Olympia, WA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 65.4°F in Olympia, WA, the warmest August since 2025, tied 19th warmest of 79 (with 2019 and 1971).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 65.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 19th warmest of 79
Precipitation: 0.12 in; Driest since 2022; 11th driest of 79

A normal August in Olympia, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.4°F, between 62.5°F and 66.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.59 in of precipitation, between 0.11 in and 2.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Olympia, WA since 1948: 65.4°F in 2026; the highest is 68.8°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 62.5 to 66.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Olympia, WA 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	65.4	19	79.5	20	51.3	20	0.12	69	0
2025	67.1	6	80.5	11	53.8	2	1.11	28	1
2024	64.8	25	77.8	41	51.7	15	1.38	24	0
2023	67.7	2	82.1	7	53.3	4	0.78	38	0
2022	67.5	3	82.6	5	52.4	8	0.05	73	0
2021	65.6	17	79.2	24	52	12	0.01	76	0
2020	64.9	24	79.5	20	50.4	33	0.37	57	0
2019	65.4	19	78.1	36	52.7	6	0.80	35	0
2018	65.8	16	80.1	15	51.4	19	0.17	65	0
2017	67.3	5	83.1	3	51.5	18	0.11	70	0
2016	65.5	18	80.3	14	50.7	27	0.40	56	0
2015	66.2	11	80.4	13	51.9	13	2.84	6	0
2014	66.8	7	80.9	9	52.7	6	1.45	23	0
2013	65.9	14	78	38	53.8	2	1.84	15	0
2012	64.5	31	78.8	28	50.3	36	0.04	74	0
2011	63	50	76.7	49	49.3	54	0.25	60	0
2010	63.2	48	76.3	51	50.1	37	0.51	52	0
2009	63.1	49	75.3	60	50.9	23	1.22	25	0
2008	64	38	75.8	56	52.1	11	1.86	14	0
2007	62.4	57	75.3	60	49.5	49	0.67	46	0
2006	62.5	56	77.9	40	47.1	72	0.13	68	0
2005	64.6	28	79.4	23	49.8	41	0.19	63	0
2004	66.6	8	78.7	30	54.5	1	3.93	4	0
2003	63.7	40	79.1	26	48.4	63	0.34	59	0
2002	62.6	54	78	38	47.2	71	0.10	71	0
2001	62.8	51	75.9	54	49.7	45	2.28	10	0
2000	61.1	70	74.8	64	47.5	69	0.41	55	0
1999	63.6	42	75.5	57	51.7	15	0.69	44	0
1998	64.3	32	79.9	17	48.7	61	trace	78	0
1997	65.9	14	79.5	20	52.2	9	2.45	8	0
1996	63.7	40	78.1	36	49.4	52	0.42	54	0
1995	61.7	67	74.2	71	49.2	57	1.22	25	0
1994	64.6	28	79.6	19	49.6	47	0.80	35	0
1993	64.1	35	77.3	43	50.9	23	0.15	66	0
1992	64.8	25	80.5	11	49	59	0.82	33	0
1991	65.1	23	78.3	34	51.9	13	2.31	9	0
1990	66	13	79.8	18	52.2	9	1.79	16	0
1989	62.4	57	75.1	63	49.6	47	0.55	49	0
1988	62.1	60	76.6	50	47.5	69	0.43	53	0
1987	63.6	42	79.2	24	48	67	0.24	61	0
1986	66.4	9	82.3	6	50.6	30	0.01	76	0
1985	63.5	44	78.6	31	48.3	64	0.70	41	0
1984	63.8	39	78.5	33	49	59	0.21	62	0
1983	64.1	35	77.1	45	51.1	21	2.18	12	0
1982	64.3	32	78.3	34	50.4	33	0.55	49	0
1981	67.4	4	83.9	2	50.8	25	0.85	32	0
1980	62.3	59	74.7	66	49.8	41	0.36	58	0
1979	62.8	51	75.5	57	50.1	37	1.56	19	0
1978	63.5	44	75.3	60	51.6	17	1.47	20	0
1977	64.6	28	78.8	28	50.4	33	4.17	2	0
1976	60.7	73	70.7	79	50.7	27	2.71	7	0
1975	60.6	75	71.5	76	49.8	41	3.97	3	0
1974	64.7	27	78.9	27	50.5	31	0.07	72	0
1973	59.5	78	73.3	74	45.6	79	0.59	48	0
1972	64.1	35	80.1	15	48.2	65	0.70	41	0
1971	65.4	19	80.8	10	49.9	39	0.71	40	0
1970	62	61	77.3	43	46.8	75	0.15	66	0
1969	60.6	75	74.8	64	46.4	77	0.18	64	0
1968	61.6	68	73.9	73	49.4	52	5.45	1	0
1967	68.8	1	86.7	1	50.8	25	trace	78	0
1966	61.8	66	76.9	47	46.7	76	0.68	45	0
1965	65.2	22	77.6	42	52.8	5	2.05	13	0
1964	60.1	77	72.1	75	48.1	66	1.47	20	0
1963	63.4	46	76.2	53	50.5	31	0.79	37	0
1962	62	61	74.1	72	49.9	39	3.17	5	0
1961	66.1	12	82.7	4	49.5	49	1.01	29	0
1960	61.4	69	74.3	70	48.5	62	1.16	27	0
1959	60.8	72	74.4	68	47.1	72	0.70	41	0
1958	66.3	10	81.6	8	51	22	0.62	47	0
1957	61.9	64	74.4	68	49.5	49	0.87	31	0
1956	63.3	47	76.8	48	49.8	41	0.88	30	0
1955	60.7	73	75.5	57	45.9	78	0.02	75	0
1954	59.5	78	71.3	77	47.7	68	1.74	17	0
1953	62.6	54	75.9	54	49.3	54	1.63	18	0
1952	62.7	53	76.3	51	49.2	57	0.74	39	0
1951	61.9	64	77	46	46.9	74	0.54	51	0
1950	64.2	34	78.6	31	49.7	45	1.47	20	0
1949	62	61	74.7	66	49.3	54	0.82	33	0
1948	60.9	71	71	78	50.7	27	2.27	11	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	68.8
2023	67.7
2022	67.5
1981	67.4
2017	67.3
2025	67.1
2014	66.8
2004	66.6
1986	66.4
1958	66.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1973	59.5
1954	59.5
1964	60.1
1975	60.6
1969	60.6
1976	60.7
1955	60.7
1959	60.8
1948	60.9
2000	61.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	5.45
1977	4.17
1975	3.97
2004	3.93
1962	3.17
2015	2.84
1976	2.71
1997	2.45
1991	2.31
2001	2.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	trace
1967	trace
2021	0.01
1986	0.01
1955	0.02
2012	0.04
2022	0.05
1974	0.07
2002	0.10
2017	0.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 6 August 2026, 5 August 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 3 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 1 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 0.12 in of precipitation in Olympia, WA, the driest August since 2022, 11th driest of 79.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Olympia, WA: 90°F on Thursday 6 August 2026 and Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Olympia, WA: a low of 44°F on Monday 3 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Olympia, WA: 0.06 in on Saturday 1 August 2026.