Fayetteville, NC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 82.1°F in Fayetteville, NC, the warmest August since 2023, tied 4th warmest of 114 (with 2023).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 82.1°F; Warmest since 2023; 4th warmest of 114
Precipitation: 4.54 in; Driest since 2025; 52nd driest of 114

A normal August in Fayetteville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.7°F, between 77°F and 82.1°F in eight years of ten and 5.29 in of precipitation, between 2.17 in and 8.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Fayetteville, NC since 1910: 82.1°F in 2026; the highest is 85.2°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 77 to 82.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Fayetteville, NC from 1910 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	82.1	4	92	17	72.2	5	4.54	63	0
2025	77	97	85.4	106	68.6	62	3.88	76	0
2024	79.1	50	88.6	67	69.6	35	9.94	8	0
2023	82.1	4	92.5	14	71.7	11	5.25	55	0
2022	80.4	29	90	41	70.8	17	3.53	83	0
2021	81.6	9	91.2	22	72	7	2.17	103	0
2020	81	16	89.4	55	72.6	3	7.30	30	0
2019	80.2	33	90.2	39	70.3	19	3.92	74	0
2018	81.1	14	90.7	31	71.5	13	5.75	47	0
2017	80.1	36	89.6	51	70.7	18	3.71	77	0
2016	83.7	2	94	3	73.4	1	1.33	112	0
2015	79.6	43	89.7	47	69.5	38	3.00	90	0
2014	78.7	61	88.3	75	69.2	45	3.92	74	0
2013	78.8	55	88.4	71	69.2	45	5.54	52	0
2012	78.5	67	87	92	69.9	26	6.60	36	0
2011	82	6	93.1	7	70.9	14	9.06	13	0
2010	82.5	3	93	8	71.9	8	4.05	72	0
2009	81.1	14	90.3	37	71.8	10	6.43	40	0
2008	79.3	45	88.7	64	69.9	26	8.36	16	0
2007	85.2	1	97.1	1	73.3	2	0.63	114	0
2006	81.4	10	90.9	26	71.9	8	7.51	27	0
2005	82	6	91.4	21	72.5	4	4.08	71	0
2004	77.1	95	85.9	102	68.3	70	8.02	17	0
2003	80.8	22	89.5	54	72.1	6	8.66	15	0
2002	79.8	39	90	41	69.5	38	7.71	20	2
2001	79.3	45	89.7	47	69	51	5.66	48	1
2000	78.2	78	87.9	82	68.4	69	4.69	62	2
1999	80.7	23	90.6	32	70.9	14	3.64	81	0
1998	79.2	47	89.2	56	69.3	42	7.12	32	0
1997	76.1	105	87.7	85	64.4	113	2.12	105	2
1996	76.3	103	85.3	107	67.4	90	7.71	20	1
1995	80.2	33	90.2	39	70.1	24	3.25	87	0
1994	76.4	102	86	101	66.9	97	6.25	43	0
1993	78.8	55	89.1	58	68.6	62	2.17	103	1
1992	77.2	91	86.5	96	68	75	5.04	58	0
1991	78.6	66	87.5	86	69.6	35	4.76	61	0
1990	78.8	55	88.2	77	69.3	42	7.54	25	3
1989	77.7	85	86.8	93	68.7	57	5.99	45	0
1988	80.9	19	90.9	26	70.9	14	7.53	26	0
1987	80.4	29	90.6	32	70.2	20	7.46	28	0
1986	77.1	95	86.3	100	68	75	10.30	7	0
1985	76.3	103	85.8	104	66.7	98	3.94	73	0
1984	78.3	74	87.9	82	68.6	62	5.40	54	1
1983	80.6	25	92.8	10	68.7	57	2.48	98	1
1982	76.9	99	87.3	89	66.4	101	3.69	78	1
1981	75.5	112	84.9	111	66	108	6.73	35	0
1980	80.6	25	92.9	9	68.3	70	2.46	100	0
1979	78.8	55	90.9	26	66.7	98	1.46	110	0
1978	79	53	90.6	32	67.4	90	3.45	85	0
1977	79.8	39	89.7	47	69.9	26	9.47	12	0
1976	76.5	100	86.6	95	66.3	102	3.66	80	0
1975	81.4	10	92.6	13	70.2	20	1.12	113	0
1974	78	82	86.5	96	69.4	41	10.69	6	0
1973	79	53	88.9	62	69.2	45	5.85	46	0
1972	77.6	89	87.3	89	67.8	80	6.59	37	0
1971	77.2	91	86.4	99	67.9	78	4.42	65	0
1970	78.5	67	87.9	82	69.1	49	4.81	60	0
1969	75.6	110	85.3	107	66	108	5.52	53	0
1968	80.9	19	91.9	19	69.8	30	6.46	38	0
1967	76	106	85.1	110	67	96	9.51	10	0
1966	77.4	90	86.5	96	68.3	70	7.78	18	0
1965	78.8	55	89	61	68.6	62	1.65	107	0
1964	75.8	107	84.6	112	67.1	95	6.08	44	0
