San Diego, CA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 75.7°F in San Diego, CA, the warmest August since 2018, 5th warmest of 152.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 75.7°F; Warmest since 2018; 5th warmest of 152
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 2024; 45th driest of 170

A normal August in San Diego, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.6°F, between 68.9°F and 74.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in San Diego, CA since 1875: 75.7°F in 2026; the highest is 78.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 68.9 to 74.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in San Diego, CA from 1851 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	75.7	5	81.1	4	70.3	5	trace	63	0
2025	71.3	60	76.4	71	66.2	58	0.05	29	0
2024	73.6	16	79	14	68.3	21	trace	63	0
2023	71.9	53	77.2	59	66.7	44	1.84	3	0
2022	74.4	9	79.5	11	69.3	10	trace	63	0
2021	73.6	16	78.5	24	68.7	17	0.23	13	0
2020	73.6	16	78.8	16	68.3	21	trace	63	0
2019	71.6	57	76.5	70	66.6	48	0.00	127	0
2018	78.1	1	83.3	1	73	1	0.02	42	0
2017	73.1	23	77.7	42	68.5	20	trace	63	0
2016	72.8	30	77.7	42	67.9	27	0.00	127	0
2015	75.1	7	80.6	6	69.6	7	0.01	46	0
2014	73.8	13	78.5	24	69.1	12	0.08	24	0
2013	70.7	74	75.7	82	65.6	63	trace	63	0
2012	73.7	15	78.4	28	69	14	trace	63	0
2011	69.1	107	73.6	119	64.5	90	0.00	127	0
2010	68	130	72.8	131	63.2	122	0.00	127	0
2009	72.4	39	77.8	39	67	37	trace	63	0
2008	72.1	47	76.4	71	67.9	27	trace	63	0
2007	73.3	21	77.8	39	68.8	16	0.00	127	0
2006	73.1	23	77.5	49	68.7	17	0.01	46	0
2005	71	64	75.6	83	66.4	52	trace	63	0
2004	70.8	71	74.8	101	66.7	44	0.00	127	0
2003	72.7	34	77.5	49	67.9	27	0.00	127	0
2002	68.8	117	73.4	121	64.3	91	trace	63	0
2001	69.6	98	73.5	120	65.6	63	0.00	127	0
2000	72	48	76.3	74	67.7	32	0.01	46	0
1999	68	130	72.7	133	63.3	121	0.00	127	0
1998	72.7	34	77.9	35	67.6	33	trace	63	0
1997	72.9	28	77.7	42	68.1	24	0.00	127	0
1996	72.8	30	77.7	42	67.9	27	trace	63	0
1995	71.9	53	78.5	24	65.3	74	0.00	127	0
1994	74	11	79.9	9	68.1	24	0.01	46	0
1993	70.2	85	75.1	94	65.3	74	trace	63	0
1992	74.9	8	80.4	7	69.4	9	0.05	29	0
1991	68.9	112	73.9	116	63.9	102	0.01	46	0
1990	71.6	57	76.4	71	66.8	41	0.01	46	0
1989	71	64	75.6	83	66.3	56	trace	63	0
1988	71	64	75.8	80	66.2	58	trace	63	0
1987	69.9	91	74.6	104	65.1	80	0.01	46	0
1986	71.8	56	77.5	49	66.1	61	0.00	127	0
1985	72.3	44	77.8	39	66.9	38	trace	63	0
1984	76.5	3	80.2	8	72.9	2	0.06	27	0
1983	77.4	2	82.8	2	72	3	0.39	9	0
1982	73.5	19	78.3	30	68.7	17	trace	63	0
1981	75.8	4	81.1	4	70.5	4	0.00	127	0
1980	74.1	10	78.6	22	69.7	6	0.00	127	0
1979	73.9	12	78.8	16	69	14	0.01	46	0
1978	72.9	28	77.5	49	68.3	21	trace	63	0
1977	73.1	23	77	64	69.2	11	2.13	1	0
1976	72.4	39	77.9	35	66.9	38	0.01	46	0
1975	68.9	112	74.2	112	63.6	111	trace	63	0
