Beckley, WV: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 73.8°F in Beckley, WV, the warmest August since 2007, 4th warmest of 117.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 73.8°F; Warmest since 2007; 4th warmest of 117
Precipitation: 6.89 in; Wettest since 2021; 9th wettest of 114

A normal August in Beckley, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.2°F, between 67.6°F and 72.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.57 in of precipitation, between 1.73 in and 5.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Beckley, WV since 1896: 73.8°F in 2026; the highest is 75.2°F, in 1906.

Normal range, 67.6 to 72.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Beckley, WV from 1896 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	73.8	4	82.8	21	64.7	3	6.89	9	0
2025	68.9	65	78	90	59.7	42	3.51	59	0
2024	70.8	30	81.9	31	59.7	42	1.22	111	0
2023	70.2	44	78.9	79	61.4	23	4.27	36	0
2022	70.8	30	80	61	61.6	17	5.22	20	0
2021	72.9	9	82.5	26	63.4	8	7.43	5	0
2020	71.6	19	80.3	53	62.8	10	6.97	8	0
2019	70.8	30	81.1	44	60.6	32	3.60	56	0
2018	71.2	22	80.1	58	62.2	13	4.25	38	0
2017	68.6	74	78	90	59.2	54	2.01	101	0
2016	73.4	5	81.7	34	65.1	2	4.26	37	0
2015	69.5	56	79	77	59.9	39	2.65	88	0
2014	68.7	70	77.1	99	60.3	34	4.11	42	0
2013	68.9	65	77.7	92	60.1	36	5.15	22	0
2012	69.6	54	79.6	64	59.6	48	2.77	82	0
2011	72	16	82.2	28	61.8	15	1.75	106	0
2010	72.8	10	81.9	31	63.8	5	2.71	85	0
2009	69.2	58	77.7	92	60.7	31	2.44	93	0
2008	67	102	76.3	109	57.6	79	5.89	14	0
2007	75	2	85.3	6	64.6	4	1.28	110	0
2006	70.6	34	79.6	64	61.5	22	8.04	2	0
2005	71.9	17	80.2	56	63.6	6	5.36	19	0
2004	66.5	108	75.5	114	57.4	82	2.04	100	0
2003	70.6	34	79.5	69	61.7	16	5.62	15	0
2002	70.9	27	80.1	58	61.6	17	1.05	112	0
2001	70.6	34	79.6	64	61.6	17	2.40	94	0
2000	67.7	92	76	112	59.4	51	4.22	39	0
1999	68.4	79	78.8	80	58	70	3.53	58	0
1998	70	47	80.5	51	59.5	50	1.52	109	0
1997	66.7	106	76.5	106	56.8	91	3.28	67	0
1996	68.7	70	78.6	82	58.8	59	4.87	27	0
1995	73.1	8	82.7	24	63.5	7	2.67	87	0
1994	68.1	83	76.9	101	59.3	52	4.68	29	0
1993	71.4	20	81.5	36	61.4	23	3.50	60	0
1992	67.8	90	76.8	103	58.7	60	3.97	46	0
1991	70.4	39	80.7	48	60.1	36	3.63	55	0
1990	69.9	50	79.4	72	60.4	33	3.50	60	0
1989	69	63	78.4	87	59.7	42	4.46	32	0
1988	73.3	7	84.3	10	62.4	12	1.90	103	0
1987	72.8	10	83.9	12	61.6	17	3.77	54	0
1986	67.6	93	76.9	101	58.4	66	2.90	76	0
1985	67.5	94	76.4	108	58.6	61	4.32	35	0
1984	68.7	70	77.3	98	60	38	2.65	88	0
1983	70.9	27	80.1	58	61.6	17	2.52	91	0
1982	66.6	107	75.8	113	57.4	82	2.87	79	0
1981	67.2	99	76.5	106	58	70	2.50	92	0
1980	71.4	20	80.6	50	62.2	13	5.54	16	0
1979	68.6	74	77.4	96	59.7	42	3.40	64	0
1978	70.3	42	79.6	64	61	28	4.66	30	0
1977	69.8	52	78.5	83	61.1	27	5.93	13	0
1976	66	111	76.2	110	55.8	102	1.74	107	0
1975	71.9	17	81.2	42	62.5	11	4.21	40	0
1974	68.1	83	76.7	105	59.6	48	2.76	83	0
1973	69.9	50	78.5	83	61.2	26	2.79	81	0
1972	68.7	70	77.7	92	59.7	42	3.56	57	0
1971	67.5	94	77.4	96	57.5	80	1.74	107	0
1970	69	63	79	77	58.9	57	5.06	24	0
1969	67.8	90	77.7	92	57.9	73	4.66	30	0
1968	69.6	54	79.4	72	59.8	41	3.50	60	0
1967	65.4	113	74.7	115	56	99	3.81	50	0
1966	67.3	97	76.8	103	57.8	75	3.99	45	0
1965	68	86	79.3	74	56.6	92	2.26	97	0
1964	67.3	97	78.3	88	56.3	96	2.38	95	0
1963	66.2	109	76.2	110	56.3	96	3.27	68	0
1962	67.1	101	79.3	74	55	106	2.26	97	0
