Hartford, CT: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 73.2°F in Hartford, CT, the warmest August since 2024, tied 30th warmest of 122 (with 1984, 1980 and 1947).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 73.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 30th warmest of 122
Precipitation: 4.81 in; Wettest since 2024; 34th wettest of 122

A normal August in Hartford, CT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.7°F, between 70°F and 75.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.66 in of precipitation, between 1.96 in and 7.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Hartford, CT since 1905: 73.2°F in 2026; the highest is 76.8°F, in 2022.

Normal range, 70 to 75.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Hartford, CT from 1905 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	73.2	30	83.7	34	62.7	26	4.81	34
2025	69.6	95	81.7	61	57.5	116	2.45	94
2024	73.7	19	83.7	34	63.6	15	4.85	32
2023	71.5	60	81.1	75	62	39	3.88	52
2022	76.8	1	87.7	1	65.9	3	5.08	27
2021	74.8	8	84	27	65.6	4	8.80	4
2020	74.6	9	86.1	6	63	22	2.20	100
2019	72.8	37	84.5	23	61.1	58	3.30	73
2018	75.9	3	85.6	11	66.2	1	9.10	3
2017	71.1	69	82	57	60.1	75	2.66	85
2016	75.9	3	87.4	3	64.3	11	4.19	46
2015	73.8	16	85.4	12	62.2	36	2.08	102
2014	70.3	83	81.6	64	59	97	3.76	56
2013	70.7	75	81.2	73	60.2	73	6.88	10
2012	74.1	13	85.7	9	62.5	32	4.12	49
2011	72.1	47	82.2	53	62.1	38	11.67	2
2010	73.4	23	84.8	18	62	39	2.21	99
2009	73.1	34	83.5	38	62.7	26	2.85	83
2008	70	88	80.9	81	59.1	93	6.74	15
2007	72.6	42	83.9	29	61.4	52	0.98	120
2006	72	48	82.7	48	61.2	57	4.36	40
2005	75.1	7	85.7	9	64.5	9	2.34	97
2004	71.6	57	81.5	65	61.7	45	4.26	43
2003	74.3	12	83.5	38	65	8	5.76	20
2002	73.9	15	86	7	61.8	43	2.81	84
2001	75.2	6	86.2	5	64.2	12	3.71	57
2000	69.6	95	79.6	104	59.5	87	3.33	70
1999	71.2	67	82.2	53	60.3	71	2.66	85
1998	73.5	22	84.6	21	62.5	32	1.98	103
1997	70.1	87	80.3	91	59.9	77	7.33	7
1996	71.6	57	81.7	61	61.5	50	1.67	110
1995	72	48	85.1	15	59	97	3.81	55
1994	70	88	80.5	85	59.5	87	5.33	25
1993	73.4	23	84.8	18	61.9	41	1.80	107
1992	69.1	103	79.3	107	58.8	104	3.60	61
1991	73	35	83.8	33	62.3	34	8.69	5
1990	73.3	27	83	43	63.6	15	8.32	6
1989	71.3	62	81.4	68	61.3	55	6.81	13
1988	74.5	11	85.8	8	63.2	19	2.12	101
1987	68.9	106	80.6	83	57.3	119	4.25	44
1986	69.5	98	79.9	97	59	97	3.44	65
1985	70.2	84	80.5	85	59.8	80	6.44	18
1984	73.2	30	84.2	25	62.2	36	1.32	113
1983	72.7	40	83.7	34	61.6	48	2.55	90
1982	69.4	99	80.4	89	58.5	107	4.41	39
1981	70.6	79	82.2	53	59	97	0.54	122
1980	73.2	30	83.4	41	63	22	1.60	111
1979	70.8	72	80.3	91	61.3	55	4.44	38
1978	70	88	79.7	103	60.2	73	3.61	60
1977	72.8	37	84	27	61.6	48	2.44	95
1976	71	70	82.3	52	59.6	83	5.76	20
1975	71.8	51	82.5	49	61.1	58	4.60	35
1974	72.7	40	84.8	18	60.5	65	3.36	68
1973	76.4	2	87.5	2	65.3	6	4.50	36
1972	71	70	83	43	59.1	93	3.45	63
1971	72.2	46	84.6	21	59.8	80	5.31	26
1970	73.8	16	86.4	4	61.1	58	3.18	76
1969	73.3	27	85.2	14	61.4	52	3.32	71
1968	70.8	72	83	43	58.5	107	2.53	92
1967	70.2	84	80	96	60.4	69	4.34	41
1966	73.4	23	84.9	17	61.9	41	1.90	106
1965	71.7	54	83.5	38	59.8	80	1.09	118
1964	68.1	116	79.8	100	56.4	121	2.46	93
1963	68.9	106	81	79	56.7	120	1.59	112
1962	69.2	101	80.4	89	58	112	6.27	19
1961	71.8	51	83	43	60.5	65	3.64	59
1960	70.7	75	81.4	68	60	76	3.00	81
1959	73.6	20	83.9	29	63.2	19	4.87	31
