Rochester, MN: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 70°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest August since 2023, 32nd warmest of 114.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 70°F; Warmest since 2023; 32nd warmest of 114
Precipitation: 1.24 in; Driest since 2011; 9th driest of 115

A normal August in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69°F, between 64.9°F and 70.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.10 in of precipitation, between 1.54 in and 6.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Rochester, MN since 1886: 70°F in 2026; the highest is 77°F, in 1947.

Normal range, 64.9 to 70.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Rochester, MN from 1886 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	70	32	79.6	56	60.5	16	1.24	107	0
2025	68.3	65	77.5	82	59	38	6.81	7	0
2024	68.5	61	78.4	73	58.6	46	4.92	35	0
2023	70.6	21	81.1	31	60.1	19	1.51	103	0
2022	68	69	77.5	82	58.6	46	6.53	10	0
2021	69.1	46	79.2	63	59	38	6.74	8	0
2020	69.6	38	81.1	31	58.2	50	4.24	47	0
2019	66.7	85	76.7	97	56.7	79	1.54	102	0
2018	69.7	36	79.7	52	59.7	28	3.22	66	0
2017	64.8	109	74.1	114	55.4	93	4.17	49	0
2016	70.1	31	79.7	52	60.6	14	5.74	20	0
2015	66.5	91	75.9	104	57.2	70	3.16	69	0
2014	70.5	23	79.7	52	61.2	9	5.36	26	0
2013	69.9	33	79.9	49	59.8	25	1.80	97	0
2012	69.2	43	80.4	45	57.9	55	1.96	90	0
2011	69.2	43	79.4	61	58.9	40	0.96	110	0
2010	72.7	9	82.5	21	63	5	3.72	56	0
2009	65.7	101	75.1	110	56.3	83	4.16	50	0
2008	68.5	61	79.2	63	57.8	59	1.92	93	0
2007	69.8	34	78.3	74	61.3	8	14.07	1	0
2006	69.6	38	78.3	74	60.9	11	6.25	14	0
2005	67.7	75	77.8	79	57.6	62	4.04	51	0
2004	63.5	113	72.7	116	54.2	103	3.44	61	0
2003	70.8	16	81.7	25	59.8	25	0.34	114	0
2002	67.2	80	76.8	95	57.5	64	4.64	40	0
2001	68.9	53	78.6	72	59.2	35	4.77	36	0
2000	69	49	78	78	59.9	22	5.26	29	0
1999	66.7	85	75.5	107	57.9	55	6.20	15	0
1998	69	49	77.5	82	60.6	14	4.46	43	0
1997	65.5	104	74.1	114	56.8	76	3.23	64	0
1996	66.5	91	76.9	90	56.1	87	2.94	73	0
1995	73.3	6	82.4	22	64.1	2	3.23	64	0
1994	64.9	108	74.6	111	55.1	96	5.64	23	0
1993	68.3	65	77.8	79	58.8	41	6.88	6	0
1992	63.1	114	74.2	113	52.1	110	1.50	104	0
1991	69	49	79.2	63	58.7	44	4.66	37	0
1990	69.4	40	79	67	59.8	25	5.30	28	0
1989	68.5	61	79.6	56	57.4	66	5.73	21	0
1988	72.6	10	84.3	11	60.9	11	2.88	75	0
1987	66.7	85	76.1	102	57.4	66	3.85	54	0
1986	64	111	74.5	112	53.5	106	3.17	68	0
1985	65.3	106	75.4	109	55.2	95	5.40	25	0
1984	70.6	21	81.3	29	59.9	22	1.93	91	0
1983	73.6	4	85.6	6	61.5	7	4.63	41	0
1982	68.7	57	78.7	70	58.6	46	4.94	32	0
1981	67.6	78	76.9	90	58.3	49	6.44	12	0
1980	69.7	36	79.3	62	60.1	19	7.86	3	0
1979	68.6	60	78.1	77	59.2	35	9.52	2	0
1978	68.8	55	80.2	46	57.4	66	1.92	93	0
1977	65	107	76.3	100	53.8	104	2.63	77	0
1976	69.8	34	82.8	16	56.8	76	1.68	100	0
1975	70.8	16	81.9	24	59.7	28	5.97	19	0
1974	66.1	97	77.3	86	55	97	2.37	82	0
1973	70.5	23	80	48	61.1	10	5.71	22	0
1972	68.2	67	77.7	81	58.7	44	2.11	85	0
1971	67.7	75	79.8	50	55.5	92	1.99	89	0
1970	68.5	61	79.6	56	57.4	66	1.17	108	0
1969	69.1	46	80.6	40	57.7	61	3.36	63	0
1968	67.1	83	77.5	82	56.7	79	2.06	88	0
1967	64.1	110	75.8	105	52.5	109	3.52	59	0
1966	66.2	96	76.7	97	55.7	91	3.47	60	0
