Portland, OR: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 71.2°F in Portland, OR, the warmest August since 2025, tied 20th warmest of 86 (with 2013).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 71.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 20th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 0.04 in; Driest since 2022; 11th driest of 86

A normal August in Portland, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.1°F, between 68.3°F and 72.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.38 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 1.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Portland, OR since 1941: 71.2°F in 2026; the highest is 75.4°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 68.3 to 72.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Portland, OR from 1941 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
2026	71.2	20	82.9	22	59.5	16	0.04	74
2025	73.6	3	84.9	8	62.4	3	0.59	42
2024	71.8	13	83.2	20	60.4	10	0.60	41
2023	75.4	1	87.1	3	63.6	1	0.62	40
2022	75.1	2	87.3	2	62.8	2	trace	81
2021	72.5	7	84	15	61	5	0.05	73
2020	71.1	22	83.1	21	59.2	23	0.38	48
2019	71.8	13	82.6	27	60.9	6	1.23	18
2018	72.1	10	84.3	11	60	13	0.06	71
2017	73.6	3	87.1	3	60.2	12	0.06	71
2016	71.9	12	84.5	10	59.3	19	0.09	67
2015	72.4	8	84.3	11	60.5	9	0.66	39
2014	73.1	5	84.8	9	61.4	4	0.01	80
2013	71.2	20	81.5	35	60.9	6	0.78	30
2012	71.1	22	83.3	17	58.9	26	trace	81
2011	69.9	34	80.5	42	59.2	23	0.17	59
2010	68.1	54	79.5	55	56.8	55	0.23	55
2009	69.9	34	80.5	42	59.3	19	0.76	31
2008	69.6	37	80	50	59.2	23	1.23	18
2007	68.3	52	78.6	59	58	37	0.46	46
2006	69.2	40	81.2	38	57.2	50	0.10	64
2005	70.7	26	83.3	17	58.1	36	1.05	23
2004	71.5	18	82.3	28	60.7	8	2.68	4
2003	70	32	81.7	33	58.4	31	0.19	56
2002	69.3	39	81.4	37	57.2	50	0.04	74
2001	69.2	40	80.1	48	58.3	34	0.74	33
2000	67.8	58	78.6	59	56.9	53	0.12	63
1999	69	45	78.5	61	59.5	16	0.75	32
1998	71	24	82.7	25	59.3	19	trace	81
1997	71.5	18	82.7	25	60.4	10	1.58	12
1996	70.3	28	82.2	29	58.5	28	0.25	53
1995	67.3	63	78.9	56	55.6	64	0.81	29
1994	70.2	31	82.1	30	58.2	35	0.13	62
1993	68.5	50	79.6	52	57.3	47	0.37	49
1992	69.8	36	82.9	22	56.6	57	0.49	44
1991	70	32	81.6	34	58.5	28	0.70	36
1990	70.8	25	82.1	30	59.6	14	0.95	25
1989	66	69	75.5	79	56.6	57	1.07	21
1988	67.9	55	80.9	41	55	74	0.10	64
1987	70.5	27	84.1	13	56.9	53	0.35	51
1986	72.3	9	86.2	5	58.4	31	0.10	64
1985	69.2	40	81	40	57.5	43	0.48	45
1984	69.4	38	81.1	39	57.7	39	0.09	67
1983	69.1	43	78.8	57	59.4	18	2.29	6
1982	68.6	48	79.6	52	57.5	43	1.66	11
1981	72.1	10	85.5	6	58.8	27	0.15	61
1980	66.4	67	77.6	67	55.1	72	0.39	47
1979	68.6	48	78.7	58	58.5	28	1.18	20
1978	67.5	61	77.8	66	57.3	47	2.05	8
1977	71.7	15	84.1	13	59.3	19	3.26	3
1976	65.5	77	74.3	84	56.7	56	3.29	2
1975	65.3	83	75.3	81	55.3	69	2.10	7
1974	68.9	46	80.4	45	57.4	45	0.07	70
1973	65.9	71	77.5	69	54.3	80	1.41	16
1972	71.7	15	85	7	58.4	31	0.67	38
1971	71.6	17	83.6	16	59.6	14	0.95	25
1970	68.2	53	81.5	35	54.9	77	trace	81
1969	66	69	78.4	62	53.7	83	0.04	74
1968	65.8	74	75.7	77	55.8	60	4.53	1
1967	72.9	6	88.1	1	57.7	39	trace	81
1966	67.5	61	80.4	45	54.6	79	0.59	42
1965	68.5	50	80.1	48	57	52	0.73	34
1964	63.7	85	75.2	82	52.2	86	0.90	27
1963	66.1	68	76.5	75	55.7	61	0.87	28
1962	65.9	71	76.7	74	55.2	71	1.49	14
1961	70.3	28	82.9	22	57.7	39	1.07	21
1960	65.4	80	75.5	79	55.3	69	1.00	24
1959	65.4	80	77.1	72	53.8	81	0.09	67
1958	70.3	28	83.3	17	57.3	47	0.02	78
1957	64.5	84	75.2	82	53.8	81	0.69	37
1956	65.4	80	75.7	77	55.1	72	2.56	5
1955	65.5	77	77.2	71	53.7	83	trace	81
1954	63.3	86	71.6	86	55	74	1.92	9
1953	65.5	77	76.1	76	55	74	1.79	10
1952	67.9	55	79.6	52	56.1	59	0.18	57
1951	65.7	76	77.9	65	53.4	85	0.02	78
1950	68.8	47	81.8	32	55.7	61	0.72	35
1949	66.5	66	77.4	70	55.5	66	0.24	54
1948	65.8	74	74.2	85	57.4	45	1.55	13
1947	65.9	71	76.9	73	54.8	78	0.29	52
1946	67.8	58	80	50	55.5	66	0.18	57
1945	67.9	55	80.4	45	55.4	68	0.37	49
1944	66.8	64	78	63	55.6	64	0.03	77
1943	66.8	64	78	63	55.7	61	1.39	17
1942	69.1	43	80.5	42	57.6	42	0.17	59
1941	67.8	58	77.6	67	58	37	1.45	15

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	75.4
2022	75.1
2025	73.6
2017	73.6
2014	73.1
1967	72.9
2021	72.5
2015	72.4
1986	72.3
2018	72.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	63.3
1964	63.7
1957	64.5
1975	65.3
1960	65.4
1959	65.4
1956	65.4
1976	65.5
1955	65.5
1953	65.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	4.53
1976	3.29
1977	3.26
2004	2.68
1956	2.56
1983	2.29
1975	2.10
1978	2.05
1954	1.92
1953	1.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	trace
2012	trace
1998	trace
1970	trace
1967	trace
1955	trace
2014	0.01
1958	0.02
1951	0.02
1944	0.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 6 August 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 30 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.04 in; 29 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.04 in of precipitation in Portland, OR, the driest August since 2022, tied 11th driest of 86 (with 2002 and 1969).
The hottest day of August 2026 in Portland, OR: 94°F on Thursday 6 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Portland, OR: a low of 52°F on Sunday 30 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Portland, OR: 0.04 in on Saturday 29 August 2026.