Greenwood, MS: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 83.1°F in Greenwood, MS, the warmest August since 2024, tied 15th warmest of 78 (with 2021 and 1987).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 83.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 15th warmest of 78
Precipitation: 1.40 in; Driest since 2024; 23rd driest of 78

A normal August in Greenwood, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 81.1°F, between 79.6°F and 84.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.02 in of precipitation, between 1.06 in and 6.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Greenwood, MS since 1948: 83.1°F in 2026; the highest is 85.9°F, in 1954.

Normal range, 79.6 to 84.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Greenwood, MS from 1948 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	83.1	15	95.3	11	71	34	1.40	56	0
2025	82.3	22	93.9	19	70.7	38	4.21	18	0
2024	83.7	10	96.7	4	70.7	38	1.18	63	0
2023	85.1	4	96.7	4	73.5	5	1.54	52	0
2022	82.6	20	91.3	43	73.9	2	4.51	14	0
2021	83.1	15	92.3	28	73.9	2	5.95	9	0
2020	81.1	40	91.7	36	70.6	40	1.26	60	0
2019	82.1	24	92.6	26	71.6	23	3.23	31	0
2018	81.1	40	91.4	40	70.8	36	6.07	8	0
2017	80	57	88.9	69	71.1	32	6.31	5	0
2016	83.4	11	93.1	24	73.7	4	4.02	24	0
2015	80.3	53	92.2	29	68.4	70	1.76	50	0
2014	79.7	63	90.3	58	69.2	62	3.02	34	0
2013	80.5	49	91.9	32	69.1	64	2.53	40	0
2012	79.8	60	90.2	59	69.5	59	4.14	20	0
2011	82.3	22	94.2	16	70.5	41	1.71	51	0
2010	85	5	96.5	7	73.5	5	1.12	65	0
2009	79.8	60	90.5	55	69.1	64	2.53	40	0
2008	79.6	64	89.2	66	70.1	48	6.89	4	0
2007	85.2	2	98.2	2	72.2	15	0.82	70	0
2006	84	7	95.7	9	72.2	15	1.98	48	0
2005	83.2	13	94.6	13	71.8	20	4.48	15	0
2004	76.5	77	87.7	75	65.2	78	3.57	27	0
2003	81.5	32	91.9	32	71.2	29	5.44	10	0
2002	80.4	52	91.2	46	69.6	57	1.49	53	0
2001	79.5	67	88.2	74	70.9	35	5.25	11	0
2000	84	7	97.2	3	70.8	36	0.21	77	0
1999	81.5	32	95.1	12	67.9	73	0.78	71	0
1998	81.9	27	92.4	27	71.5	24	3.46	28	2
1997									27
1996	80.9	44	91.8	35	70	51	1.48	54	0
1995	85.2	2	96.2	8	74.2	1	3.74	26	0
1994	80.5	49	91.9	32	69	68	1.35	58	0
1993	83.4	11	94.1	18	72.7	10	4.28	17	1
1992	78.1	74	88.8	71	67.4	74	7.09	3	0
1991	80.7	46	91.2	46	70.2	47	2.43	42	0
1990	82.1	24	94.2	16	70.1	48	0.09	78	0
1989	80.9	44	91.3	43	70.5	41	3.14	33	0
1988	83	18	93.5	21	72.5	13	1.99	47	0
1987	83.1	15	93.5	21	72.7	10	0.63	74	0
1986	80.1	56	91.6	37	68.6	69	1.93	49	0
1985	80.5	49	89.4	64	71.7	22	6.14	6	0
1984	78.4	73	86.3	77	70.5	41	2.34	43	0
1983	83.9	9	94.3	15	73.5	5	1.04	66	0
1982	81.7	30	90.8	52	72.6	12	2.70	37	0
1981	81.2	38	91.2	46	71.2	29	2.11	45	0
1980	81.9	27	92.2	29	71.5	24	0.90	68	0
1979	79.3	69	89	68	69.6	57	2.10	46	0
1978	80.6	47	91.1	49	70.1	48	1.02	67	0
1977	81.3	37	90.8	52	71.9	18	1.22	61	0
1976	77.2	76	89.1	67	65.4	77	0.62	75	0
1975	78.6	71	87.4	76	69.8	55	6.11	7	0
1974	79.9	59	90.1	61	69.7	56	4.08	21	0
1973	77.8	75	88.9	69	66.7	76	0.50	76	0
1972	81.7	30	93.5	21	69.9	53	3.86	25	0
1971	81.2	38	91.3	43	71.1	32	4.31	16	0
1970	81.8	29	92.1	31	71.5	24	3.42	29	0
1969	79.6	64	90.9	50	68.4	70	4.52	13	0
1968	79.6	64	88.7	72	70.5	41	4.04	23	0
1967	75.9	78	84.5	78	67.2	75	3.38	30	0
1966	79.4	68	89.7	63	69.1	64	1.17	64	0
1965	81.4	36	91.4	40	71.3	28	2.78	35	0
1964	80.6	47	90.1	61	71.2	29	7.69	1	0
1963	81.5	32	91.4	40	71.5	24	1.43	55	0
1962	82.8	19	93.7	20	71.9	18	1.34	59	0
1961	79.2	70	89.3	65	69.1	64	2.25	44	0
1960	81.5	32	90.9	50	72.2	15	7.60	2	0
1959	82	26	91.6	37	72.3	14	2.57	38	0
1958	80.3	53	90.4	57	70.3	46	2.55	39	0
1957	80	57	90.5	55	69.5	59	2.74	36	0
1956	82.6	20	95.4	10	69.9	53	0.70	73	0
1955	81.1	40	91.6	37	70.5	41	0.89	69	0
1954	85.9	1	98.6	1	73.1	8	1.19	62	0
1953	81	43	92.7	25	69.2	62	0.73	72	0
1952	83.2	13	94.5	14	71.8	20	4.18	19	0
1951	84.7	6	96.7	4	72.8	9	1.39	57	0
1950	78.6	71	88.7	72	68.4	70	4.07	22	0
1949	80.3	53	90.6	54	70	51	3.21	32	0
1948	79.8	60	90.2	59	69.3	61	4.75	12	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	85.9
2007	85.2
1995	85.2
2023	85.1
2010	85
1951	84.7
2006	84
2000	84
1983	83.9
2024	83.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	75.9
2004	76.5
1976	77.2
1973	77.8
1992	78.1
1984	78.4
1975	78.6
1950	78.6
1961	79.2
1979	79.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	7.69
1960	7.60
1992	7.09
2008	6.89
2017	6.31
1985	6.14
1975	6.11
2018	6.07
2021	5.95
2003	5.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	0.09
2000	0.21
1973	0.50
1976	0.62
1987	0.63
1956	0.70
1953	0.73
1999	0.78
2007	0.82
1955	0.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 20 August 2026, 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 62°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 7 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.40 in of precipitation in Greenwood, MS, the driest August since 2024, 23rd driest of 78.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Greenwood, MS: 102°F on Thursday 20 August 2026 and Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Greenwood, MS: a low of 62°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Greenwood, MS: 0.68 in on Friday 7 August 2026.