1974	70.1	88	74.9	98	65.4	69	trace	63	0
1973	70.4	82	75.5	85	65.4	69	trace	63	0
1972	72.2	45	77.7	42	66.6	48	0.02	42	0
1971	75.4	6	81.2	3	69.6	7	0.03	37	0
1970	72.8	30	77.5	49	68	26	0.00	127	0
1969	72.8	30	78.8	16	66.8	41	0.01	46	0
1968	72.2	45	77.9	35	66.5	51	trace	63	0
1967	73.1	23	78.7	19	67.5	34	0.14	18	0
1966	72.6	36	77.9	35	67.2	36	0.00	127	0
1965	72	48	77.7	42	66.2	58	trace	63	0
1964	70.7	74	76.1	76	65.3	74	trace	63	0
1963	72	48	78.7	19	65.4	69	trace	63	0
1962	70.5	79	77.2	59	63.8	106	trace	63	0
1961	72.5	38	78.7	19	66.4	52	0.04	34	0
1960	71.2	62	77.6	48	64.8	84	0.00	127	0
1959	73.5	19	79.2	13	67.9	27	trace	63	0
1958	73	27	78.4	28	67.5	34	trace	63	0
1957	73.3	21	79.6	10	66.9	38	trace	63	0
1956	69.7	96	75.4	89	63.9	102	trace	63	0
1955	72.4	39	78.9	15	65.9	62	0.11	21	0
1954	71	64	76.7	65	65.3	74	trace	63	0
1953	69.9	91	75.5	85	64.3	91	trace	63	0
1952	70.2	85	76.6	67	63.8	106	trace	63	0
1951	69	110	74.9	98	63	130	0.85	6	0
1950	68.2	126	74.4	108	62	141	0.00	127	0
1949	70.2	85	77.2	59	63.2	122	trace	63	0
1948	68.3	124	74.7	102	61.8	145	0.00	127	0
1947	70.9	70	78.3	30	63.6	111	0.00	127	0
1946	72.4	39	79.3	12	65.4	69	trace	63	0
1945	71.9	53	78.2	32	65.5	67	0.87	5	0
1944	69.3	104	77.2	59	61.5	149	trace	63	0
1943	71.2	62	78.1	33	64.3	91	trace	63	0
1942	70.1	88	76.6	67	63.5	115	trace	63	0
1941	70.8	71	77.5	49	64	101	0.03	37	0
1940	69.1	107	75.1	94	63.1	125	trace	63	0
1939	71	64	77.3	58	64.7	86	trace	63	0
1938	69.5	99	74.4	108	64.6	87	0.03	37	0
1937	68.7	119	73.4	121	64.1	96	0.00	127	0
1936	71.3	60	76.3	74	66.4	52	0.28	11	0
1935	70.5	79	75.5	85	65.4	69	0.18	16	0
1934	69	110	73.2	123	64.9	83	0.02	42	0
1933	66.6	145	71	146	62.2	138	0.01	46	0
1932	66	151	71	146	61.1	152	0.00	127	0
1931	73.8	13	78.5	24	69.1	12	0.08	24	0
1930	70.3	84	75.3	92	65.3	74	trace	63	0
1929	72	48	77.4	57	66.7	44	0.00	127	0
1928	67.2	138	71.9	139	62.4	136	0.03	37	0
1927	68.9	112	73.8	117	64.1	96	0.01	46	0
1926	69.3	104	74	114	64.6	87	0.05	29	0
1925	68.8	117	73.7	118	63.9	102	0.01	46	0
1924	67	142	71.7	141	62.4	136	trace	63	0
1923	67.8	133	72.5	134	63.1	125	trace	63	0
1922	70.7	74	76.1	76	65.3	74	trace	63	0
1921	68.2	126	73.1	125	63.4	119	trace	63	0
1920	70.5	79	75.4	89	65.5	67	0.01	46	0
1919	68.3	124	72.9	129	63.8	106	0.01	46	0
1918	69.9	91	74.7	102	65	81	0.11	21	0
1917	68.6	120	73	127	64.1	96	trace	63	0
1916	67	142	72	138	61.9	144	0.01	46	0
1915	69.5	99	75.3	92	63.7	110	0.00	127	0
1914	66.3	149	70.5	149	62	141	0.00	127	0
1913	68.9	112	74.3	110	63.5	115	0.02	42	0
1912	66.5	146	71.1	145	61.8	145	0.26	12	0
1911	67.4	136	72.8	131	62.1	139	0.00	127	0
1910	67.8	133	72.9	129	62.6	133	0.05	29	0
1909	68.5	121	74	114	63.1	125	trace	63	0
1908	68	130	71.9	139	64.1	96	0.64	7	0
1907	67.2	138	71.2	144	63.2	122	0.00	127	0
1906	68.5	121	73.2	123	63.8	106	0.10	23	0
