	0
1901	71.2	51	87.3	24	55.2	92	3.16	32	0
1900	75	9	87.3	24	62.7	3	5.45	7	0
1899	72.2	32	85	48	59.3	22			1
1898	70.3	62	86.7	31	53.9	107	1.61	83	0
1897	64.3	129	76.8	130	51.7	126	3.61	26	0
1896	70.2	65	87.6	22	52.8	118	2.55	50	0
1895	69.5	80	86.3	33	52.8	118	2.59	49	0
1894	71.8	39	87.3	24	56.4	74	1.74	80	0
1893	68.2	98	84.8	50	51.5	128	1.84	78	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	78.2
1947	76.8
1983	76.5
1938	76
1976	75.9
1936	75.7
1973	75.5
1922	75.5
1900	75
1930	74.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	63.4
1915	63.7
1992	64.3
1897	64.3
1908	65.3
1950	65.5
1994	65.7
1977	65.7
2009	65.9
2017	66

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	6.71
1942	6.62
1903	6.59
2014	6.19
1930	6.13
1980	5.93
1900	5.45
1915	5.44
1911	5.32
1990	4.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1947	0.06
1996	0.24
1970	0.33
2013	0.34
1982	0.44
1972	0.52
1922	0.52
1938	0.64
1933	0.64
1976	0.66

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 30 August 2026, 3 August 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 5 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.35 in; 19 August 2026, 12 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.17 in of precipitation in Aberdeen, SD, the driest August since 2018, tied 29th driest of 131 (with 1973).
The hottest day of August 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 88°F on Sunday 30 August 2026 and Monday 3 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: a low of 45°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 0.35 in on Wednesday 19 August 2026 and Wednesday 12 August 2026.