Elkins, WV: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 72.3°F in Elkins, WV, the warmest August since 2021, tied 7th warmest of 128 (with 1947).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 72.3°F; Warmest since 2021; 7th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 8.49 in; Wettest since 1980; 4th wettest of 128

A normal August in Elkins, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.6°F, between 66.8°F and 72.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.63 in of precipitation, between 1.87 in and 5.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Elkins, WV since 1899: 72.3°F in 2026; the highest is 73.9°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 66.8 to 72.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Elkins, WV from 1899 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	72.3	7	83	14	61.6	5	8.49	4
2025	69	53	81.5	37	56.5	81	2.63	100
2024	70.9	25	83.5	10	58.3	46	4.08	56
2023	69.4	48	80.1	69	58.7	35	5.89	20
2022	71.1	19	81.4	39	60.7	14	8.10	7
2021	72.9	4	83.8	8	62	4	3.73	66
2020	71.4	17	81.5	37	61.4	7	8.32	6
2019	71	21	82.9	15	59	31	6.09	18
2018	71	21	81.2	41	60.7	14	5.54	29
2017	67.7	87	78.7	96	56.7	76	3.53	75
2016	73.9	1	84.9	4	62.9	2	3.17	87
2015	68.3	71	80.2	64	56.5	81	2.10	112
2014	67.8	85	78.8	95	56.8	73	3.09	90
2013	68.4	68	78.9	92	57.9	56	8.04	8
2012	68.9	55	81	46	56.8	73	1.33	124
2011	70.2	34	81.7	32	58.7	35	4.14	55
2010	71.7	13	82.7	17	60.7	14	4.86	40
2009	70	36	80.2	64	59.8	23	5.94	19
2008	66.7	109	79	89	54.5	108	1.36	123
2007	71.9	11	82.9	15	60.9	13	3.72	67
2006	70.4	30	82.5	20	58.3	46	1.78	117
2005	73.4	3	83.9	6	62.9	2	3.02	95
2004	67.4	93	78.9	92	55.8	92	2.41	107
2003	71	21	81.2	41	60.7	14	5.56	28
2002	69.9	41	82.3	21	57.4	63	2.45	106
2001	70.5	28	81.6	35	59.3	29	3.03	93
2000	67.5	92	77.3	115	57.7	58	3.82	63
1999	66.8	108	80.5	56	53	124	1.88	115
1998	68.4	68	81	46	55.7	95	4.30	51
1997	66	119	78.1	107	54	115	3.72	67
1996	68	77	79.1	85	56.9	69	5.02	36
1995	73.6	2	86.3	1	61	10	3.79	65
1994	67.7	87	78.6	99	56.9	69	5.69	23
1993	72	10	85.5	2	58.5	41	2.18	109
1992	66.3	117	77.3	115	55.2	99	2.49	104
1991	69.2	50	82	30	56.4	83	3.52	76
1990	70	36	81.7	32	58.3	46	3.25	85
1989	68	77	78.5	100	57.5	62	7.98	9
1988	71.6	14	84.6	5	58.6	39	4.05	58
1987	69.5	47	83.8	8	55.2	99	4.29	53
1986	66.5	113	78.1	107	55	102	5.03	35
1985	66.7	109	78.1	107	55.3	98	2.78	98
1984	67.9	81	77.5	114	58.2	50	7.21	10
1983	69	53	80.7	51	57.2	65	3.59	72
1982	64.9	126	75.3	127	54.4	111	4.61	47
1981	65.1	125	77.6	112	52.5	127	1.72	119
1980	71.1	19	81.2	41	61	10	10.40	2
1979	68.1	75	77.8	110	58.4	44	5.06	34
1978	70.4	30	80.5	56	60.2	21	4.85	41
1977	68.7	61	79.8	75	57.7	58	5.60	25
1976	65.7	121	78.9	92	52.5	127	1.09	127
1975	69.7	43	81.1	45	58.4	44	3.55	73
1974	67.1	102	77.1	119	57.1	66	6.84	11
1973	68.5	65	79	89	57.9	56	3.47	77
1972	67.9	81	79.2	83	56.7	76	2.09	113
1971	67	104	79.1	85	54.9	104	3.87	61
1970	67.1	102	79.2	83	55.1	101	4.83	44
1969	67.2	97	79.5	77	54.8	105	5.60	25
1968	69.9	41	81	46	58.8	33	4.07	57
1967	65.4	122	76.4	124	54.4	111	5.10	32
1966	66.6	112	79.1	85	54.1	114	4.84	42
1965	67.3	95	80.6	52	53.9	117	1.74	118
1964	65.8	120	78.4	103	53.2	123	3.55	73
1963	65.2	124	76.6	122	53.8	118	3.34	80
1962	67.2	97	80.4	59	54	115	2.23	108
1961	68.8	58	79	89	58.7	35	3.89	60
1960	70.3	32	80.1	69	60.4	20	3.38	79
1959	71	21	82.2	23	59.8	23	3.31	82
1958	67.2	97	78.2	106	56.2	84	5.87	21
