Athens, OH: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 brought 7.80 in of precipitation in Athens, OH, the wettest August since 1997, 7th wettest of 102.

August 2026

Precipitation: 7.80 in; Wettest since 1997; 7th wettest of 102

A normal August in Athens, OH (1991 to 2020): 3.11 in of precipitation, between 1.66 in and 4.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Athens, OH since 1931: the highest is 77.3°F, in 1947.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Athens, OH from 1894 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							7.80	7	31
2025							0.33	102	31
2024							0.90	100	31
2023							2.23	73	31
2022							4.17	28	31
2021							7.56	8	31
2020							2.61	69	31
2019							3.71	40	31
2018							4.26	25	26
2017							1.29	95	21
2016							1.77	87	31
2015							2.76	68	31
2014							3.01	59	31
2013							4.03	33	31
2012							2.16	80	31
2011	71	30	81.7	38	60.3	24	3.65	43	0
2010	73	24	83.2	32	62.9	12	4.73	20	0
2009	70.7	32	80	42	61.4	21	1.95	86	0
2008	69.6	34	80.6	39	58.6	31	2.90	65	0
2007	75.7	6	87.2	10	64.3	7	4.23	26	0
2006	73.4	19	83.5	30	63.2	11	3.68	41	0
2005	75	8	85.5	21	64.6	5	2.81	67	0
2004	68.6	36	78.5	44	58.8	30	3.20	53	0
2003	72	28	80.5	41	63.5	10	3.22	51	0
2002	74	14	85.1	25	62.8	14	1.38	94	0
2001	73.1	21	83.1	33	62.9	12	1.77	87	2
2000							3.12	54	9
1999	70.3	33	83	34	57.5	33	4.63	21	0
1998	72	28	84.9	27	59.1	27	1.96	85	2
1997							8.35	5	4
1996							1.39	93	14
1995	75.9	5	87.1	12	64.6	5	3.22	51	0
1994	68.1	37	80.6	39	56	37	3.10	55	2
1991	72.4	25	86.4	14	58.9	29	3.25	50	3
1990	67.4	40	83.5	30	51.2	40	3.06	57	0
1989	68.1	37	83	34	53.1	39	7.00	9	0
1988	74	14	90.5	1	57.5	33	1.66	90	1
1987			88.5	5			3.75	38	4
1986			85.1	25			2.18	79	8
1985	69.3	35	82.9	36	55.8	38	2.29	71	2
1984	71	30	85.7	19	56.3	36	3.35	46	1
1983			90.2	2			2.23	73	12
1982			81.8	37			2.99	60	14
1981							1.27	97	31
1980							6.99	10	31
1979							8.73	3	31
1978							4.21	27	31
1977							4.45	23	31
1976							2.11	81	31
1975							6.44	14	31
1974							10.24	1	31
1973							3.27	47	31
1972							4.12	29	31
1971							4.35	24	31
1970							4.08	30	31
1969							2.98	61	31
1968							5.02	19	31
1967							2.21	76	31
1966							2.25	72	31
1965							2.55	70	31
1964							2.04	83	31
1963							2.20	77	31
1962							1.28	96	31
1961							6.86	11	31
1960							2.19	78	31
1959							1.55	91	31
1958							2.93	64	31
1957							0.97	99	31
1956							3.40	45	31
1955							3.60	44	31
1954							7.81	6	31
1953							1.17	98	31
1952							4.04	32	31
1951							0.68	101	31
1950							1.47	92	31
1949	73.9	18	85.2	23	62.6	17	3.86	35	0
1948	72.2	26	86.3	15	58.1	32	1.76	89	0
1947	77.3	1	88	7	66.6	1	3.79	36	0
1946	68	39	79.4	43	56.6	35	4.08	30	2
1945	72.1	27	85.2	23	59.1	27	2.22	75	0
1944	74.4	11	87.9	8	61	22	6.85	12	0
1943	74.2	12	87.6	9	60.8	23	2.06	82	0
1942	73.1	21	84.7	28	61.5	20	3.67	42	0
1941	73.1	21	86.2	16	60.1	25	3.10	55	0
1940	76.7	3	87.2	10	66.2	2	8.71	4	1
1939	74.9	9	87	13	62.7	15	5.50	17	0
1938	76.4	4	88.6	4	64.1	8	5.69	16	0
1937	75.5	7	85.8	17	65.2	3	3.72	39	0
1936	77.2	2	89.7	3	64.8	4	3.27	47	0
1935	74.6	10	85.6	20	63.6	9	6.18	15	0
1934	74	14	85.4	22	62.5	18	3.95	34	0
1933	74	14	85.8	17	62.2	19	5.49	18	0
1932	74.2	12	88.4	6	60.1	25	3.76	37	0
1931	73.3	20	83.8	29	62.7	15	4.57	22	0
1930							2.96	62	31
1929							3.26	49	31
1928							2.95	63	31
1927							3.04	58	31
1926							6.79	13	31
1925							1.98	84	31
1924							2.84	66	31
1923							8.89	2	31
1894									4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	77.3
1936	77.2
1940	76.7
1938	76.4
1995	75.9
2007	75.7
1937	75.5
2005	75
1939	74.9
1935	74.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	67.4
1946	68
1994	68.1
1989	68.1
2004	68.6
1985	69.3
2008	69.6
1999	70.3
2009	70.7
2011	71
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1974	10.24
1923	8.89
1979	8.73
1940	8.71
1997	8.35
1954	7.81
2026	7.80
2021	7.56
1989	7.00
1980	6.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.33
1951	0.68
2024	0.90
1957	0.97
1953	1.17
1981	1.27
1962	1.28
2017	1.29
2002	1.38
1996	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Wettest day: 2.19 in; 12 August 2026

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The wettest day of August 2026 in Athens, OH: 2.19 in on Wednesday 12 August 2026.