1963	78	82	88.5	70	67.6	85	3.58	82	0
1962	78.1	79	88.7	64	67.4	90	3.05	89	0
1961	78.4	72	88	81	68.9	53	9.63	9	0
1960	79.2	47	88.2	77	70.1	24	5.01	59	0
1959	80.7	23	91.2	22	70.2	20	3.52	84	0
1958	77.7	85	90.3	37	65.1	111	7.22	31	1
1957	75.6	110	87.5	86	63.7	114	5.23	56	0
1956	78.3	74	88.9	62	67.7	83	7.60	23	0
1955	79.1	50	89.1	58	69.1	49	12.37	4	0
1954	81	16	94.4	2	67.6	85	5.14	57	0
1953	78.5	67	90.8	30	66.1	107	2.49	97	0
1952	78.5	67	89.1	58	67.9	78	6.40	41	0
1951	79.8	39	91.2	22	68.5	68	4.13	70	0
1950	75.8	107	88.6	67	63.1	115	1.78	106	0
1949	78.4	72	88.1	79	68.6	62	12.59	3	0
1948	77.2	91	89.6	51	64.8	112	2.25	102	0
1947							7.43	29	8
1946							6.44	39	31
1945					70.2	20	2.26	101	31
1944	78.7	61	89.7	47	67.7	83	2.95	91	0
1943	80.5	27	93.6	5	67.3	93	2.80	93	1
1942	78.1	79	90	41	66.2	105	16.02	1	0
1941	81.2	12	93.7	4	68.7	57	3.25	87	0
1940	80.2	33	91	25	69.5	38	6.90	33	0
1939	80.1	36	90.5	35	69.7	32	5.64	50	0
1938	81.7	8	93.6	5	69.7	32	2.56	96	0
1937	80.4	29	92	17	68.7	57	7.76	19	0
1936	80.9	19	92.2	15	69.7	32	11.70	5	0
1935	80.5	27	92.1	16	68.9	53	4.36	67	0
1934	79.9	38	90.9	26	69	51	3.33	86	0
1933	78.7	61	89.2	56	68.2	73	3.69	78	0
1932	79.7	42	92.8	10	66.7	98	4.51	64	1
1931	78.7	61	89.9	45	67.5	88	12.78	2	0
1930	75.7	109	85.9	102	65.5	110	5.65	49	0
1929	76.5	100	85.8	104	67.2	94	7.58	24	0
1928	79.2	47	88.4	71	69.9	26	9.51	10	0
1927	74.8	114	83.3	114	66.2	105	6.36	42	0
1926	81	16	90.5	35	71.6	12	4.40	66	0
1925	77.2	91	88.1	79	66.3	102	4.36	67	0
1924	79.1	50	89.6	51	68.6	62			0
1923	78.3	74	86.7	94	69.8	30	2.48	98	0
1922	75.1	113	83.9	113	66.3	102	9.02	14	0
1921	77.7	85	87.3	89	68.1	74	1.34	111	0
1920	77	97	85.2	109	68.8	56	7.67	22	0
1919	78	82	88.6	67	67.5	88	2.92	92	0
1918	80.3	32	91.7	20	68.9	53	1.53	109	0
1917	78.1	79	88.4	71	67.8	80	1.62	108	0
1916	78.7	61	88.3	75	69.2	45	4.20	69	0
1915	78.5	67	88.4	71	68.7	57			2
1914	79.6	43	89.9	45	69.3	42			0
1913	78.3	74	88.7	64	67.8	80	2.72	94	0
1912	78.8	55	90	41	67.6	85	2.64	95	0
1911	81.2	12	92.7	12	69.6	35	6.76	34	0
1910	77.7	85	87.5	86	68	75	5.55	51	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	85.2
2016	83.7
2010	82.5
2026	82.1
2023	82.1
2011	82
2005	82
1938	81.7
2021	81.6
2006	81.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	74.8
1922	75.1
1981	75.5
1969	75.6
1957	75.6
1930	75.7
1964	75.8
1950	75.8
1967	76
1997	76.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1942	16.02
1931	12.78
1949	12.59
1955	12.37
1936	11.70
1974	10.69
1986	10.30
2024	9.94
1961	9.63
1967	9.51
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	0.63
1975	1.12
2016	1.33
1921	1.34
1979	1.46
1918	1.53
1917	1.62
1965	1.65
1950	1.78
1997	2.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 20 August 2026, 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 65°F; 26 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.98 in; 27 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 4.54 in of precipitation in Fayetteville, NC, the driest August since 2025, 52nd driest of 114.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 100°F on Thursday 20 August 2026 and Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: a low of 65°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 1.98 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.