Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 74.2°F in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the warmest August since 2023, tied 16th warmest of 154 (with 1949).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 74.2°F; Warmest since 2023; 16th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 0.46 in; Driest since 1946; 4th driest of 156

A normal August in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.9°F, between 68.6°F and 74.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.67 in of precipitation, between 1.42 in and 6.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN since 1873: 74.2°F in 2026; the highest is 78.2°F, in 1947.

Normal range, 68.6 to 74.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN from 1871 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	74.2	16	83.4	24	64.9	15	0.46	153	0
2025	72.7	36	80.7	76	64.7	21	3.57	67	0
2024	71.5	61	80.2	84	62.9	38	5.37	28	0
2023	74.7	10	84	19	65.3	9	2.29	113	0
2022	72.5	42	81.5	60	63.5	31	4.27	49	0
2021	74	19	83.1	29	65	12	6.88	10	0
2020	73.1	32	82.2	44	64	26	3.98	54	0
2019	71	71	79.4	104	62.6	42	6.28	17	0
2018	73.9	20	82.9	34	65	12	2.83	97	0
2017	68.7	121	77	135	60.4	95	6.75	11	0
2016	73.4	25	81.9	50	64.8	16	7.82	6	0
2015	70.7	79	79.3	105	62.2	50	2.99	90	0
2014	73.3	29	81.8	53	64.8	16	2.90	93	0
2013	74.7	10	84.2	16	65.3	9	2.07	123	0
2012	72	52	82.1	46	61.8	57	1.38	143	0
2011	73.6	24	82.4	40	64.8	16	3.03	87	0
2010	77	3	86.2	6	67.8	2	4.91	35	0
2009	69.4	109	78	124	60.9	80	6.43	15	0
2008	72.4	43	82.8	35	62.1	54	3.35	77	0
2007	72.1	49	80.2	84	64	26	9.32	1	0
2006	72.1	49	80.6	77	63.6	29	6.90	9	0
2005	71.7	57	80.9	72	62.5	43	5.22	30	0
2004	66.3	147	75.7	145	56.9	145	1.19	145	0
2003	75.3	7	85.3	10	65.3	9	1.12	147	0
2002	70.9	75	79.3	105	62.5	43	8.30	5	0
2001	74.1	18	83.6	21	64.7	21	2.31	112	0
2000	72.1	49	81	69	63.3	33	3.19	80	0
1999	70	98	79.1	108	61	74	2.64	105	0
1998	71.5	61	80.9	72	62.2	50	5.99	19	0
1997	68.8	119	77.7	126	59.8	106	6.01	18	0
1996	70.5	85	81.8	53	59.1	118	1.43	139	0
1995	74.7	10	83.7	20	65.6	8	4.59	41	0
1994	67.3	136	77.4	130	57.3	139	2.90	93	0
1993	70.4	89	79.6	101	61.2	68	6.50	14	0
1992	65.9	151	75.7	145	56.1	150	4.54	43	0
1991	71.1	67	80.9	72	61.3	66	3.14	83	0
1990	70.6	82	80	90	61.2	68	1.71	133	0
1989	70.8	78	80.5	78	61	74	2.92	92	0
1988	73.9	20	84.7	13	63.1	37	4.29	48	0
1987	69	114	77.2	134	60.7	89	3.67	61	0
1986	67	139	76.9	137	57.2	141	4.44	45	0
1985	67.6	132	76.4	143	58.8	119	5.02	33	0
1984	73.4	25	82.7	37	64.2	25	5.15	32	0
1983	76.7	4	87	3	66.5	5	3.12	84	0
1982	71.7	57	82.4	40	61.1	73	3.80	57	0
1981	69.3	111	77.8	125	60.8	83	4.73	37	0
1980	70.6	82	80.3	82	61	74	3.26	79	0
1979	69.8	101	78.5	121	61.2	68	7.04	8	0
