Philadelphia Center City, PA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.7°F in Philadelphia Center City, PA, the warmest August since 2022, tied 13th warmest of 87 (with 2020 and 1995).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.7°F; Warmest since 2022; 13th warmest of 87

A normal August in Philadelphia Center City, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.5°F, between 75.4°F and 81.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.63 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 8.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Philadelphia Center City, PA since 1940: 79.7°F in 2026; the highest is 83.2°F, in 2005.

Normal range, 75.4 to 81.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Philadelphia Center City, PA from 1940 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	79.7	13	88.5	11	71	18			0
2025	75.4	67	84.3	48	66.5	76			0
2024	78.8	24	87.5	20	70.1	31			0
2023	77.7	37	86.1	31	69.4	39			0
2022	81.6	2	90.6	3	72.6	6			0
2021	80.3	9	88.5	11	72.2	9			0
2020	79.7	13	87.7	18	71.6	13			0
2019	79.1	22	87.5	20	70.7	20	6.31	15	1
2018	81.5	4	90	5	72.9	3	4.88	21	0
2017	76.5	46	84.5	47	68.5	51	4.88	21	0
2016	81.6	2	90.4	4	72.8	4	1.61	45	0
2015	79.5	17	88.5	11	70.4	25	1.58	46	0
2014	75.4	67	83.7	61	67.1	69	2.38	40	0
2013	75.4	67	82.5	77	68.4	54	4.63	24	0
2012	78.9	23	87.4	22	70.4	25	4.73	23	0
2011	77.1	40	85.3	39	68.9	43	16.70	1	0
2010	79.2	19	86.7	28	71.7	11	1.08	49	0
2009	78.3	30	86.2	30	70.5	23	9.38	3	0
2008	76.3	50	85.4	38	67.2	66	1.69	43	0
2007	76.7	44	84.7	46	68.8	46	4.00	28	0
2006	78.5	26	86.5	29	70.4	25	7.64	9	0
2005	83.2	1	92.3	1	74.1	1	3.05	32	0
2004	78.1	32	85.8	35	70.3	28	7.76	8	0
2003	80.9	6	89	9	72.8	4	3.58	31	1
2002	81.5	4	90.7	2	72.3	7	3.77	29	0
2001	80.8	8	89.2	7	72.3	7	1.92	42	0
2000	74.8	75	82.5	77	67.2	66	6.47	13	0
1999	78.5	26	87.2	24	69.8	33	8.42	5	0
1998	80.3	9	89.2	7	71.3	14	2.57	38	0
1997	76.9	41	85.9	34	67.8	60	4.90	20	0
1996	75.9	59	84.3	48	67.6	63	7.38	10	0
1995	79.7	13	89.4	6	70	32	1.23	48	0
1994	75.6	64	83.8	58	67.2	66	6.36	14	1
1993	78.4	28	87.4	22	69.5	37	4.23	26	0
1992	73.2	85	80.8	85	65.6	83			0
1991	78	34	85.8	35	70.2	29			0
1990	76.2	52	83.4	67	69	41			0
1989	75.8	61	82.7	76	68.9	43			0
1988	79.2	19	87.1	25	71.3	14			0
1987	75.8	61	83.5	65	68.2	57			0
1986	75.6	64	83.4	67	67.8	60			0
1985	76.2	52	84.2	53	68.3	56			0
1984	78.1	32	85	44	71.2	16			0
1983	79.6	16	88.4	14	70.7	20			0
1982	73.5	84	82.2	80	64.8	86			0
1981	75.3	70	83.1	72	67.6	63			0
1980	80.2	11	88.7	10	71.7	11			0
1979	75	74	83.2	71	66.8	73			0
1978	76.7	44	83.7	61	69.7	35	8.38	6	0
1977	76.3	50	83.7	61	68.8	46	10.86	2	0
1976	76	57	84.3	48	67.7	62	2.63	34	0
1975	77.4	38	85.3	39	69.5	37	1.63	44	0
1974	76.5	46	83.8	58	69.1	40	3.00	33	0
1973	80.9	6	88.3	15	73.5	2			0
1972	77.9	35	86	33	69.8	33			0
1971	76.1	55	84.3	48	67.9	59			0
1970	80	12	88	17	71.9	10			0
1969	78.7	25	86.8	26	70.5	23			0
1968	79.4	18	87.6	19	71.2	16			0
1967	76.2	52	83.5	65	68.9	43			0
1966	79.2	19	88.3	15	70.2	29			0
1965	76.1	55	85.1	42	67.1	69			0
1964	74.4	77	83.4	67	65.5	84	0.32	51	0
1963	75.1	73	84.2	53	66.1	79	2.17	41	0
1962	74.4	77	83.1	72	65.8	81			0
1961	76.5	46	84.3	48	68.6	50			0
1960	76	57	83.8	58	68.2	57			0
1959	78.3	30	86.1	31	70.6	22			0
1958	74.4	77	81.7	82	67.1	69			0
1957	74.8	75	83.6	64	66	80	1.32	47	0
1956	75.8	61	83	74	68.7	48	2.63	34	0
1955	78.4	28	85.8	35	70.9	19	8.93	4	0
1954	74	83	81.3	84	66.6	75	6.03	17	0
1953	76.9	41	85.3	39	68.5	51	2.63	34	0
1952	75.2	72	82.8	75	67.6	63	5.21	19	1
1951	75.6	64	84.1	55	67.1	69	0.54	50	0
1950	74.2	80	82.1	81	66.2	78	6.27	16	0
1949	77.3	39	85	44	69.7	35	4.20	27	0
1948	75.9	59	83.4	67	68.4	54	5.39	18	0
1947	76.4	49	84.1	55	68.7	48	7.15	11	0
1946	72.1	86	79.7	86	64.5	87	4.44	25	0
1945	74.1	81	82.5	77	65.7	82	3.75	30	0
1944	76.8	43	85.1	42	68.5	51	2.44	39	0
1943	77.9	35	86.8	26	69	41			0
1942	74.1	81	81.5	83	66.7	74	6.55	12	0
1941	75.3	70	84.1	55	66.5	76	2.59	37	0
1940	72	87	78.9	87	65.2	85	7.87	7	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2005	83.2
2022	81.6
2016	81.6
2018	81.5
2002	81.5
2003	80.9
1973	80.9
2001	80.8
2021	80.3
1998	80.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	72
1946	72.1
1992	73.2
1982	73.5
1954	74
1945	74.1
1942	74.1
1950	74.2
1964	74.4
1962	74.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	16.70
1977	10.86
2009	9.38
1955	8.93
1999	8.42
1978	8.38
1940	7.87
2004	7.76
2006	7.64
1996	7.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.32
1951	0.54
2010	1.08
1995	1.23
1957	1.32
2015	1.58
2016	1.61
1975	1.63
2008	1.69
2001	1.92

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 8 August 2026
Coldest night: 64°F; 29 August 2026, 22 August 2026, 20 August 2026

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The hottest day of August 2026 in Philadelphia Center City, PA: 96°F on Saturday 8 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Philadelphia Center City, PA: a low of 64°F on Saturday 29 August 2026, Saturday 22 August 2026 and Thursday 20 August 2026.