Cold Bay, AK: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 53.6°F in Cold Bay, AK, the warmest August since 2019 (2025 excluded: 7 of 31 days missing), tied 10th warmest of 84 (with 1977).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 53.6°F; Warmest since 2019; 10th warmest of 84
Precipitation: 2.63 in; Driest since 2019; 21st driest of 81

A normal August in Cold Bay, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.6°F, between 50.6°F and 55.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.25 in of precipitation, between 2.11 in and 6.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Cold Bay, AK since 1942: 53.6°F in 2026; the highest is 57.4°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 50.6 to 55.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Cold Bay, AK from 1942 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	53.6	10	58.1	13	49.1	13	2.63	59	0
2025									7
2024	51.9	40	56.5	35	47.3	48	3.17	45	3
2023	53.2	16	58.2	11	48.3	23	2.73	55	0
2022	51.3	52	55.5	53	47	53	6.45	4	0
2021	53.1	18	58.5	7	47.8	37	3.72	34	0
2020	53	23	58.1	13	47.9	33	2.67	57	0
2019	57.4	1	63.8	1	51	2	2.10	72	0
2018	53	23	58.4	10	47.7	39	4.47	21	0
2017	52	37	56.2	42	47.7	39	5.86	9	0
2016	56.5	2	61.5	3	51.4	1	3.15	46	0
2015	52.5	31	57.4	27	47.6	42	1.63	75	0
2014	56.4	3	62	2	50.7	3	3.25	41	0
2013	53.9	8	58	16	49.8	6	6.49	3	0
2012	51.2	56	56.5	35	45.9	72	2.11	71	0
2011	51.6	45	56.8	31	46.3	64	2.37	65	0
2010	50.9	60	55.3	57	46.5	59	3.22	43	0
2009	50.5	68	54.2	71	46.7	55	3.24	42	0
2008	50.6	65	55.2	58	46.1	69	1.41	79	0
2007	53.5	12	58.1	13	48.9	15	2.96	50	0
2006	50.9	60	54.2	71	47.6	42	4.96	17	0
2005	53.7	9	57.7	20	49.7	7	2.25	67	0
2004	54.4	6	58.2	11	50.7	3	4.21	26	0
2003	53.3	14	57.5	24	49.1	13	4.43	23	0
2002	52.8	25	58.5	7	47.2	50	3.58	35	0
2001	53.1	18	57.9	17	48.3	23	2.28	66	0
2000	51.8	43	56.7	32	46.9	54	6.11	7	0
1999	49.7	78	54.6	66	44.7	81	6.27	6	0
1998	51.3	52	56.1	43	46.5	59	5.02	15	0
1997	55.2	4	59.7	5	50.7	3	6.32	5	0
1996	51.7	44	55.9	47	47.5	45	2.41	64	0
1995	50.5	68	54.3	69	46.6	56	2.59	62	0
1994	53.2	16	57.5	24	48.8	17	3.73	32	0
1993	52.7	27	56.5	35	48.8	17	4.94	18	0
1992	50.6	65	54.6	66	46.6	56	2.86	53	0
1991	51.6	45	55.1	61	48	29	4.17	27	0
1990	52.2	34	56.3	41	48.1	27	2.89	51	0
1989	53.3	14	57.9	17	48.7	19	3.20	44	0
1988	51	59	55.9	47	46.2	68	3.03	48	0
1987	52.8	25	57.7	20	47.9	33	2.56	63	0
1986	51.1	57	55.1	61	47.2	50	2.63	59	0
1985	50.7	64	55.4	55	46.1	69	5.47	11	0
1984	54.7	5	59.9	4	49.5	9	1.48	78	0
1983	52.2	34	56.4	39	48	29	4.06	28	0
1982	50.2	71	54.9	65	45.4	78	2.17	69	0
1981	52.2	34	56.1	43	48.3	23	5.73	10	0
1980	51.4	51	56.4	39	46.5	59	3.95	29	0
1979	51.9	40	55.8	49	47.9	33	5.33	13	0
1978	54.2	7	59.1	6	49.4	11	2.88	52	0
1977	53.6	10	57.6	23	49.5	9	3.32	40	0
1976	50.8	62	56.1	43	45.4	78	2.01	73	0
1975	52.5	31	57.5	24	47.5	45	1.10	81	0
1974	53.1	18	56.7	32	49.6	8	2.63	59	0
1973	50	75	54.1	74	45.9	72	2.16	70	0
1972	50	75	54.3	69	45.7	74	3.84	30	0
1971	48.5	84	52.7	83	44.3	83	2.76	54	0
1970	50.2	71	54.1	74	46.3	64	3.82	31	0
1969	53.4	13	58.5	7	48.3	23	5.02	15	0
1968	52	37	55.1	61	48.9	15	3.53	37	0
1967	51.3	52	56	46	46.6	56	4.72	19	0
1966	49	81	52.6	84	45.5	76	3.73	32	0
1965	50.2	71	54.2	71	46.3	64	1.57	77	0
1964	48.6	83	53	81	44.1	84	3.56	36	0
1963	50.6	65	55.2	58	46	71	2.69	56	0
1962	52	37	55.7	50	48.4	22	1.98	74	0
1961	50.5	68	54.5	68	46.4	63	3.50	38	0
1960	51.1	57	55.1	61	47.2	50	4.30	24	0
1959	51.6	45	55.5	53	47.7	39	2.25	67	0
1958	50	75	53.7	79	46.3	64	5.39	12	0
1957	52.3	33	56.5	35	48	29	3.33	39	0
1956	51.5	49	55.4	55	47.6	42	4.24	25	0
1955	49.6	79	54	76	45.1	80	4.71	20	0
1954	51.3	52	57	29	45.7	74	3.04	47	0
1953	53.1	18	56.9	30	49.3	12	2.64	58	0
1952	49.2	80	52.9	82	45.5	76	7.03	2	0
1951	50.8	62	53.9	77	47.8	37	9.97	1	0
1950	52.7	27	57.4	27	48	29	5.08	14	0
1949	50.2	71	53.8	78	46.5	59	6.08	8	0
1948	51.9	40	55.6	51	48.1	27	1.40	80	0
1947	52.7	27	57.9	17	47.4	47	1.59	76	0
1946	49	81	53.5	80	44.5	82			0
1945	51.6	45	55.2	58	47.9	33	3.03	48	0
1944	53.1	18	57.7	20	48.5	21			0
1943	51.5	49	55.6	51	47.3	48	4.45	22	0
1942	52.7	27	56.6	34	48.7	19			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	57.4
2016	56.5
2014	56.4
1997	55.2
1984	54.7
2004	54.4
1978	54.2
2013	53.9
2005	53.7
2026	53.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	48.5
1964	48.6
1966	49
1946	49
1952	49.2
1955	49.6
1999	49.7
1973	50
1972	50
1958	50

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	9.97
1952	7.03
2013	6.49
2022	6.45
1997	6.32
1999	6.27
2000	6.11
1949	6.08
2017	5.86
1981	5.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1975	1.10
1948	1.40
2008	1.41
1984	1.48
1965	1.57
1947	1.59
2015	1.63
1962	1.98
1976	2.01
2019	2.10

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 14 August 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.48 in; 31 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 2.63 in of precipitation in Cold Bay, AK, the driest August since 2019 (2025 excluded: 7 of 31 days missing), tied 21st driest of 81 (with 1986 and 1974).
The hottest day of August 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 64°F on Friday 14 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: a low of 44°F on Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 0.48 in on Monday 31 August 2026.