Parkersburg, WV: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 73.6°F in Parkersburg, WV, the coldest August since 2025, tied 45th coldest of 98 (with 1974 and 1933).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 73.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 45th coldest of 98
Precipitation: 9.16 in; Wettest since 1935; 2nd wettest of 98

A normal August in Parkersburg, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73.5°F, between 70.8°F and 76.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.17 in of precipitation, between 1.84 in and 5.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Parkersburg, WV since 1926: 73.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 68.7°F, in 1927.

Normal range, 70.8 to 76.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Parkersburg, WV from 1926 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	73.6	52	82.7	74	64.6	25	9.16	2	0
2025	72.1	76	84	53	60.2	87	0.74	96	0
2024	75.7	21	89.4	3	62	69	5.59	17	0
2023	72	77	81.6	84	62.3	60	6.43	9	0
2022	74	43	83.7	57	64.3	32	4.44	29	0
2021	76.8	9	87.4	14	66.2	17	4.91	22	0
2020	74.5	33	84.9	38	64	40	2.99	63	0
2019	73.5	55	85	34	62.1	66	4.01	40	0
2018	75.3	25	85	34	65.6	20	3.25	58	3
2017	71	86	81.8	82	60.1	89	4.14	34	0
2016	78.1	3	89	5	67.2	7	1.33	92	0
2015	71.5	83	83.7	57	59.4	95	2.74	70	0
2014	72.4	72	83	68	61.7	73	3.95	42	0
2013	71.6	81	81.6	84	61.6	74	6.32	10	0
2012	73.5	55	85.8	25	61.2	78	1.65	87	0
2011	73.3	60	84.3	46	62.4	58	4.32	31	0
2010	76.1	17	87.8	10	64.4	31	1.96	84	0
2009	73.2	62	83.4	62	63	52	2.41	77	0
2008	71.7	79	84.1	51	59.3	96	2.57	73	0
2007	77	7	88.3	8	65.8	18	3.04	62	1
2006	74.9	28	86	22	63.7	43	4.45	27	0
2005	76.2	15	86.6	18	65.7	19	3.17	60	0
2004	70.7	90	81.4	86	60.1	89	2.66	71	0
2003	73.8	46	83.2	67	64.5	27	3.91	43	0
2002	76.8	9	90.1	1	63.5	47	0.49	98	0
2001	74.4	35	84.2	48	64.7	23	2.44	75	0
1997	70.9	89	81	89	60.7	83	5.44	20	0
1996	71	86	82	79	60	92	2.13	81	0
1995	78.4	2	89.1	4	67.6	2	4.17	32	0
1994	70.3	94	80.2	95	60.4	86	4.75	23	0
1993	75.9	19	88.1	9	63.7	43	4.13	36	0
1992	69.3	97	79.7	97	58.9	98	2.93	66	0
1991	74	43	84.9	38	63.2	50	6.93	8	0
1990	72.3	73	82	79	62.5	56	7.00	7	0
1989	72	77	81.7	83	62.3	60	7.93	5	0
1988	76.4	12	87.5	13	65.2	21	4.02	39	0
1987	75.7	21	87.3	15	64.1	38	3.68	51	0
1986	71	86	81.4	86	60.5	85	3.36	56	0
1985	71.5	83	80.6	93	62.4	58	2.36	78	0
1984	75.1	27	83.9	55	66.3	14	5.43	21	0
1983	76.9	8	87.3	15	66.5	12	4.14	34	0
1982	71.5	83	80.7	92	62.2	63	3.66	52	0
1981	72.5	70	83.5	59	61.5	75	1.39	90	0
1980	75.8	20	85.1	32	66.5	12	7.17	6	0
1979	73.1	63	82.1	77	64.2	35	5.87	14	0
1978	74.3	37	81.9	81	66.6	10	3.71	49	0
1977	74	43	83.3	66	64.6	25	3.59	54	0
1976	70.5	93	80.9	90	60.2	87	1.94	85	0
1975	76.1	17	85	34	67.3	5	4.42	30	0
1974	73.6	52	83	68	64.2	35	5.89	13	0
1973	74.8	29	84.5	42	65.2	21	2.10	82	0
1972	73	65	82.6	75	63.5	47	7.97	4	0
1971	71.6	81	82.1	77	61.2	78	4.04	38	0
1970	74.1	41	84.6	41	63.6	46	2.63	72	0