1978	72.2	47	83.2	28	61.2	68	5.77	22	0
1977	66.1	150	76.6	141	55.6	152	9.31	2	0
1976	73.3	29	85.4	9	61.2	68	1.39	142	0
1975	71.7	57	81.1	67	62.3	47	4.92	34	0
1974	67.3	136	77.6	129	57	144	2.75	102	0
1973	73.4	25	82.4	40	64.4	24	3.05	86	0
1972	69.8	101	79.2	107	60.4	95	2.48	107	0
1971	69.5	107	81.6	58	57.5	137	1.78	131	0
1970	71.9	55	82.5	38	61.3	66	2.19	118	0
1969	74.4	15	86.5	4	62.3	47	0.99	149	0
1968	70.6	82	80.8	75	60.5	91	0.75	150	0
1967	66.2	149	77.3	132	55.1	153	2.79	100	0
1966	68.2	126	78.8	114	57.6	133	4.40	46	0
1965	68.6	123	78.8	114	58.4	122	4.04	52	0
1964	68.5	124	79.1	108	57.9	126	5.42	27	0
1963	68.9	118	80.5	78	57.3	139	1.55	138	0
1962	68.3	125	80	90	56.6	146	3.47	73	0
1961	71.3	65	82.1	46	60.4	95	2.38	110	0
1960	72	52	82.5	38	61.6	63	3.99	53	0
1959	75.2	9	84.6	14	65.8	7	6.60	13	0
1958	71.4	63	81.3	64	61.4	65	3.03	87	0
1957	70.9	75	80	90	61.7	60	5.75	23	0
1956	71.1	67	81.3	64	61	74	5.22	30	0
1955	76.1	6	86.1	7	66	6	2.84	96	0
1954	70.3	92	80.5	78	60.2	101	3.08	85	0
1953	73.3	29	83	32	63.6	29	2.75	102	0
1952	69.1	113	78.9	112	59.2	116	4.18	50	0
1951	68.1	128	76.5	142	59.6	111	1.94	126	0
1950	67.7	131	78.3	123	57.1	143	1.84	130	0
1949	74.2	16	85.2	11	63.3	33	2.64	105	0
1948	72.7	36	83.4	24	62	55	3.37	75	0
1947	78.2	1	88.9	1	67.5	3	2.41	109	0
1946	68.8	119	80	90	57.6	133	0.43	154	0
1945	71	71	81.2	66	60.8	83	2.27	114	0
1944	71.6	60	81.5	60	61.8	57	3.65	63	0
1943	71.9	55	81.4	63	62.4	45	1.75	132	0
1942	70.5	85	80	90	61	74	2.11	120	0
1941	72.6	39	83.4	24	61.8	57	3.66	62	0
1940	68.7	121	76.9	137	60.6	90	4.54	43	0
1939	71.2	66	82.1	46	60.4	95	3.65	63	0
1938	73.8	23	84.9	12	62.7	39	3.45	74	0
1937	77.7	2	87.3	2	68.1	1	4.10	51	0
1936	74.7	10	84.6	14	64.8	16	3.48	72	0
1935	72.6	39	81.9	50	63.3	33	3.02	89	0
1934	70.1	96	80.1	87	60.1	103	1.61	136	0
1933	70.7	79	81	69	60.5	91	1.09	148	0
1932	72.6	39	82.1	46	63.2	36	3.87	56	0
1931	70.5	85	80.3	82	60.8	83	2.97	91	0
1930	75.3	7	85.7	8	64.8	16	0.72	151	0
1929	71	71	81.1	67	60.8	83	2.15	119	0
1928	70.3	92	79.8	96	60.9	80	5.84	21	0
1927	67	139	77.4	130	56.6	146	2.11	120	0
1926	69.7	104	78.5	121	61	74	3.72	59	0
1925	72.4	43	82.8	35	62	55	0.20	156	0
1924	68.1	128	77.7	126	58.5	121	7.35	7	0
1923	67.3	136	76.8	140	57.7	128	1.98	125	0
1922	73.4	25	83.5	23	63.4	32	1.66	134	0
1921	70.4	89	79.9	95	60.9	80	2.03	124	0
1920	70	98	80.2	84	59.8	106	1.14	146	0
1919	69.4	109	79.1	108	59.7	108	1.88	129	0
1918	70.9	75	80.1	87	61.7	60	3.73	58	0
1917	67.4	135	76.9	137	58	125	2.83	97	0
1916	72	52	81.7	56	62.4	45	1.66	134	0
1915	65.5	152	75	151	55.9	151	3.49	71	0
1914	69.2	112	78.7	117	59.7	108	8.70	4	0
1913	72.9	33	81.7	56	64	26	1.40	141	0
1912	66.8	142	75.2	150	58.4	122	5.56	26	0
1911	66.7	143	75.6	147	57.7	128	3.65	63	0