1905	67.3	137	71.6	142	63	130	0.00	127	0
1904	71	64	75.5	85	66.4	52	trace	63	0
1903	68.4	123	73.1	125	63.6	111	trace	63	0
1902	66.7	144	70.5	149	63	130	trace	63	0
1901	68.2	126	72.3	137	64.2	95	trace	63	0
1900	66.2	150	70	152	62.5	134	trace	63	0
1899	65.8	152	70.1	151	61.5	149	0.07	26	0
1898	70.6	78	74.9	98	66.3	56	0.00	127	0
1897	69.9	91	74.2	112	65.6	63	trace	63	0
1896	69.4	103	75	96	63.9	102	0.13	19	0
1895	67.1	140	72.5	134	61.7	147	0.00	127	0
1894	67.1	140	72.5	134	61.6	148	0.04	34	0
1893	70	90	75.8	80	64.1	96	0.00	127	0
1892	67.8	133	73	127	62.5	134	0.05	29	0
1891	72.4	39	78	34	66.8	41	0.00	127	0
1890	69.8	95	75.4	89	64.3	91	trace	63	0
1889	70.7	74	76.7	65	64.8	84	0.04	34	0
1888	69.1	107	74.5	106	63.6	111	trace	63	0
1887	66.5	146	70.8	148	62.1	139	trace	63	0
1886	71.5	59	77.5	49	65.6	63	trace	63	0
1885	72.6	36	78.6	22	66.6	48	0.13	19	0
1884	70.4	82	77.5	49	63.4	119	trace	63	0
1883	69.7	96	75.9	78	63.5	115	0.00	127	0
1882	70.8	71	76.6	67	65	81	trace	63	0
1881	68.1	129	74.3	110	62	141	0.01	46	0
1880	66.5	146	71.6	142	61.3	151	0.32	10	0
1879	69.5	99	75.9	78	63.1	125	0.00	127	0
1878	69.3	104	75	96	63.5	115	trace	63	0
1877	68.9	112	74.6	104	63.1	125	0.00	127	0
1876	69.5	99	74.5	106	64.6	87	0.06	27	0
1875	72	48	77.2	59	66.7	44	0.21	14	0
1874							0.00	127	31
1873							1.95	2	31
1872							0.18	16	31
1865							trace	63	31
1864							0.00	127	31
1863							0.00	127	31
1862							trace	63	31
1861							trace	63	31
1860							0.00	127	31
1859							0.00	127	31
1858							0.03	37	31
1857							0.00	127	31
1856							0.00	127	31
1855							0.00	127	31
1854							1.35	4	31
1853							0.21	14	31
1852							0.40	8	31
1851							0.00	127	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	78.1
1983	77.4
1984	76.5
1981	75.8
2026	75.7
1971	75.4
2015	75.1
1992	74.9
2022	74.4
1980	74.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	65.8
1932	66
1900	66.2
1914	66.3
1912	66.5
1887	66.5
1880	66.5
1933	66.6
1902	66.7
1924	67
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	2.13
1873	1.95
2023	1.84
1854	1.35
1945	0.87
1951	0.85
1908	0.64
1852	0.40
1983	0.39
1880	0.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	0.00
2016	0.00
2011	0.00
2010	0.00
2007	0.00
2004	0.00
2003	0.00
2001	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 26 August 2026
Coldest night: 68°F; 5 August 2026

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August 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in San Diego, CA, the driest August since 2024, tied 45th driest of 170 (with 2024, 2022, 2020 and 60 other years).
The hottest day of August 2026 in San Diego, CA: 89°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in San Diego, CA: a low of 68°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.