Charlotte, NC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 80.9°F in Charlotte, NC, the warmest August since 2016, tied 6th warmest of 148 (with 2010 and 1988).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 80.9°F; Warmest since 2016; 6th warmest of 148
Precipitation: 3.52 in; Driest since 2022; 67th driest of 148

A normal August in Charlotte, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.6°F, between 76.4°F and 80.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.97 in of precipitation, between 1.39 in and 8.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Charlotte, NC since 1879: 80.9°F in 2026; the highest is 83.7°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 76.4 to 80.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Charlotte, NC from 1879 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
2026	80.9	6	90.5	16	71.2	5	3.52	82
2025	76.2	116	84.1	130	68.4	72	7.57	22
2024	78.7	55	88.5	50	69	48	7.09	25
2023	80.2	15	89.9	28	70.5	15	6.37	29
2022	78.6	57	88.2	58	69	48	2.61	112
2021	80.4	14	90.9	10	69.9	27	3.02	97
2020	79.8	22	89	43	70.6	14	4.10	68
2019	79.3	38	89.5	33	69.1	43	8.19	16
2018	79.6	29	89.5	33	69.8	29	5.73	36
2017	78.1	66	87.5	71	68.7	60	5.29	43
2016	82.5	2	92.4	4	72.5	2	1.88	131
2015	79.5	32	90.4	18	68.5	67	3.84	76
2014	76.4	112	86	97	66.7	125	3.74	78
2013	76.2	116	85	117	67.4	111	1.80	135
2012	77.1	86	87.2	74	67	118	3.11	94
2011	79.2	41	90.4	18	68.1	84	5.18	45
2010	80.9	6	90.6	13	71.1	7	4.75	53
2009	78.4	61	88.2	58	68.7	60	1.66	137
2008	77.5	79	87.8	66	67.3	115	9.38	8
2007	83.7	1	96.5	1	70.9	10	0.41	148
2006	78.8	48	88.5	50	69.1	43	7.20	24
2005	79.5	32	89	43	69.9	27	1.97	128
2004	74.6	146	83.9	136	65.4	147	5.43	39
2003	77.6	76	86.3	86	69	48	10.35	5
2002	78	67	89.1	40	66.9	121	4.32	64
2001	79.6	29	90.7	11	68.5	67	0.64	146
2000	76.5	109	86.7	75	66.3	134	3.26	91
1999	79.4	36	90.5	16	68.3	75	1.42	138
1998	77.1	86	87.7	69	66.5	129	2.82	103
1997	78.9	46	89.2	38	68.5	67	1.10	141
1996	76.9	95	85.9	100	67.9	92	4.74	54
1995	79.9	21	88.3	56	71.5	4	7.07	26
1994	77.2	82	86.3	86	68.1	84	5.75	35
1993	80.2	15	90	24	70.3	20	3.77	77
1992	76.1	118	84.1	130	68.1	84	3.46	85
1991	78.4	61	86.7	75	70	26	8.18	17
1990	80.1	18	89.8	31	70.3	20	3.47	84
1989	77.7	74	86.2	92	69.3	37	2.99	99
1988	80.9	6	90.6	13	71.2	5	4.56	56
1987	81.4	4	91	9	71.8	3	2.76	105
1986	76.9	95	85.3	111	68.5	67	5.43	39
1985	75.7	129	84.5	124	66.8	123	7.35	23
1984	77.1	86	86	97	68.2	78	3.95	73
1983	80.2	15	91.4	7	69	48	3.61	80
1982	76.3	114	84.4	127	68.2	78	2.03	126
1981	75.1	140	82.7	145	67.5	106	2.67	111
1980	80.8	9	92	5	69.7	32	1.94	130
1979	78.3	64	88.4	54	68.3	75	1.27	139
1978	79	43	88.4	54	69.5	34	8.11	19
1977	79.7	26	89.5	33	69.8	29	2.44	115
1976	76.1	118	86.3	86	65.9	140	0.90	144
1975	78.8	48	88.5	50	69.2	41	4.48	59
1974	75.8	127	83.8	138	67.9	92	6.35	30
1973	76.8	101	85.9	100	67.6	102	2.31	119
1972	77.1	86	86.5	83	67.7	98	0.61	147
1971	75.8	127	84.1	130	67.5	106	2.89	101
1970	78.8	48	87.4	72	70.3	20	4.03	70
1969	75.6	133	84.3	129	66.9	121	5.14	47
1968	79.3	38	90	24	68.5	67	0.88	145
1967	75.1	140	83.6	142	66.7	125	9.23	9
1966	77.2	82	86.7	75	67.7	98	2.36	118
1965	78	67	88.2	58	67.7	98	4.87	49
1964	75	142	83.5	143	66.5	129	4.83	51
1963	78.9	46	90	24	67.8	95	3.55	81
1962	77	92	87.4	72	66.6	127	2.76	105
1961	76.9	95	85.7	104	68	90	4.07	69
1960	79.6	29	90.2	22	69.1	43	3.25	92
1959	79.8	22	90.3	21	69.3	37	7.92	20
1958	78.6	57	89	43	68.1	84	3.96	72
1957	78	67	89.9	28	66	139	3.23	93
1956	79.8	22	91.5	6	68.1	84	2.47	114
1955	81.1	5	91.4	7	70.9	10	1.95	129
1954	80.8	9	92.9	3	68.7	60	3.42	86
1953	77.9	71	89.1	40	66.6	127	1.84	133
1952	76.3	114	85.2	113	67.5	106	8.93	11
1951	79.7	26	90.6	13	68.7	60	2.43	116
1950	76.1	118	86.6	80	65.6	145	2.69	110
1949	76.9	95	85.7	104	68	90	5.43	39