1910	69	114	78.8	114	59.3	115	1.56	137	0
1909	73.9	20	83.1	29	64.6	23	2.09	122	0
1908	69	114	78.7	117	59.2	116	0.62	152	0
1907	69	114	78.7	117	59.4	114	5.58	25	0
1906	71.4	63	80.1	87	62.7	39	3.32	78	0
1905	70.7	79	79.8	96	61.7	60	4.32	47	0
1904	66.3	147	74.9	153	57.6	133	5.61	24	0
1903	65.1	153	72.3	154	57.9	126	4.61	39	0
1902	66.5	145	75.3	149	57.7	128	5.94	20	0
1901	72.3	45	83	32	61.5	64	2.65	104	0
1900	76.6	5	86.3	5	67	4	6.67	12	0
1899	72.2	47	81.6	58	62.7	39	3.16	82	0
1898	69.6	106	79.6	101	59.6	111	2.33	111	0
1897	66.9	141	76.1	144	57.7	128	1.94	126	0
1896	71.1	67	82.2	44	60.1	103	3.51	70	0
1895	70.1	96	81.5	60	58.8	119	1.92	128	0
1894	72.3	45	84.2	16	60.5	91	0.38	155	0
1893	69.5	107	81.8	53	57.2	141	6.30	16	0
1892	70	98	79.6	101	60.3	100	4.71	38	0
1891	68.2	126	78.9	112	57.5	137	3.18	81	0
1890	65	154	75	151	55.1	153	2.20	117	0
1889	70.5	85	81	69	60	105	3.56	68	0
1888	67.5	134	77.3	132	57.6	133	2.23	116	0
1887	66.7	143	77	135	56.4	149	3.37	75	0
1886	71	71	82.4	40	59.7	108	2.27	114	0
1885	66.5	145	75.4	148	57.7	128	3.69	60	0
1884	69.7	104	79.7	100	59.6	111	2.89	95	0
1883	68	130	77.7	126	58.4	122	1.22	144	0
1882	72.7	36	83.1	29	62.3	47	2.45	108	0
1881	74.5	14	84.1	18	65	12	4.55	42	0
1880	70.4	89	80.5	78	60.2	101	3.63	66	0
1879	71.1	67	81.9	50	60.4	95	2.78	101	0
1878	72.9	33	83.6	21	62.2	50	1.43	139	0
1877	72.8	35	83.4	24	62.2	50	2.83	97	0
1876	70.3	92	79.8	96	60.8	83	5.28	29	0
1875	67.6	132	78.6	120	56.6	146	8.74	3	0
1874	70.3	92	79.8	96	60.8	83	3.90	55	0
1873	69.8	101	79.1	108	60.5	91	4.61	39	0
1872							3.52	69	31
1871							4.87	36	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	78.2
1937	77.7
2010	77
1983	76.7
1900	76.6
1955	76.1
2003	75.3
1930	75.3
1959	75.2
2023	74.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	65
1903	65.1
1915	65.5
1992	65.9
1977	66.1
1967	66.2
2004	66.3
1904	66.3
1902	66.5
1885	66.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	9.32
1977	9.31
1875	8.74
1914	8.70
2002	8.30
2016	7.82
1924	7.35
1979	7.04
2006	6.90
2021	6.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	0.20
1894	0.38
1946	0.43
2026	0.46
1908	0.62
1930	0.72
1968	0.75
1969	0.99
1933	1.09
2003	1.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 31 August 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.26 in; 29 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.46 in of precipitation in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the driest August since 1946, 4th driest of 156.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 93°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: a low of 56°F on Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 0.26 in on Saturday 29 August 2026.