1969	73.4	59	84.2	48	62.6	54	4.08	37	0
1968	75.2	26	84.2	48	66.3	14	4.15	33	0
1967	70.7	90	80.4	94	61.1	81	3.72	47	0
1966	73.1	63	84	53	62.2	63	1.45	89	0
1965	72.3	73	83.4	62	61.2	78	2.85	68	0
1964	72.2	75	83.5	59	60.8	82	3.72	47	0
1963	70.7	90	81.4	86	60.1	89	2.44	75	0
1962	74.2	39	86.1	21	62.2	63	1.72	86	0
1961	74.7	31	85.9	24	63.5	47	3.69	50	0
1960	76.4	12	86.5	19	66.3	14	2.36	78	0
1959	78	4	89.5	2	66.6	10	1.36	91	0
1958	72.5	70	82.8	73	62.1	66	5.59	17	0
1957	73	65	85.3	30	60.7	83	0.73	97	0
1956	72.7	69	83.4	62	62.1	66	3.66	52	0
1955	77.5	6	87.6	11	67.3	5	4.45	27	0
1954	73.5	55	82.9	71	64.2	35	5.81	15	0
1953	74.8	29	87.6	11	62	69	1.21	93	0
1952	73.8	46	84.5	42	63.2	50	3.98	41	0
1951	72.9	68	84.3	46	61.5	75	1.02	95	0
1950	71.7	79	82.2	76	61.3	77	3.20	59	0
1949	74.5	33	84.5	42	64.5	27	3.36	56	0
1948	73.5	55	85.1	32	61.9	71	2.89	67	0
1947	78.7	1	88.6	6	68.8	1	9.03	3	0
1946	69.5	96	80	96	59.1	97	3.73	46	0
1945	73.8	46	84.9	38	62.6	54	3.12	61	0
1944	75.5	24	86.8	17	64.3	32	2.97	65	0
1943	74.3	37	85.6	27	62.9	53	2.98	64	0
1942	73.3	60	82.9	71	63.7	43	6.15	12	0
1941	73	65	84.1	51	61.9	71	2.16	80	0
1940	74.4	35	84.5	42	64.3	32	5.59	17	0
1939	74.7	31	85.3	30	64.1	38	1.13	94	0
1938	75.6	23	86.4	20	64.7	23	1.97	83	0
1937	76.8	9	86	22	67.4	3	3.58	55	1
1936	77.7	5	88.5	7	66.9	9	2.77	69	0
1935	74.2	39	83.9	55	64.5	27	10.42	1	0
1934	73.7	50	83.5	59	63.9	41	4.69	26	0
1933	73.6	52	83.4	62	63.8	42	6.17	11	0
1932	74.1	41	85.7	26	62.5	56	2.49	74	0
1931	73.7	50	83	68	64.5	27	4.70	25	0
1930	73.8	46	85.4	28	62.3	60	1.63	88	0
1929	70.2	95	80.9	90	59.5	93	3.87	44	0
1928	76.3	14	85.4	28	67.2	7	4.75	23	0
1927	68.7	98	77.9	98	59.5	93	3.76	45	0
1926	76.2	15	85	34	67.4	3	5.75	16	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	78.7
1995	78.4
2016	78.1
1959	78
1936	77.7
1955	77.5
2007	77
1983	76.9
2021	76.8
2002	76.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	68.7
1992	69.3
1946	69.5
1929	70.2
1994	70.3
1976	70.5
2004	70.7
1967	70.7
1963	70.7
1997	70.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1935	10.42
2026	9.16
1947	9.03
1972	7.97
1989	7.93
1980	7.17
1990	7.00
1991	6.93
2023	6.43
2013	6.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.49
1957	0.73
2025	0.74
1951	1.02
1939	1.13
1953	1.21
2016	1.33
1959	1.36
1981	1.39
1966	1.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 31 August 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.01 in; 11 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 9.16 in of precipitation in Parkersburg, WV, the wettest August since 1935 (1998 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1999 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 2000 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 2nd wettest of 98.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 89°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: a low of 53°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 2.01 in on Tuesday 11 August 2026.