Blacksburg, VA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 72.5°F in Blacksburg, VA, the warmest August since 2021, tied 19th warmest of 130 (with 2010 and 1937).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 72.5°F; Warmest since 2021; 19th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 2.89 in; Driest since 2023; 42nd driest of 118

A normal August in Blacksburg, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.9°F, between 67.9°F and 72.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.51 in of precipitation, between 1.94 in and 5.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Blacksburg, VA since 1893: 72.5°F in 2026; the highest is 75.7°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 67.9 to 72.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Blacksburg, VA 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	72.5	19	83.3	32	61.8	17	2.89	77	0
2025	68.3	108	78.1	125	58.4	78	3.43	62	0
2024	71.4	43	83	40	59.8	51	3.37	64	0
2023	71.2	50	81.7	64	60.6	31	1.94	100	0
2022	71.6	41	81.8	61	61.4	23	6.61	10	0
2021	73.6	3	84.6	15	62.5	10	4.63	29	0
2020	72.1	29	81.7	64	62.6	7	7.19	9	0
2019	71.8	33	83.9	24	59.7	54	2.85	78	0
2018	70.9	55	81.4	71	60.5	34	5.65	21	0
2017	68.7	96	79.5	109	58	87	2.54	84	0
2016	73.3	9	82.8	45	63.8	2	4.16	45	0
2015	70.5	66	81.8	61	59.1	63	4.09	49	0
2014	68	113	77.7	128	58.3	80	5.95	17	0
2013	68.2	109	77.8	126	58.6	72	2.08	93	0
2012	69.6	86	80.5	89	58.7	69	4.15	46	0
2011	72.2	26	83.9	24	60.5	34	1.25	111	0
2010	72.5	19	82.8	45	62.1	15	5.70	20	0
2009	70.9	55	81	84	60.8	28	3.53	59	0
2008	67.7	121	79.4	112	56	116	3.49	60	0
2007	75.7	1	88.8	1	62.6	7	1.67	106	0
2006	72.4	22	83.3	32	61.5	21	2.24	88	0
2005	73	13	82.7	49	63.2	4	3.74	51	0
2004	67.9	115	79	119	56.7	108	3.59	57	0
2003	72.3	23	82.2	55	62.4	12	2.64	82	1
2002	72.1	29	84.5	17	59.6	56	0.87	118	0
2001	71.3	45	82.6	50	59.9	50	2.83	80	0
2000	68.4	105	78.6	122	58.2	82	4.46	36	0
1999	70	78	82.9	41	57	102	3.17	69	0
1998	70.2	73	82.1	57	58.3	80	4.51	33	0
1997	67.9	115	80.4	91	55.4	125	1.97	97	1
1996	69	91	79.1	118	58.9	66	6.38	12	0
1995	72.6	18	83.1	36	62.4	12	2.00	95	2
1994	70.5	66	80	98	60.9	26	4.20	43	0
1993	71.8	33	84	22	59.8	51	3.27	67	2
1992	67.9	115	77.5	129	58.4	78	4.27	40	0
1991	70.8	57	81.9	59	59.3	61	2.69	81	3
1990	70.2	73	81.4	71	58.9	66	4.13	48	1
1989	69.6	86	79.3	113	59.6	56	4.58	31	3
1988	71.8	33	84.4	19	59.1	63	5.57	22	0
1987	73.1	12	85.9	5	60.2	43	1.64	107	0
1986	68	113	79.3	113	56.8	105	3.31	66	0
1985	67.9	115	79.8	105	56	116	7.46	7	0
1984	70.8	57	81.9	59	59.8	51	4.42	37	1
1983	71.3	45	87	3	55.6	124	1.84	101	0
1982	68.4	105	81	84	55.7	122	4.49	35	0
1981	68.9	92	81.1	79	56.8	105	2.91	76	2
1980	70.3	72	83.5	28	57.1	101	2.10	92	0
1979	69.5	88	81.1	79	57.9	91	2.49	85	0
1978	71.7	39	82.8	45	60.5	34	3.10	72	1
1977	71.2	50	82.9	41	59.5	58	6.36	13	0
1976	67.4	123	80.2	96	54.5	128	3.43	62	0
1975	73.2	11	85.5	11	60.8	28	1.81	102	0
1974	68.6	98	79.5	109	57.7	93	4.14	47	0
1973	70.4	69	80.3	94	60.6	31	3.67	54	2
1972	68.1	112	79.9	101	56.4	113	3.57	58	0
1971	67.4	123	79	119	55.8	120	2.57	83	1
1970	68.8	93	80	98	57.7	93	5.44	24	0
1969	68.2	109	80.5	89	55.8	120	4.25	41	0
1968	70.4	69	82.1	57	58.7	69	3.73	52	0
1967	66.5	130	78.4	123	54.5	128	5.75	19	0
1966	68.2	109	78.8	121	57.5	95	4.61	30	0
1965	70	78	82.4	53	57.5	95	3.13	70	0
1964	68.8	93	80.8	88	57	102	4.38	39	2
1963	68.5	102	81	84	55.9	118	2.22	89	0
1962	68.6	98	80.3	94	56.9	104	1.55	108	0
1961	70.6	64	81.1	79	60.1	46	4.39	38	0
1960	71.8	33	83.1	36	60.5	34	4.52	32	0
1959	73.5	5	84.5	17	62.5	10	4.22	42	0