1961	68.1	83	79.2	76	57	87	2.23	99	0
1960	70	47	80.3	53	59.7	42	3.80	51	0
1959	70.9	27	83.2	18	58.6	61	5.17	21	0
1958	68	86	79.8	62	56.1	98	3.44	63	1
1957	67	102	81.5	36	52.6	112	3.00	73	0
1956	66.9	104	79.7	63	54	110	3.04	72	0
1955	70.6	34	83.8	14	57.5	80	4.35	34	0
1954	68.4	79	80.2	56	56.6	92	7.29	7	0
1953	68.5	78	84.4	9	52.5	113	1.77	105	0
1952	68.6	74	81.4	38	55.9	100	7.40	6	0
1951	68	86	81.6	35	54.4	109	4.05	43	0
1950									5
1949	69.5	56	81.3	40	57.7	76	2.99	74	0
1948	68.6	74	80.9	46	56.4	94	5.13	23	0
1947	73.4	5	85.6	3	61.3	25			0
1945	69.2	58	80.5	51	58	70	3.36	65	0
1943	71.1	25	83.2	18	59	56	3.96	47	0
1942	68.8	67	79.5	69	58.1	68	6.19	10	0
1941	70.3	42	82.8	21	57.7	76	3.06	71	0
1940	62.2	117	78.8	80	45.5	117	9.09	1	0
1939	67.4	96	81.9	31	53	111			0
1938	69.2	58	82.8	21	55.6	103	3.78	53	0
1937	71	26	82.7	24	59.3	52	7.58	3	0
1936	72.7	13	84.5	8	60.8	29	3.25	69	0
1935	70.4	39	82.2	28	58.6	61	4.20	41	0
1934	68.8	67	79.5	69	58.1	68	6.04	11	0
1933	69.1	61	80.3	53	57.9	73	3.82	49	0
1932	70.5	38	83.7	15	57.2	86	4.01	44	0
1931	71.2	22	85.5	5	57	87	5.98	12	0
1926									6
1925	69.1	61	80.9	46	57.3	84	2.89	77	1
1924	70	47	79.6	64	60.3	34	4.89	26	0
1923	65.9	112	77	100	54.9	107	5.06	24	1
1922	63.5	116	71.8	117	55.2	105	5.37	18	0
1921	64.9	114	72.2	116	57.3	84	5.48	17	1
1920	70.4	39	82.1	30	58.6	61	3.09	70	0
1919	70.2	44	81.4	38	58.9	57	1.97	102	0
1918	72.8	10	85.6	3	59.9	39	2.92	75	0
1917	69.7	53	83.5	16	55.9	100	2.34	96	0
1916	71.2	22	83.3	17	59.1	55	7.49	4	0
1914	70.7	33	84.6	7	56.9	90	4.40	33	0
1913	67.2	99	84.1	11	50.4	115	2.82	80	0
1912	64.9	114	80.7	48	49.1	116	3.35	66	0
1911	72.2	15	86.6	1	57.7	76	2.76	83	0
1910	67.9	89	81.2	42	54.7	108	3.79	52	1
1909	70.1	46	83.2	18	57	87	2.53	90	0
1907	66.9	104	78.5	83	55.3	104	4.86	28	0
1906	75.2	1	82.5	26	67.8	1	3.92	48	0
1901	68.4	79	78.3	88	58.5	65	2.71	85	0
1900	74.5	3	85.8	2	63.1	9	1.84	104	0
1899	68.8	67	81.1	44	56.4	94	0.84	113	3
1898	68.4	79	78.5	83	58.4	66			1
1897	66.2	109	81.3	40	51.1	114	0.77	114	0
1896	72.4	14	83.9	12	60.8	29	2.89	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1906	75.2
2007	75
1900	74.5
2026	73.8
2016	73.4
1947	73.4
1988	73.3
1995	73.1
2021	72.9
2010	72.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	62.2
1922	63.5
1921	64.9
1912	64.9
1967	65.4
1923	65.9
1976	66
1963	66.2
1897	66.2
2004	66.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	9.09
2006	8.04
1937	7.58
1916	7.49
2021	7.43
1952	7.40
1954	7.29
2020	6.97
2026	6.89
1942	6.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	0.77
1899	0.84
2002	1.05
2024	1.22
2007	1.28
1998	1.52
1976	1.74
1971	1.74
2011	1.75
1953	1.77

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 31 August 2026, 30 August 2026, 16 August 2026, 15 August 2026, 9 August 2026
Coldest night: 50°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.25 in; 11 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 6.89 in of precipitation in Beckley, WV, the wettest August since 2021, 9th wettest of 114.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Beckley, WV: 87°F on Monday 31 August 2026, Sunday 30 August 2026, Sunday 16 August 2026 and 2 other days.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Beckley, WV: a low of 50°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Beckley, WV: 2.25 in on Tuesday 11 August 2026.