Poplar Bluff, MO: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 80°F in Poplar Bluff, MO (1 day missing), the warmest August since 2011, 20th warmest of 112.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 80°F; Warmest since 2011; 20th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 0.79 in; Driest since 2025; 10th driest of 118

A normal August in Poplar Bluff, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.5°F, between 75.3°F and 80.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.84 in of precipitation, between 0.82 in and 6.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Poplar Bluff, MO since 1894: 80°F in 2026; the highest is 83.7°F, in 1947.

Normal range, 75.3 to 80.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1894 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	80	20	91.2	37	68.8	21	0.79	109	1
2025	76.8	81	88.7	69	64.9	84	0.52	116	0
2024	78.5	48	89.3	63	67.8	37	1.75	84	0
2023	77.1	76	86.6	99	67.6	40	5.14	31	0
2022	77.3	75	87.2	91	67.4	43	3.74	45	0
2021	78	57	87.3	87	68.7	24	5.63	21	0
2020	76.4	88	86.2	102	66.7	54	5.47	26	0
2019	78.5	48	87.9	80	69.1	18	5.46	27	0
2018	77.5	70	87	94	67.9	36	4.64	35	0
2017	75.1	102	84.7	111	65.5	75	2.71	67	0
2016	79.5	26	87.3	87	71.7	2	9.28	5	0
2015	75.4	100	85.9	104	64.9	84	3.64	48	0
2014	78.8	42	89.6	59	68	33	1.10	101	0
2013	76.1	94	85.1	108	67.2	44	6.59	14	0
2012	78.4	53	91	43	65.7	73	2.74	64	0
2011	80.3	17	90.5	48	70.1	9	4.17	41	0
2010	81.8	8	93.2	13	70.3	6	0.84	108	0
2009	75.3	101	85.6	106	65	82	5.82	20	0
2008	76.1	94	85.4	107	66.9	49	2.89	61	0
2007	82.5	5	94.1	8	71	3	0.24	118	0
2006	78.7	45	89.1	65	68.2	29	2.69	69	0
2005	79.9	21	90.2	54	69.5	11	6.76	13	0
2004	73.4	108	83.7	113	63	102	2.27	76	0
2003	79.2	35	88.6	72	69.8	10	8.16	7	0
2002	78.9	38	89	67	68.9	19	1.05	103	3
2001	79.2	35	89.5	60	68.8	21	2.78	62	0
2000	80.1	19	91.5	32	68.6	26	0.67	113	0
1999	77.4	73	90.3	51	64.5	95	0.88	106	3
1998	77.9	62	87.4	84	68.4	28	4.35	39	1
1997	76.8	81	87.2	91	66.5	58	6.44	16	1
1996	78.5	48	89	67	68	33	1.21	99	0
1995	82.6	4	93.1	14	72.1	1	1.49	93	1
1994	76.4	88	87.9	80	64.9	84	0.58	114	0
1993	79.8	22	90.3	51	69.3	15	4.41	36	0
1992	73	110	84.2	112	61.8	108	1.09	102	0
1991	79.2	35	91.4	34	67.1	47	3.54	50	0
1990	77	78	88.5	74	65.4	78	1.75	84	0
1989									6
1988	80.6	15	91.1	41	70.2	8	4.39	37	1
1987	80.2	18	91.1	41	69.4	13	2.70	68	3
1986	76.3	91	87.4	84	64.9	84	2.02	79	3
1985	76.7	85	86.8	95	66.8	51	2.78	62	2
1984	77.4	73	88.2	77	66.8	51	2.98	59	3
1983	83.1	3	94.9	7	71	3	2.40	72	1
1982	76.3	91	86.2	102	66.4	62	6.17	18	0
1981							0.32	117	13
1980									8
1979							1.65	89	9
1978	77.9	62	89.3	63	66.5	58	7.32	9	1
1977							9.56	3	8
1976	74.8	104	87.9	80	61.7	109	1.39	95	0
1975	77.1	76	86.5	100	67.6	40	5.07	32	0
1974	76.7	85	87.3	87	66	66	9.33	4	0
1973	78.3	54	90.3	51	66.3	64	3.09	56	0
1972	76.8	81	87.5	83	66.1	65	5.53	25	0
1971	74.9	103	85.8	105	63.9	100	1.71	86	0
1970	77.7	67	87.3	87	68.2	29	3.83	44	0
1969	77.6	69	90.6	47	64.6	92	1.39	95	0
1967	72	112	86.7	97	57.2	113	1.04	104	0
1966	73.8	107	84.9	109	62.7	106	4.92	33	0
1965	78	57	91.2	37	64.8	89	1.94	81	0
1964	78	57	89.8	56	65.8	71	5.62	22	1
1963	77.5	70	89.5	60	65.5	75	1.70	87	0
1962	78.9	38	92.2	26	65.6	74	4.38	38	0
1961	76.3	91	87.4	84	65.1	81	2.57	71	0