1958	70.2	73	81.3	75	59.2	62	2.46	87	0
1957	68.7	96	81	84	56.3	114	1.24	112	0
1956	70	78	81.7	64	58.2	82	1.96	99	0
1955	73.4	7	83.2	35	63.6	3	3.46	61	0
1954	71.6	41	82.9	41	60.3	42	3.02	73	0
1953	72.3	23	85.9	5	58.6	72	2.18	90	0
1952	71.4	43	82.2	55	60.6	31	7.90	6	0
1951	72.2	26	85	14	59.5	58	2.18	90	0
1950									6
1949	71	53	81.3	75	60.8	28	5.47	23	0
1948	71.7	39	81.5	69	61.8	17	5.99	16	0
1947	73.4	7	84.6	15	62.3	14	4.64	28	2
1946	67	128	79.7	107	54.5	128	1.46	109	1
1945	70.6	64	83.1	36	58.2	82	2.94	75	0
1944	70.2	73	83.1	36	57.3	99	0.92	117	0
1943	72.9	15	86.6	4	59.1	63	2.96	74	0
1942	70.8	57	81.7	64	60.1	46	4.77	26	1
1941	73.5	5	85.9	5	61	25	1.29	110	0
1940	70.1	77	78.2	124	61.9	16	9.19	3	0
1939	71.3	45	81.6	68	60.9	26	6.05	15	0
1938	72.3	23	84.1	21	60.5	34	1.12	114	0
1937	72.5	19	82.4	53	62.6	7	10.02	2	0
1936	74.2	2	85.5	11	62.9	6	4.69	27	0
1935	72.7	16	83.9	24	61.5	21	1.97	97	0
1934	72.1	29	81.1	79	63	5	3.64	55	0
1933	71.3	45	81.4	71	61.2	24	1.80	103	0
1932	72.7	16	85.6	10	59.7	54	2.48	86	0
1931	70.4	69	81.3	75	59.5	58	7.28	8	0
1930	71	53	85.8	9	56.2	115	1.08	115	0
1929	68.5	102	81.1	79	55.9	118			1
1928	71.8	33	81.8	61	61.8	17	8.41	4	0
1927	67.2	126	77.8	126	56.6	109			0
1926	73.6	3	85.5	11	61.6	20	3.92	50	0
1925	69.7	84	85.9	5	53.7	131	2.07	94	2
1924	70	78	82.5	51	57.4	98	6.49	11	0
1923	69.8	82	81.4	71	58.2	82			0
1922	67.8	120	79.3	113	56.5	111	2.84	79	1
1921	67.2	126	76.3	130	58.1	86	3.19	68	0
1920					58.6	72	4.18	44	13
1919	68.4	105	80	98	56.8	105			0
1918	72.2	26	84	22	60.5	34	8.10	5	0
1917	66.9	129	83.3	32	50.4	132	1.16	113	0
1916	70.8	57	81.5	69	60.1	46	3.64	55	0
1915	69.1	90	79.3	113	58.8	68	5.87	18	1
1914	71.1	52	83.7	27	58.5	77	4.51	33	0
1913	70.7	61	82.8	45	58.6	72	3.32	65	1
1912	68.6	98	79.8	105	57.5	95	1.75	105	0
1911	72	32	83.5	28	60.4	41			0
1910									19
1909	67.3	125	79.9	101	54.7	127	3.12	71	1
1908	67.9	115	80.1	97	55.7	122	4.86	25	0
1907					57.3	99			4
1906	73.3	9	82.5	51	64.1	1			0
1905	68.5	102	79.9	101	56.6	109	6.20	14	3
1904	69.2	89	79.7	107	58.7	69			0
1903	70.5	66	80.4	91	60.5	34	3.68	53	0
1902	71.3	45	84.2	20	58.6	72	1.06	116	1
1901	68.6	98	79.3	113	58	87	10.53	1	0
1900	73	13	88	2	58	87	1.80	103	1
1899	71.8	33	83.4	31	60.2	43			0
1898	70.7	61	81.3	75	60.2	43			0
1897	67.7	121	80.4	91	55	126			0
1896	70.7	61	83.5	28	58	87			0
1895	69.7	84	82.9	41	56.5	111			0
1894	68.8	93	79.9	101	57.8	92	2.00	95	0
1893	69.8	82	79.5	109	60.1	46			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	75.7
1936	74.2
2021	73.6
1926	73.6
1959	73.5
1941	73.5
1955	73.4
1947	73.4
2016	73.3
1906	73.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	66.5
1917	66.9
1946	67
1927	67.2
1921	67.2
1909	67.3
1976	67.4
1971	67.4
2008	67.7
1897	67.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	10.53
1937	10.02
1940	9.19
1928	8.41
1918	8.10
1952	7.90
1985	7.46
1931	7.28
2020	7.19
2022	6.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.87
1944	0.92
1902	1.06
1930	1.08
1938	1.12
1917	1.16
1957	1.24
2011	1.25
1941	1.29
1946	1.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 26 August 2026, 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.62 in; 22 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 2.89 in of precipitation in Blacksburg, VA, the driest August since 2023, 42nd driest of 118.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: 89°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: a low of 49°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026 and Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Blacksburg, VA: 0.62 in on Saturday 22 August 2026.