Fort Lauderdale, FL: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 85.7°F in Fort Lauderdale, FL, tying the record for the warmest August, set in 2007 and 1944, in 110 years since 1913 (1943 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing; 1951 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1962 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1 more year excluded for missing days); provisional.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 85.7°F; Ties the record; Warmest of 110, provisional
Precipitation: 4.26 in; Driest since 2022; 25th driest of 109

A normal August in Fort Lauderdale, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 83.8°F, between 82.9°F and 85.1°F in eight years of ten and 7.16 in of precipitation, between 3.37 in and 11.70 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Fort Lauderdale, FL since 1913: 85.7°F in 2026, tied for the highest with 2007 and 1944.

Normal range, 82.9 to 85.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Fort Lauderdale, FL from 1913 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	85.7	1	91.8	17	79.6	3	4.26	85	0
2025	84.4	16	91.6	22	77.3	27			0
2024	84.8	11	90.9	35	78.6	8	11.03	14	0
2023	85	8	91.7	20	78.2	15	11.50	12	0
2022	85.6	4	91.1	31	80.2	1	1.54	106	0
2021	84.6	13	90.2	59	78.9	6	4.69	81	0
2020	85.5	6	91.5	23	79.5	4	8.00	39	0
2019	83.5	34	90.4	53	76.7	34	11.98	8	0
2018	84	24	89.4	86	78.5	11	5.27	69	0
2017	84.4	16	90.1	62	78.6	8	14.54	3	0
2016	83.8	27	89.4	86	78.2	15	7.17	49	0
2015	84.6	13	90.7	41	78.5	11	5.75	66	0
2014	85.6	4	91.9	15	79.2	5	5.71	67	0
2013	83.5	34	88.6	101	78.4	14	2.04	105	0
2012	83.8	27	89.7	78	78	21	10.26	19	0
2011	84.5	15	91	33	77.9	23	6.38	58	0
2010	84.4	16	90.7	41	78.2	15	11.55	10	0
2009	84.4	16	90.2	59	78.6	8	4.81	78	0
2008	85.1	7	91.2	30	78.9	6	9.49	28	0
2007	85.7	1	91.3	26	80.1	2	5.06	72	0
2006	84.2	21	90.2	59	78.2	15	7.28	47	0
2005	84.3	20	90.1	62	78.5	11	6.20	60	0
2004	83.7	31	89.6	79	77.7	25	7.93	40	0
2003	83.2	43	89	94	77.5	26	9.83	22	0
2002	82.9	53	89.1	92	76.6	35	6.77	55	0
2001	83.8	27	89.5	82	78.1	19	6.84	54	0
2000	83.1	46	89.3	89	76.9	31	9.68	24	0
1999	83.5	34	90	65	77	29	8.73	34	0
1998	84.9	9	91.8	17	78.1	19	3.37	93	0
1997	83.5	34	90.7	41	76.2	39	7.15	50	0
1996	82.2	72	88.9	97	75.5	53	3.33	94	0
1995	83	49	90	65	76.1	42	15.48	1	0
1994	81.3	99	87.7	106	75	60	11.67	9	0
1993	83	49	90.3	58	75.7	47	8.41	36	2
1992	83.4	39	89.9	70	76.9	31	2.60	101	0
1991	82.9	53	89.8	72	75.9	43	6.37	59	0
1990	83.3	40	90.8	38	75.7	47	5.78	65	0
1989	83.3	40	90.4	53	76.2	39	7.20	48	0
1988	82	76	88.6	101	75.5	53	7.90	41	0
1987	84.7	12	91.4	24	78	21	0.98	109	0
1986	82.9	53	89.5	82	76.4	37	5.11	70	0
1985	82.7	61	89.6	79	75.9	43	5.97	62	0
1984	82.7	61	89.8	72	75.6	50	4.48	82	1
1983	83.2	43	91.3	26	75	60	9.85	20	0
1982	83.2	43	90.9	35	75.5	53	8.76	32	0
1981	81.9	78	88.9	97	75	60	12.90	6	0
1980	83.8	27	91.3	26	76.3	38	4.24	86	0
1979	82.6	64	90	65	75.3	56	3.60	91	0
1978	81.6	88	88.5	104	74.8	65	7.90	41	1
1977	81.2	101	87.6	108	74.8	65	9.23	29	1
1976	81.4	97	88.6	101	74.2	74	12.78	7	3
1975	82.8	60	89	94	76.5	36	2.93	97	0
1974					74.2	74	4.89	76	12
1973	81.5	95	89	94	74.1	77	10.53	17	0
1972	81.6	88	89.4	86	73.8	83	3.39	92	0
1971	82.1	74	90.1	62	74.1	77	4.97	75	0
1970	82.9	53	90.6	48	75.3	56	7.62	44	0
1969	82.1	74	90	65	74.3	72	7.79	43	0
1968	81.9	78	88.8	100	75	60	7.10	51	0
