Jackson, KY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 75.5°F in Jackson, KY, the warmest August since 2021, tied 14th warmest of 46 (with 2018).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 75.5°F; Warmest since 2021; 14th warmest of 46
Precipitation: 6.41 in; Wettest since 2023; 8th wettest of 46

A normal August in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.7°F, between 72.4°F and 77.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.80 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 6.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Jackson, KY since 1981: 75.5°F in 2026; the highest is 80°F, in 1995.

Normal range, 72.4 to 77.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Jackson, KY from 1981 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	75.5	14	84.4	17	66.6	12	6.41	8
2025	72.7	38	81.6	37	63.7	35	2.47	38
2024	75.4	16	85.7	12	65.1	23	3.03	31
2023	74.1	24	82.5	31	65.7	17	6.96	5
2022	75.3	18	84	21	66.6	12	3.65	25
2021	76.8	9	84.9	15	68.7	3	8.78	2
2020	75.4	16	84.1	20	66.8	11	6.21	9
2019	75.8	11	86.3	8	65.3	19	1.25	45
2018	75.5	14	84	21	66.9	10	4.43	18
2017	72.7	38	81.5	38	63.8	32	4.56	17
2016	77.8	5	86.3	8	69.3	2	6.83	6
2015	72.8	36	82	35	63.5	38	5.02	15
2014	73.6	27	82.2	34	65	25	8.55	3
2013	72.7	38	81	42	64.4	27	10.04	1
2012	73.4	30	82.9	28	63.8	32	4.75	16
2011	74.7	22	84.2	19	65.3	19	3.07	30
2010	77.3	8	87	6	67.7	7	3.51	27
2009	72.9	35	81.2	41	64.6	26	3.55	26
2008	73.6	27	83.5	24	63.6	36	1.16	46
2007	79.9	2	90.3	2	69.5	1	2.64	34
2006	77.6	6	86.9	7	68.4	6	3.69	24
2005	78.2	3	87.8	4	68.6	5	3.92	23
2004	71.1	44	79.7	45	62.4	45	2.39	41
2003	74.6	23	83.2	25	66	16	5.12	14
2002	75.9	10	85.4	14	66.4	15	1.72	43
2001	74.9	19	83.2	25	66.5	14	2.41	40
2000	73	34	81.5	38	64.4	27	4.38	19
1999	73.9	26	84	21	63.8	32	6.58	7
1998	74.9	19	84.4	17	65.4	18	2.47	38
1997	71.9	43	80.8	43	63	42	4.38	19
1996	73.3	31	82.4	32	64.2	29	3.01	32
1995	80	1	91.2	1	68.7	3	2.07	42
1994	72.4	42	82.3	33	62.6	43	6.11	11
1993	75.6	12	86	11	65.2	21	7.70	4
1992	70.7	46	80.5	44	60.8	46	3.20	29
1991	74.8	21	85.5	13	64	31	2.96	33
1990	73.1	32	82.8	29	63.3	40	4.21	21
1989	73.1	32	83.1	27	63.2	41	5.22	13
1988	78	4	88.7	3	67.2	9	4.15	22
1987	75.6	12	86.1	10	65.1	23	2.64	34
1986	73.6	27	84.5	16	62.6	43	2.49	37
1985	71	45	78.4	46	63.5	38	5.24	12
1984	74	25	82.7	30	65.2	21	2.58	36
1983	77.4	7	87.5	5	67.4	8	3.33	28
1982	72.8	36	81.5	38	64.1	30	6.14	10
1981	72.7	38	81.9	36	63.6	36	1.55	44

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1995	80
2007	79.9
2005	78.2
1988	78
2016	77.8
2006	77.6
1983	77.4
2010	77.3
2021	76.8
2002	75.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	70.7
1985	71
2004	71.1
1997	71.9
1994	72.4
2025	72.7
2017	72.7
2013	72.7
1981	72.7
2015	72.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	10.04
2021	8.78
2014	8.55
1993	7.70
2023	6.96
2016	6.83
1999	6.58
2026	6.41
2020	6.21
1982	6.14

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	1.16
2019	1.25
1981	1.55
2002	1.72
1995	2.07
2004	2.39
2001	2.41
2025	2.47
1998	2.47
1986	2.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 16 August 2026, 14 August 2026, 11 August 2026
Coldest night: 57°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.05 in; 13 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 6.41 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the wettest August since 2023, 8th wettest of 46.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Jackson, KY: 90°F on Sunday 16 August 2026, Friday 14 August 2026 and Tuesday 11 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 57°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Jackson, KY: 2.05 in on Thursday 13 August 2026.