1957	66.4	115	79.9	73	52.8	125	1.67	120
1956	67	104	78.3	104	55.6	97	5.58	27
1955	71.5	16	82.3	21	60.7	14	4.30	51
1954	68.7	61	78.7	96	58.7	35	6.41	15
1953	68	77	82.2	23	53.8	118	3.60	71
1952	68.3	71	80.8	49	55.9	90	3.87	61
1951	67.3	95	80.2	64	54.4	111	1.89	114
1950	67.2	97	78.3	104	56	88	2.82	97
1949	68.8	58	79.5	77	58.1	51	3.16	88
1948	67.9	81	80	72	55.7	95	3.66	69
1947	72.3	7	83.3	13	61.2	8	2.18	109
1946	64.3	127	76	126	52.7	126	2.11	111
1945	67.6	90	80.5	56	54.8	105	2.54	103
1944	68.4	68	80.6	52	56.2	84	3.03	93
1943	69.1	51	80.6	52	57.6	61	4.39	50
1942	68.9	55	78.5	100	59.4	28	9.35	3
1941	68.3	71	80.8	49	55.8	92	8.41	5
1940	69.6	44	79.5	77	59.7	26	4.63	46
1939	70.1	35	81.7	32	58.5	41	0.83	128
1938	70.8	27	82.7	17	58.8	33	1.39	122
1937	71.2	18	82	30	60.5	19	6.61	13
1936	71.8	12	83.5	10	60.1	22	3.44	78
1935	70	36	80.3	62	59.6	27	5.61	24
1934	68.6	64	79.1	85	58	53	4.93	39
1933	67.9	81	77.7	111	58.1	51	5.71	22
1932	68.5	65	81.2	41	55.8	92	5.01	37
1931	68.2	74	78.7	96	57.7	58	6.33	16
1930	66.5	113	79.6	76	53.5	121	1.28	125
1929	65.3	123	76.9	120	53.7	120	1.81	116
1928	70.9	25	80.2	64	61.6	5	4.77	45
1927	63.3	128	73.3	128	53.3	122	5.08	33
1926	70.5	28	79.9	73	61.1	9	6.57	14
1925	67.7	87	80.4	59	55	102	1.18	126
1924	69.1	51	80.2	64	58	53	3.81	64
1923	68.9	55	79.5	77	58.3	46	3.08	92
1922	66.2	118	76.6	122	55.9	90	2.96	96
1921	67.6	90	78.5	100	56.7	76	6.82	12
1920	68.1	75	77.2	117	59	31	3.33	81
1919	66.4	115	76.8	121	56	88	3.09	90
1918	72.2	9	83.4	12	61	10	5.43	30
1917	69.4	48	82.6	19	56.2	84	3.26	84
1916	70.3	32	82.1	28	58.5	41	3.13	89
1915	66.7	109	76.1	125	57.4	63	6.21	17
1914	69.6	44	82.2	23	57	68	4.96	38
1913	70	36	82.1	28	58	53	4.56	49
1912	66.9	107	77.2	117	56.6	79	3.30	83
1911	71.6	14	83.9	6	59.3	29	10.42	1
1910	68	77	81.6	35	54.5	108	2.70	99
1909	68.8	58	80.6	52	56.9	69	3.20	86
1908	67.8	85	79.5	77	56.1	87	2.60	102
1907	67.2	97	77.6	112	56.8	73	5.27	31
1906	72.9	4	82.2	23	63.5	1	4.84	42
1905	68.7	61	80.3	62	57.1	66	3.97	59
1904	67.4	93	80.1	69	54.7	107	4.61	47
1903	68.5	65	80.4	59	56.6	79	2.48	105
1902	67	104	79.4	82	54.5	108	3.61	70
1901	70	36	81.3	40	58.6	39	4.23	54
1900	72.5	6	85.3	3	59.8	23	2.61	101
1899	69.6	44	82.2	23	56.9	69	1.43	121

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	73.9
1995	73.6
2005	73.4
2021	72.9
1906	72.9
1900	72.5
2026	72.3
1947	72.3
1918	72.2
1993	72

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	63.3
1946	64.3
1982	64.9
1981	65.1
1963	65.2
1929	65.3
1967	65.4
1976	65.7
1964	65.8
1997	66

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1911	10.42
1980	10.40
1942	9.35
2026	8.49
1941	8.41
2020	8.32
2022	8.10
2013	8.04
1989	7.98
1984	7.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.83
1976	1.09
1925	1.18
1930	1.28
2012	1.33
2008	1.36
1938	1.39
1899	1.43
1957	1.67
1981	1.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 5 August 2026, 4 August 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 16 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 8.49 in of precipitation in Elkins, WV, the wettest August since 1980, 4th wettest of 128.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Elkins, WV: 88°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026 and Tuesday 4 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Elkins, WV: a low of 49°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Elkins, WV: 2.35 in on Sunday 16 August 2026.