1958	70.2	84	81	79	59.4	90	3.41	67
1957	67.5	120	80.1	94	54.8	122	1.27	115
1956	69.6	95	81.3	70	57.9	113	1.13	117
1955	73.8	16	84.1	26	63.6	15	21.87	1
1954	68.3	113	78.8	111	57.9	113	6.67	17
1953	71.3	62	82.9	47	59.6	83	1.71	109
1952	71.3	62	81.2	73	61.4	52	5.69	22
1951	70.8	72	81.1	75	60.6	63	3.13	77
1950	69.8	93	80.1	94	59.6	83	4.16	47
1949	73.4	23	85	16	61.8	43	3.02	79
1948	71.8	51	83.1	42	60.6	63	2.63	88
1947	73.2	30	83.7	34	62.7	26	3.31	72
1946	67.5	120	77.3	117	57.7	115	6.76	14
1945	69.7	94	80.6	83	58.7	106	3.83	54
1944	72.9	36	85.4	12	60.5	65	2.44	95
1943	70.6	79	81.7	61	59.5	87	1.18	116
1942	69.9	92	79.9	97	59.9	77	4.31	42
1941	69.1	103	80.8	82	57.4	117	3.27	74
1940	68	117	78.7	113	57.4	117	1.79	108
1939	75.3	5	84.3	24	66.2	1	3.68	58
1938	74.1	13	83.9	29	64.4	10	3.21	75
1937	74.6	9	83.9	29	65.3	6	7.14	8
1936	71.6	57	81.5	65	61.7	45	4.22	45
1935	71.7	54	81.1	75	62.3	34	0.93	121
1934	68	117	77	119	59	97	2.54	91
1933	71.3	62	79.8	100	62.7	26	4.91	30
1932	72.4	44	81.9	58	62.8	24	5.59	23
1931	71.7	54	80.3	91	63.2	19	4.45	37
1930	70.5	81	80.5	85	60.5	65	1.92	105
1929	69.2	101	79.4	106	59	97	4.82	33
1928	73.6	20	81.9	58	65.4	5	4.08	50
1927	66.6	122	75.1	122	58.2	111	4.16	47
1926	71.2	67	79.5	105	62.8	24	3.88	52
1925	70.7	75	81.1	75	60.3	71	2.32	98
1924	71.4	61	81.3	70	61.5	50	4.95	29
1923	69.4	99	80.5	85	58.4	109	2.57	89
1922	70	88	79.2	109	60.8	62	6.84	11
1921	68.9	106	79	110	58.8	104	1.29	114
1920	72.5	43	81.3	70	63.6	15	3.45	63
1919	67.9	119	76.5	121	59.4	90	3.05	78
1918	72.4	44	82.2	53	62.6	31	3.51	62
1917	73.3	27	82.5	49	64.1	13	6.92	9
1916	72	48	82.4	51	61.7	45	3.44	65
1915	68.7	111	77	119	60.4	69	6.83	12
1914	71.3	62	79.8	100	62.7	26	1.96	104
1913	70.7	75	81.5	65	59.9	77	3.89	51
1912	68.3	113	77.4	116	59.1	93	3.02	79
1911	70.4	82	79.9	97	60.9	61	5.56	24
1910	68.9	106	78.6	114	59.1	93	2.98	82
1909	68.5	112	78.8	111	58.3	110	3.35	69
1908	68.9	106	78.3	115	59.6	83	6.74	15
1907	69.1	103	79.3	107	58.9	103	1.03	119
1906	72.8	37	81.8	60	63.8	14	2.65	87
1905	68.3	113	77.3	117	59.2	92	5.08	27

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	76.8
1973	76.4
2018	75.9
2016	75.9
1939	75.3
2001	75.2
2005	75.1
2021	74.8
2020	74.6
1937	74.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	66.6
1957	67.5
1946	67.5
1919	67.9
1940	68
1934	68
1964	68.1
1954	68.3
1912	68.3
1905	68.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	21.87
2011	11.67
2018	9.10
2021	8.80
1991	8.69
1990	8.32
1997	7.33
1937	7.14
1917	6.92
2013	6.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.54
1935	0.93
2007	0.98
1907	1.03
1965	1.09
1956	1.13
1943	1.18
1957	1.27
1921	1.29
1984	1.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 7 August 2026, 6 August 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 25 August 2026, 16 August 2026
Wettest day: 3.59 in; 3 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.81 in of precipitation in Hartford, CT, the wettest August since 2024, 34th wettest of 122.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Hartford, CT: 92°F on Friday 7 August 2026 and Thursday 6 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Hartford, CT: a low of 55°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026 and Sunday 16 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Hartford, CT: 3.59 in on Monday 3 August 2026.