Columbia, MO: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 77.3°F in Columbia, MO, the warmest August since 2022, 45th warmest of 137.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 77.3°F; Warmest since 2022; 45th warmest of 137
Precipitation: 4.26 in; Wettest since 2023; 50th wettest of 137

A normal August in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 76.8°F, between 72.8°F and 79°F in eight years of ten and 3.30 in of precipitation, between 1.59 in and 8.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Columbia, MO since 1890: 77.3°F in 2026; the highest is 85.1°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 72.8 to 79°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Columbia, MO from 1890 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	77.3	45	87	70	67.7	26	4.26	50
2025	75.3	91	86.5	79	64.1	102	0.11	136
2024	75.8	77	85.3	100	66.3	51	3.46	64
2023	77	49	86	90	68	22	9.56	2
2022	79.1	20	89.8	32	68.4	18	2.69	86
2021	79.7	15	90.4	26	69	11	1.25	117
2020	75.4	89	85.5	96	65.3	70	2.63	88
2019	76.5	67	86.3	85	66.8	41	6.81	17
2018	79	22	89.7	34	68.3	20	3.07	76
2017	72.9	125	83.1	126	62.6	120	4.19	52
2016	76.7	60	85.3	100	68.2	21	5.84	27
2015	74.2	112	84.1	119	64.4	95	3.14	74
2014	77.5	42	87.9	52	67.2	32	2.94	80
2013	75.8	77	86.5	79	65.2	77	1.88	104
2012	78.7	29	92	13	65.3	70	2.53	90
2011	77.5	42	88.5	45	66.4	47	3.19	72
2010	78.3	33	88.7	42	67.9	23	4.42	45
2009	72	131	81.9	131	62	123	3.37	65
2008	73.4	121	83.2	124	63.5	111	2.58	89
2007	82.8	4	95.1	4	70.6	4	1.45	112
2006	79.4	17	90.9	20	67.9	23	4.48	44
2005	78.1	36	88.5	45	67.7	26	10.19	1
2004	70.1	134	79.8	134	60.5	129	6.26	23
2003	79	22	91	19	67.1	34	3.03	77
2002	77.1	47	87.6	58	66.5	45	8.49	7
2001	76.8	56	87.7	56	65.9	57	3.23	69
2000	78.5	31	88.6	43	68.4	18	9.10	3
1999	75.7	81	88.3	48	63.1	116	0.83	127
1998	77	49	86.9	72	67	36	0.43	131
1997	74.8	104	85.3	100	64.3	97	5.50	31
1996	75.1	100	85	107	65.1	78	1.76	108
1995	80.7	11	91.4	17	70	8	4.55	43
1994	74.5	110	87	70	62	123	4.08	54
1993	76.9	54	86.8	74	66.9	38	8.37	9
1992	70.2	133	81.8	132	58.7	136	1.61	110
1991	76.7	60	89	39	64.4	95	3.86	58
1990	75.2	97	85	107	65.3	70	3.95	56
1989	74.2	112	83.5	121	64.8	89	7.24	14
1988	79	22	90.2	28	67.8	25	4.14	53
1987	77	49	88.4	47	65.7	63	3.17	73
1986	71.7	132	83.5	121	59.8	132	3.01	78
1985	72.5	126	81.7	133	63.2	115	6.14	25
1984	78.8	26	93.1	9	64.5	94	0.88	124
1983	82.1	5	93.7	7	70.5	5	3.27	68
1982	73.5	120	82.8	128	64.3	97	8.96	4
1981	74.8	104	84.3	117	65.3	70	2.48	91
1980	81.7	6	94.1	6	69.2	10	2.98	79
1979	75.4	89	86.7	75	64.1	102	2.80	85
1978	76.8	56	89	39	64.6	91	2.01	99
1977	76.9	54	87.5	60	66.4	47	2.26	95
1976	75.3	91	88.6	43	61.9	125	0.21	135
1975	75.7	81	86.4	82	65	84	8.18	10
1974	72.2	129	82	130	62.5	121	7.57	12
1973	76.4	68	87.8	54	64.9	85	0.94	122
1972	76.8	56	88.2	49	65.4	68	1.10	120
1971	74.6	108	86.2	87	63.1	116	1.16	119
1970	75.6	84	84.7	111	66.4	47	4.36	47
1969	76.7	60	87.2	66	66.3	51	1.94	102
1968	76.3	70	84.9	110	67.7	26	2.13	97
1967	72.2	129	83.9	120	60.5	129	0.87	125
1966	73.7	117	84.2	118	63.3	113	1.46	111
1965	75.1	100	85.1	104	65.1	78	3.62	60
1964	76.1	74	87.4	64	64.9	85	0.77	128
1963	75.7	81	86.3	85	65.1	78	4.32	48
1962	78.2	34	91.1	18	65.3	70	1.32	115
1961	74.6	108	85.1	104	64.2	100	1.97	101
1960	78.9	25	90.8	21	67.1	34	0.27	133
1959	79.8	14	90.5	23	69	11	1.10	120
1958	76.8	56	88	51	65.6	64	2.34	92
1957	77.7	40	89.5	37	65.8	60	0.85	126
1956	78.1	36	90.5	23	65.8	60	2.34	92
1955	77.9	38	89.6	36	66.2	54	4.60	42
1954	79.3	18	89.7	34	69	11	6.55	21
1953	77.8	39	90.1	30	65.5	66	2.82	84
