New Bern, NC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 81.7°F in New Bern, NC, the warmest August since 2016, tied 3rd warmest of 90 (with 2016).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 81.7°F; Warmest since 2016; 3rd warmest of 90
Precipitation: 9.10 in; Wettest since 2025; 24th wettest of 91

A normal August in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.2°F, between 78°F and 81°F in eight years of ten and 6.97 in of precipitation, between 2.31 in and 9.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in New Bern, NC since 1933: 81.7°F in 2026; the highest is 82.3°F, in 1988.

Normal range, 78 to 81°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in New Bern, NC from 1933 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	81.7	3	90.4	7	73	4	9.10	24	0
2025	77	82	85	84	69.1	69	9.13	22	0
2024	78.8	52	87.3	61	70.4	45	13.04	3	0
2023	81.2	8	90.6	5	71.9	12	5.50	56	0
2022	79.4	38	87.9	48	70.9	33	4.83	68	0
2021	81	10	89.5	23	72.6	5	10.68	13	0
2020	80.3	22	88.2	44	72.4	6	7.75	32	0
2019	79.8	31	88.5	36	71.2	25	6.97	38	0
2018	79.7	34	88.3	40	71	31	7.39	34	0
2017	78.7	57	86.7	70	70.8	35	8.23	28	0
2016	81.7	3	90.3	8	73.1	3	5.14	62	0
2015	78.7	57	87.6	52	69.8	54	8.77	26	0
2014	79.2	43	87.6	52	70.8	35	9.13	22	0
2013	78.8	52	87	66	70.6	40	6.08	50	0
2012	79.2	43	87.1	64	71.3	20	7.16	37	0
2011	81.5	5	91.3	4	71.6	15	15.04	2	0
2010	80.5	18	89.7	19	71.3	20	6.26	49	0
2009	79.6	36	88	46	71.2	25	8.07	30	0
2008	78.2	67	87.7	51	68.6	75	3.22	80	0
2007	81.1	9	90.5	6	71.7	14	1.37	90	0
2006	79.8	31	88.6	33	71	31	9.91	17	0
2005	80.9	11	89.8	17	72	11	1.19	91	0
2004	76.6	86	84.7	87	68.5	79	9.63	19	0
2003	80.1	27	88.2	44	72.1	9	5.12	63	0
2002	79.2	43	88.6	33	69.7	56	4.50	70	0
2001	78.3	64	87.5	54	69	70	7.20	36	0
2000	77.7	73	86.4	73	68.9	72	9.41	20	0
1999	79.8	31	89.2	24	70.4	45	6.58	44	0
1998	78.8	52	87.9	48	69.7	56	2.70	83	1
1994	78	69	87.3	61	68.6	75	5.31	59	0
1993	79	49	88.7	30	69.3	67	1.72	88	0
1992	77.9	71	86.4	73	69.5	62	12.81	6	0
1991	80.4	20	88.5	36	72.4	6	6.83	40	0
1990	80	28	89	26	71.1	29	10.48	15	0
1989	78.9	50	87.2	63	70.7	38	6.50	45	0
1988	82.3	1	90.2	10	74.4	1	9.35	21	0
1987	81.9	2	90.1	13	73.7	2	10.79	12	0
1986	77.4	77	85.1	82	69.6	59	13.03	4	0
1985	78.8	52	87.1	64	70.5	42	4.37	71	0
1984	80.4	20	88.9	27	71.8	13	4.13	73	0
1983	80.7	16	90.1	13	71.3	20	5.68	54	0
1982	77.3	78	86	78	68.5	79	2.30	87	0
1981	76.9	85	84.3	89	69.5	62	10.82	10	0
1980	80.8	15	90.3	8	71.3	20	4.88	65	0
1979	79.3	39	88.8	29	69.8	54	4.20	72	2
1978	80.3	22	88.9	27	71.6	15	6.29	48	0
1977	79.2	43	88.5	36	69.9	52	4.88	65	0
1976	77.1	79	85.6	79	68.5	79	6.86	39	0
1975	80.3	22	90.2	10	70.5	42	2.43	84	0
1974	77.7	73	85.1	82	70.2	48	10.81	11	0
1973	78	69	86.3	77	69.6	59	7.60	33	0