1967	80.6	110	87.7	106	73.5	88	5.00	73	0
1966	82.4	68	90.4	53	74.5	69	10.82	15	0
1965	82.6	64	90.5	50	74.8	65	4.78	80	0
1964	84.1	22	92.6	6	75.6	50	9.08	30	0
1963	83.7	31	92.5	7	74.9	64	4.79	79	0
1961	82.6	64	89.5	82	75.7	47	5.99	61	0
1960	83.9	26	89.8	72	77.9	23	7.52	46	0
1959	81.4	97	89.5	82	73.3	91	6.70	56	0
1958	83.6	33	93.1	4	74.1	77	5.90	63	0
1957	82.2	72	90.6	48	73.8	83	11.55	10	0
1956	83.1	46	93	5	73.2	93	5.90	63	3
1955	83.5	34	92.4	11	74.6	68	2.60	101	0
1954	84.1	22	93.9	2	74.4	70	3.80	90	0
1953	82.9	53	92	14	73.7	85	10.45	18	1
1952	82.3	71	92.3	12	72.3	104	11.50	12	0
1950	81.6	88	90.7	41	72.4	103	9.65	25	0
1949	81.7	84	91.1	31	72.2	105	9.65	25	0
1948	81.9	78	91.8	17	72.1	106	9.85	20	0
1947	81.1	104	89.2	91	73	94	8.85	31	0
1946	81.7	84	91.7	20	71.7	109	2.23	104	0
1945	81.5	95	87.4	109	75.6	50			0
1944	85.7	1	94.4	1	76.9	31	3.97	88	0
1943					75.2	58	8.76	32	5
1942	81.6	88	86.1	110	77	29	2.65	100	1
1941	84.9	9	92.5	7	77.2	28	2.72	99	0
1940	82.9	53	91.4	24	74.4	70			0
1939	82.4	68	90.5	50	74.3	72	7.61	45	0
1938	83.1	46	90.4	53	75.9	43	1.36	107	3
1937	80.8	107	88.9	97	72.8	97	6.95	53	1
1936	83.3	40	90.4	53	76.2	39	9.59	27	0
1935	83	49	92.5	7	73.5	88	2.48	103	0
1934	81.6	88	90.5	50	72.6	100	3.82	89	0
1933	81.1	104	89.3	89	72.9	96	14.88	2	0
1932	81.7	84	90.8	38	72.6	100	10.66	16	0
1931	82.5	67	91.3	26	73.7	85	3.06	96	0
1930	80.8	107	89.8	72	71.8	108	4.40	83	0
1929	81.7	84	89.1	92	74.2	74	4.88	77	1
1928	81.1	104	88	105	74.1	77	13.09	5	0
1927	81.8	82	90.8	38	72.8	97	4.12	87	0
1926	82	76	89.8	72	74.1	77	14.01	4	0
1925	81.6	88	89.9	70	73.3	91	9.70	23	0
1924	82.9	53	93.7	3	72	107	3.10	95	0
1923	80.7	109	90.7	41	70.7	111	8.08	38	0
1922	81.3	99	91.9	15	70.7	111	8.53	35	1
1921	82.7	61	92.5	7	73	94	5.08	71	0
1920	81.2	101	90.9	35	71.5	110	4.31	84	0
1919	81.9	78	91	33	72.8	97	7.06	52	0
1918	82.4	68	90.7	41	74.1	77	1.33	108	0
1917	81.2	101	89.8	72	72.6	100	8.21	37	2
1916	81.8	82	90	65	73.6	87	6.51	57	1
1915	84	24	92.1	13	75.8	46	4.98	74	0
1914	83	49	90.7	41	75.2	58	2.83	98	0
1913	81.6	88	89.6	79	73.5	88	5.69	68	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	85.7
2007	85.7
1944	85.7
2022	85.6
2014	85.6
2020	85.5
2008	85.1
2023	85
1998	84.9
1941	84.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	80.6
1923	80.7
1937	80.8
1930	80.8
1947	81.1
1933	81.1
1928	81.1
1977	81.2
1920	81.2
1917	81.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	15.48
1933	14.88
2017	14.54
1926	14.01
1928	13.09
1981	12.90
1976	12.78
2019	11.98
1994	11.67
2010	11.55
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	0.98
1918	1.33
1938	1.36
2022	1.54
2013	2.04
1946	2.23
1935	2.48
1992	2.60
1955	2.60
1942	2.65

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 18 August 2026
Coldest night: 73°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.59 in; 29 August 2026

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Fort Lauderdale, FL the day's answers

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.26 in of precipitation in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the driest August since 2022 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 25th driest of 109.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 98°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: a low of 73°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 1.59 in on Saturday 29 August 2026.