1965	66.3	95	75.8	105	56.8	76	3.40	62	0
1964	65.8	99	77.3	86	54.3	102	2.07	87	0
1963	66.7	85	77.2	88	56.3	83	3.22	66	0
1962	68.1	68	79.2	63	56.9	75	5.48	24	0
1961	70.2	29	80.8	37	59.6	30	2.51	79	0
1960	70.7	19	81.1	31	60.2	18	2.97	72	0
1959	73	8	82.7	18	63.4	3	6.95	5	0
1958	67.8	72	80.6	40	54.9	99	2.53	78	0
1957	68.7	57	78.2	76	59.3	32	4.65	38	0
1956	69.4	40	80.7	39	58.1	52	6.00	18	0
1955	74.5	2	87.3	2	61.6	6	1.90	95	0
1954	67.8	72	78.9	68	56.7	79	3.77	55	0
1953	70.4	27	82.7	18	58.1	52	1.80	97	0
1952	67.8	72	78.8	69	56.7	79	4.94	32	0
1951	67.2	80	76.8	95	57.6	62	4.56	42	0
1950	65.6	102	76.9	90	54.4	101	1.41	106	0
1949	72.1	11	84.3	11	59.9	22	0.65	113	0
1948	71.8	13	84.2	13	59.3	32	4.94	32	0
1947	77	1	89.1	1	64.9	1	6.59	9	0
1946	66.1	97	78.7	70	53.5	106	3.98	52	0
1945	69.1	46	81	34	57.2	70	1.86	96	0
1944	70.2	29	81.3	29	59.2	35	2.39	81	0
1943	70.5	23	81.4	28	59.5	31	4.19	48	0
1942	69.2	43	80.1	47	58.2	50	7.18	4	0
1941	70.8	16	84.4	10	57.2	70	0.31	115	0
1940	67.2	80	76.3	100	57.9	55	4.29	46	1
1939	68.8	55	80.6	40	57.1	73	6.04	17	0
1938	70.7	19	82.6	20	58.8	41	2.66	76	0
1937	74.3	3	85.2	7	63.3	4	3.92	53	0
1936	73.4	5	86.8	3	60.1	19	4.32	44	0
1935	69.4	40	80.8	37	58	54	6.51	11	0
1934	66.4	93	79.8	50	53	108	1.93	91	0
1933	65.4	105	80.9	35	49.8	114	1.03	109	0
1932	70.3	28	83.1	15	57.5	64	3.00	71	0
1931	68.7	57	81.5	26	56	88	6.43	13	0
1930	70.5	23	86	4	55	97	1.65	101	0
1929	67.6	78	81.5	26	53.7	105	2.08	86	0
1920	65.8	99	80.5	43	51.2	113	2.12	84	0
1919	67.9	70	80.5	43	55.3	94	1.48	105	0
1918			84.5	8			3.69	58	7
1917	65.6	102	79.5	59	52	111	5.32	27	1
1916	71.9	12	84.5	8	59.3	32	1.79	99	0
1915	63.7	112	76	103	51.4	112	2.50	80	0
1914	69	49	82.3	23	55.8	90	3.06	70	0
1913	71.1	15	83.4	14	58.8	41	3.72	56	0
1912	66.4	93	76.9	90	56	88	4.30	45	0
1911			76.5	99			6.08	16	31
1910	67.9	70	79.5	59	56.3	83	2.94	73	0
1909	73.2	7	86	4	60.4	17	5.16	30	0
1908	68.9	53	79.7	52	57.8	59	0.92	112	2
1893	67.7	75	80.9	35	54.5	100	4.65	38	0
1892	66.7	85	77.2	88	56.3	83			0
1888	66.7	85	75.5	107	57.9	55	2.19	83	0
1887	67	84	76.9	90	57.1	73	5.09	31	1
1886	71.8	13	82.8	16	60.8	13	0.96	110	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	77
1955	74.5
1937	74.3
1983	73.6
1936	73.4
1995	73.3
1909	73.2
1959	73
2010	72.7
1988	72.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	63.1
2004	63.5
1915	63.7
1986	64
1967	64.1
2017	64.8
1994	64.9
1977	65
1985	65.3
1933	65.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	14.07
1979	9.52
1980	7.86
1942	7.18
1959	6.95
1993	6.88
2025	6.81
2021	6.74
1947	6.59
2022	6.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.31
2003	0.34
1949	0.65
1908	0.92
2011	0.96
1886	0.96
1933	1.03
1970	1.17
2026	1.24
1950	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 31 August 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 4 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.24 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the driest August since 2011, 9th driest of 115.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Rochester, MN: 86°F on Monday 31 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of 51°F on Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Rochester, MN: 0.40 in on Tuesday 4 August 2026.