1972	78.2	67	87.5	54	68.9	72	2.43	84	0
1971	77.5	75	85.4	81	69.6	59	10.89	9	0
1970	78.3	64	87	66	69.5	62	6.71	42	0
1969	77.1	79	86.4	73	67.9	84	5.55	55	0
1968	80	28	89.9	16	70.1	49	3.79	75	0
1967	76.1	90	84.5	88	67.7	85	9.02	25	0
1966	76.2	89	84	90	68.5	79	4.96	64	0
1965	77.1	79	86.4	73	67.7	85	1.70	89	0
1964	77.5	75	85	84	69.9	52	10.68	13	0
1963	76.6	86	85.6	79	67.7	85	3.25	79	0
1962	78.7	57	87.8	50	69.5	62	5.15	61	0
1961	80.2	26	88.3	40	72.2	8	7.28	35	0
1960							2.31	86	4
1959	80.7	16	90.1	13	71.4	18	7.95	31	0
1958	80.5	18	89.8	17	71.2	25	3.55	76	0
1957	78.4	61	88.3	40	68.6	75	4.05	74	0
1956	78.5	60	88.6	33	68.4	83	3.47	78	0
1955	79.7	34	88	46	71.4	18	24.23	1	0
1954	80.9	11	92.1	1	69.7	56	5.42	57	0
1953	78.4	61	87.4	58	69.4	66	8.09	29	0
1952	79.3	39	87.4	58	71.2	25	5.76	53	0
1951	79.1	47	87.5	54	70.6	40	5.83	52	0
1950	77	82	86.5	72	67.4	89	3.55	76	0
1949	79.1	47	87.4	58	70.8	35	10.21	16	0
1948	78.4	61	89.2	24	67.6	88	6.30	47	0
1947	79.9	30	89.6	21	70.1	49	4.63	69	0
1946	76.4	88	86.9	68	66.1	90	8.58	27	2
1945	77	82	85	84	69	70	9.74	18	0
1944	77.9	71	86.9	68	68.6	75	5.88	51	1
1943	79.3	39	88.5	36	70	51	6.41	46	0
1942	78.3	64	87.5	54	69.2	68	6.81	41	0
1941	79.3	39	88.3	40	70.3	47	5.32	58	0
1940	78.9	50	86.7	70	71.1	29	12.48	7	0
1939	78.8	52	88.7	30	68.9	72	11.53	8	0
1938	81.4	6	92.1	1	70.7	38	2.85	81	0
1937	80.3	22	89.7	19	70.9	33	2.81	82	0
1936	81.4	6	91.5	3	71.3	20	4.84	67	0
1935	79.6	36	88.7	30	70.5	42	12.86	5	0
1934	80.9	11	90.2	10	71.6	15	5.19	60	1
1933	80.9	11	89.6	21	72.1	9	6.59	43	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1988	82.3
1987	81.9
2026	81.7
2016	81.7
2011	81.5
1938	81.4
1936	81.4
2023	81.2
2007	81.1
2021	81

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	76.1
1966	76.2
1946	76.4
2004	76.6
1963	76.6
1981	76.9
2025	77
1950	77
1945	77
1976	77.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	24.23
2011	15.04
2024	13.04
1986	13.03
1935	12.86
1992	12.81
1940	12.48
1939	11.53
1971	10.89
1981	10.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	1.19
2007	1.37
1965	1.70
1993	1.72
1982	2.30
1960	2.31
1975	2.43
1972	2.43
1998	2.70
1937	2.81

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 18 August 2026, 17 August 2026, 14 August 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.19 in; 10 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 9.10 in of precipitation in New Bern, NC, the wettest August since 2025, 24th wettest of 91.
The hottest day of August 2026 in New Bern, NC: 97°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026, Monday 17 August 2026 and Friday 14 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in New Bern, NC: a low of 66°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in New Bern, NC: 2.19 in on Monday 10 August 2026.