1952	75.2	97	85.7	94	64.7	90	7.04	15
1951	75.5	86	85.5	96	65.5	66	6.05	26
1950	70	135	78.8	136	61.2	127	6.69	18
1949	75	103	85.9	92	64	104	2.88	82
1948	75.9	75	86.5	79	65.3	70	4.21	51
1947	85	2	96.3	3	73.7	1	1.20	118
1946	74	114	83.4	123	64.6	91	5.72	29
1945	77.2	46	88.2	49	66.3	51	2.66	87
1944	75.2	97	84.5	115	66	56	8.39	8
1943	79.9	13	89.8	32	70	8	1.36	113
1942	75.5	86	85	107	65.9	57	3.73	59
1941	79.6	16	90.4	26	68.8	16	3.30	66
1940	76.6	63	86.4	82	66.9	38	6.64	19
1939	75.3	91	86.7	75	64	104	8.71	6
1938	81.3	8	92.4	12	70.2	7	1.77	107
1937	81.3	8	91.8	14	70.7	3	1.98	100
1936	85.1	1	97.4	1	72.8	2	1.34	114
1935	77.6	41	87.8	54	67.4	30	0.27	133
1934	80.1	12	91.7	15	68.5	17	4.94	39
1933	75.3	91	85.3	100	65.3	70	2.86	83
1932	77	49	87.5	60	66.5	45	6.44	22
1931	75.1	100	85.5	96	64.6	91	8.86	5
1930	78.4	32	90.1	30	66.7	42	2.18	96
1929	76.6	63	87.7	56	65.6	64	0.40	132
1928	75.8	77	84.6	114	67	36	3.22	70
1927	70	135	79.3	135	60.7	128	5.01	38
1926	76.2	71	86.1	89	66.4	47	5.07	37
1925	75.9	75	87.5	60	64.2	100	5.11	35
1924	77.1	47	86.9	72	67.3	31	3.09	75
1923	76.2	71	86.4	82	66.1	55	3.92	57
1922	76.6	63	87.5	60	65.8	60	3.30	66
1921	76.4	68	86	90	66.7	42	5.83	28
1920	73	123	82.9	127	63.1	116	3.50	62
1919	74.7	106	85.1	104	64.3	97	5.37	33
1918	81.7	6	93.1	9	70.3	6	7.83	11
1917	72.3	127	82.3	129	62.3	122	5.27	34
1916	79.1	20	90.5	23	67.6	29	2.04	98
1915	68.1	137	76.7	137	59.6	134	4.29	49
1914	78.2	34	89.2	38	67.2	32	7.35	13
1913	82.9	3	96.9	2	69	11	0.77	128
1912	75.8	77	85.7	94	65.9	57	4.91	40
1911	75.6	84	87.2	66	63.9	108	1.86	105
1910	74.3	111	84.7	111	63.8	110	4.40	46
1909	79.2	19	91.5	16	66.9	38	0.06	137
1908	75.3	91	86.6	78	64	104	4.74	41
1907	75.3	91	85.5	96	65.1	78	3.48	63
1906	76.2	71	87.6	58	64.9	85	2.94	80
1905	76.6	63	87.9	52	65.4	68	6.91	16
1904	73	123	84.7	111	61.3	126	6.17	24
1903	73.9	115	84.5	115	63.3	113	5.09	36
1902	73.6	118	83.2	124	64	104	6.64	19
1901	78.8	26	92.5	11	65.1	78	1.67	109
1900	81.2	10	93.4	8	68.9	15	4.05	55
1899	78.8	26	90.8	21	66.7	42	3.21	71
1898	77	49	88.8	41	65.1	78	0.47	130
1897	73.9	115	87.2	66	60.5	129	1.89	103
1896	77.5	42	90.2	28	64.9	85	1.85	106
1895	75.5	86	87.2	66	63.9	108	2.30	94
1894	78.7	29	94.5	5	62.9	119	1.29	116
1893	73.6	118	87.4	64	59.7	133	0.94	122
1892	74.7	106	85.9	92	63.5	111	3.56	61
1891	73.1	122	86.7	75	59.5	135	5.52	30
1890	72.3	127	86.2	87	58.4	137	5.47	32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	85.1
1947	85
1913	82.9
2007	82.8
1983	82.1
1980	81.7
1918	81.7
1938	81.3
1937	81.3
1900	81.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	68.1
1950	70
1927	70
2004	70.1
1992	70.2
1986	71.7
2009	72
1974	72.2
1967	72.2
1917	72.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	10.19
2023	9.56
2000	9.10
1982	8.96
1931	8.86
1939	8.71
2002	8.49
1944	8.39
1993	8.37
1975	8.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	0.06
2025	0.11
1976	0.21
1960	0.27
1935	0.27
1929	0.40
1998	0.43
1898	0.47
1964	0.77
1913	0.77

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 31 August 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 24 August 2026, 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 3.28 in; 6 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.26 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the wettest August since 2023, 50th wettest of 137.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Columbia, MO: 98°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Columbia, MO: a low of 59°F on Monday 24 August 2026 and Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Columbia, MO: 3.28 in on Thursday 6 August 2026.