1948	78	67	87.8	66	68.2	78	6.18	33
1947	79.5	32	88.7	49	70.4	17	3.41	87
1946	75.7	129	85	117	66.4	133	3.40	89
1945	77.3	81	86.2	92	68.4	72	2.84	102
1944	76.5	109	85.7	104	67.4	111	2.27	121
1943	80.5	13	90.7	11	70.4	17	1.72	136
1942	77.8	73	86.7	75	68.9	54	3.48	83
1941	79.7	26	89	43	70.4	17	2.39	117
1940	77.6	76	86	97	69.2	41	5.67	37
1939	78.7	55	88	62	69.3	37	5.85	34
1938	80.1	18	90	24	70.3	20	2.58	113
1937	79.1	42	87.9	65	70.2	24	4.31	65
1936	79.5	32	88.8	47	70.1	25	4.30	66
1935	78.8	48	88.1	61	69.4	35	2.70	108
1934	78.6	57	86.3	86	70.9	10	4.23	67
1933	76.7	104	84.7	121	68.6	66	5.27	44
1932	78.6	57	88.3	56	69	48	4.44	61
1931	77.1	86	86.7	75	67.6	102	8.13	18
1930	76.7	104	87.6	70	65.8	142	3.41	87
1929	76.9	95	86.2	92	67.5	106	2.78	104
1928	79.8	22	89.2	38	70.5	15	13.14	2
1927	74.8	145	83.7	139	65.9	140	3.02	97
1926	80.7	11	90.4	18	71	9	5.52	38
1925	78.3	64	89.1	40	67.4	111	3.34	90
1924	80	20	90.2	22	69.8	29	0.94	143
1923	78.4	61	87.8	66	68.9	54	2.93	100
1922	74.9	143	83.7	139	66.1	138	2.74	107
1921	76.1	118	84.5	124	67.7	98	2.15	124
1920	74.9	143	82.7	145	67.1	117	8.91	12
1919	77	92	86.3	86	67.6	102	3.94	74
1918	78.8	48	89.4	36	68.3	75	2.18	123
1917	76.8	101	85.8	102	67.9	92	4.84	50
1916	77.6	76	86.6	80	68.7	60	2.70	108
1915	76	124	83.7	139	68.2	78	4.59	55
1914	77.7	74	86.3	86	69.1	43	2.25	122
1913	77.1	86	86.5	83	67.8	95	4.48	59
1912	76.4	112	85.8	102	67	118	1.87	132
1911	79	43	88.8	47	69.1	43	6.20	32
1910	76.7	104	85.1	116	68.2	78	4.82	52
1909	76.1	118	84.7	121	67.4	111	5.16	46
1908	75.6	133	83.9	136	67.2	116	14.61	1
1907	77.2	82	86.2	92	68.2	78	1.84	133
1906	78.8	48	86.4	85	71.1	7	8.56	15
1905	75.4	136	84.1	130	66.8	123	8.67	14
1904	75.7	129	84.4	127	67	118	10.31	6
1903	78.8	48	88	62	69.6	33	4.55	57
1902	76.8	101	86.2	92	67.5	106	3.74	78
1901	76.7	104	84.6	123	68.8	58	10.66	3
1900	81.9	3	93.1	2	70.7	13	3.05	95
1899	79.4	36	89.4	36	69.4	35	4.98	48
1898	77.2	82	85.5	108	68.9	54	8.74	13
1897	75.7	129	85.2	113	66.3	134	3.92	75
1896	79.3	38	89.7	32	69	48	1.05	142
1895	77.5	79	86.6	80	68.4	72	4.41	62
1894	75.9	126	85.3	111	66.5	129	3.03	96
1893	75.3	138	84	134	66.5	129	9.81	7
1892	77.9	71	88	62	67.8	95	2.31	119
1891	76.5	109	85.4	110	67.6	102	6.82	28
1890	75.3	138	84.8	120	65.8	142	5.35	42
1889	74	148	82.5	147	65.5	146	4.53	58
1888	79	43	89.9	28	68.1	84	6.93	27
1887	76	124	85.7	104	66.2	137	9.02	10
1886	75.5	135	85.5	108	65.4	147	6.34	31
1885	77	92	85.2	113	68.7	60	4.01	71
1884	75.4	136	84.5	124	66.3	134	2.08	125
1883	76.9	95	84.9	119	68.9	54	2.00	127
1882	76.6	108	84	134	69.3	37	4.34	63
1881	80.6	12	88.5	50	72.6	1	1.15	140
1880	76.1	118	83.3	144	68.8	58	10.57	4
1879	74.1	147	82.4	148	65.8	142	7.89	21

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	83.7
2016	82.5
1900	81.9
1987	81.4
1955	81.1
2026	80.9
2010	80.9
1988	80.9
1980	80.8
1954	80.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	74
1879	74.1
2004	74.6
1927	74.8
1922	74.9
1920	74.9
1964	75
1981	75.1
1967	75.1
1893	75.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1908	14.61
1928	13.14
1901	10.66
1880	10.57
2003	10.35
1904	10.31
1893	9.81
2008	9.38
1967	9.23
1887	9.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	0.41
1972	0.61
2001	0.64
1968	0.88
1976	0.90
1924	0.94
1896	1.05
1997	1.10
1881	1.15
1979	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 63°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.89 in; 11 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 3.52 in of precipitation in Charlotte, NC, the driest August since 2022, 67th driest of 148.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 97°F on Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Charlotte, NC: a low of 63°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 0.89 in on Tuesday 11 August 2026.