1960	79.5	26	91.2	37	67.8	37	4.33	40	0
1959	79.6	24	90.5	48	68.5	27	2.90	60	1
1958	77.5	70	88.4	75	66.6	55	3.02	57	0
1957	77	78	88.1	79	65.9	68	2.74	64	0
1956	79.5	26	92.3	24	66.6	55	1.19	100	0
1955	78.8	42	92.7	18	65	82	0.78	110	0
1954	82.5	5	96.1	4	68.8	21	1.41	94	0
1953	78.5	48	93.8	10	63.4	101	0.68	111	1
1952	79.4	30	92.4	21	66.4	62	2.74	64	0
1951									15
1950	74.5	105	84.8	110	64.3	97	5.35	28	0
1949							2.02	79	31
1948	78.7	45	92.6	19	64.8	89	0.88	106	0
1947	83.7	1	97	2	70.3	6	1.24	98	0
1946	75.7	97	87.1	93	64.3	97	3.87	43	0
1945	78.3	54	91	43	65.5	75	3.20	54	0
1944	79.3	32	91.6	31	66.9	49	3.19	55	0
1943	81.8	8	96.4	3	67.2	44	0.68	111	0
1942	77	78	88.3	76	65.8	71	11.19	2	0
1941	82.2	7	95	5	69.5	11	4.02	42	0
1940	77.8	66	89.1	65	66.5	58	4.75	34	0
1939	76.7	85	88.7	69	64.6	92	2.66	70	0
1938	81.2	12	91.8	30	70.6	5	1.70	87	0
1937	80.7	14	92.4	21	68.9	19	1.00	105	0
1936	83.5	2	97.9	1	69.2	16	0.53	115	0
1935	79.6	24	91.5	32	67.7	39	1.26	97	2
1934	80.6	15	92.1	27	69.2	16	6.05	19	0
1933	76.4	88	88.7	69	64	99	5.27	29	0
1932	78.7	45	91.4	34	66	66	6.23	17	0
1931	75.5	99	86.5	100	64.5	95	5.55	23	0
1930	78	57	93.1	14	62.9	103	3.59	49	0
1929	75.7	97	88.6	72	62.8	104	6.82	12	0
1928	78.9	38	89.8	56	68	33	6.58	15	0
1927	73.3	109	86.8	95	59.8	112	6.87	11	0
1926	78.9	38	91.2	37	66.6	55	8.94	6	0
1925	77.9	62	92.9	16	62.8	104	2.07	78	0
1924	78.8	42	92.4	21	65.3	80	3.42	52	0
1923	80.8	13	92.9	16	68.7	24	1.57	91	0
1922	79.4	30	92.3	24	66.5	58	2.33	74	0
1921	79.3	32	90.4	50	68.2	29	3.27	53	0
1920	75.8	96	90.2	54	61.5	110	5.20	30	0
1919	78.2	56	90.7	46	65.9	68	7.67	8	1
1918			93.9	9	67.6	40	2.10	77	4
1917	73.9	106	86.7	97	60.6	111	5.54	24	1
1916	79.7	23	92.5	20	67	48	3.00	58	0
1915	72.7	111	83.2	114	62.2	107	14.85	1	0
1914									14
1903	77.9	62	90.8	45	64.9	84	1.50	92	0
1902	78	57	91.4	34	64.6	92	7.31	10	2
1901	79.3	32	93.7	11	64.8	89	3.69	46	0
1900	81.5	10	95	5	68.1	32	3.49	51	0
1899	81.5	10	93.5	12	69.4	13	1.88	82	0
1898	78.5	48	89.8	56	67.2	44	3.67	47	0
1897			92	29			2.29	75	4
1896	79.5	26	92.1	27	66.8	51	1.85	83	0
1895	77.7	67	89.5	60	65.9	68	1.65	89	0
1894	76.8	81	88.2	77	65.4	78	2.39	73	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	83.7
1936	83.5
1983	83.1
1995	82.6
2007	82.5
1954	82.5
1941	82.2
2010	81.8
1943	81.8
1900	81.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	72
1915	72.7
1992	73
1927	73.3
2004	73.4
1966	73.8
1917	73.9
1950	74.5
1976	74.8
1971	74.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	14.85
1942	11.19
1977	9.56
1974	9.33
2016	9.28
1926	8.94
2003	8.16
1919	7.67
1978	7.32
1902	7.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	0.24
1981	0.32
2025	0.52
1936	0.53
1994	0.58
2000	0.67
1953	0.68
1943	0.68
1955	0.78
2026	0.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 61°F; 30 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.52 in; 26 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.79 in of precipitation in Poplar Bluff, MO, the driest August since 2025, 10th driest of 118.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 100°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: a low of 61°F on Sunday 30 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 0.52 in on Wednesday 26 August 2026.