Topeka, KS: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.6°F in Topeka, KS, the warmest August since 2023, tied 30th warmest of 140 (with 1956 and 1945).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.6°F; Warmest since 2023; 30th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 0.51 in; Driest since 1971; 4th driest of 140

A normal August in Topeka, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.6°F, between 74.2°F and 81.2°F in eight years of ten and 4.59 in of precipitation, between 1.07 in and 7.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Topeka, KS since 1887: 79.6°F in 2026; the highest is 87.5°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 74.2 to 81.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Topeka, KS from 1887 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	79.6	30	90	48	69.3	15	0.51	137
2025	75.4	105	85.4	113	65.4	89	4.44	59
2024	78	54	89.2	62	66.9	61	2.71	96
2023	80.6	18	92.7	16	68.5	28	2.04	107
2022	79.4	34	91.5	26	67.3	52	3.44	78
2021	79.2	37	89.5	53	68.8	24	4.03	66
2020	76.4	89	87.8	76	65.1	96	0.79	131
2019	76.6	86	85.6	110	67.6	42	12.03	2
2018	78.9	41	90	48	67.8	37	4.86	54
2017	73	129	84.1	125	61.8	132	6.93	19
2016	77.6	64	87.7	77	67.5	45	5.83	39
2015	75.2	108	86.1	102	64.3	103	3.10	85
2014	80.5	20	91.7	24	69.3	15	5.19	48
2013	77.3	71	87.4	85	67.3	52	5.21	47
2012	76.7	84	91.1	33	62.3	129	3.72	71
2011	81.1	13	93.2	14	69	22	4.43	61
2010	81.9	12	94.6	10	69.1	18	1.68	115
2009	74.3	123	84.5	119	64.2	104	4.53	57
2008	76.2	92	87	91	65.4	89	1.48	118
2007	83.5	8	94.3	11	72.7	3	2.79	95
2006	80	24	91.2	31	68.8	24	9.04	6
2005	77.8	60	87.9	75	67.7	39	10.91	4
2004	72.8	131	83.6	130	61.9	131	4.91	51
2003	80.9	14	93.8	13	68.1	32	6.25	30
2002	78.9	41	90.4	44	67.5	45	3.05	87
2001	79	40	90.6	39	67.4	49	5.95	35
2000	85.4	3	98.3	3	72.5	4	0.61	135
1999	77.6	64	89.4	57	65.7	84	1.09	123
1998	78.9	41	89.5	53	68.2	31	0.88	125
1997	75.4	105	86.2	101	64.7	99	4.65	56
1996	74.5	117	83.7	128	65.4	89	6.09	33
1995	80.9	14	91.5	26	70.4	10	4.28	62
1994	75.8	97	87.5	83	64.2	104	7.87	10
1993	77.8	60	87.6	80	68	34	5.29	46
1992	71.7	137	82.7	135	60.6	139	1.24	122
1991	77.2	75	90.9	35	63.6	115	1.76	111
1990	76.5	87	87.2	88	65.8	83	5.69	40
1989	74.8	112	86.1	102	63.5	116	6.22	31
1988	79.4	34	92.8	15	66.1	80	1.34	120
1987	75.5	102	86.5	97	64.4	102	5.90	36
1986	72.3	134	83.2	132	61.4	135	5.50	44
1985	72.7	132	82.3	137	63.2	118	7.97	9
1984	77.9	57	92	22	63.9	109	1.04	124
1983	83	10	96.7	6	69.3	15	0.62	134
1982	75.5	102	83.9	126	67.1	56	4.53	57
1981	73.1	128	82.7	135	63.5	116	3.92	68
1980	80.7	17	92.6	17	68.8	24	5.86	38
1979	76.8	81	86.8	94	66.9	61	4.05	65
1978	75.7	99	88.3	70	63.1	120	2.89	90
1977	76.4	89	87.4	85	65.4	89	11.18	3
1976	76.9	78	91.1	33	62.7	124	0.86	128
1975	79.3	36	91.5	26	67.1	56	1.69	114
1974	74.1	124	84.5	119	63.7	111	4.89	53
1973	77	77	87.7	77	66.4	72	2.83	92
1972	74.7	114	85.6	110	63.7	111	3.26	81
1971	75.9	96	89.2	62	62.5	126	0.26	140
1970	80.6	18	92.6	17	68.6	27	0.83	130
1969	75.4	105	85.8	107	65.1	96	0.87	126
1968	75.5	102	83.8	127	67.1	56	7.40	16
1967	72.1	136	83.3	131	60.8	138	1.84	110
1966	74.7	114	86.3	100	63.2	118	3.62	74
1965	74.9	110	86.1	102	63.7	111	3.53	75
1964	74.5	117	84.9	117	64.1	106	8.24	7
1963	78.4	48	89.9	50	66.9	61	1.30	121
1962	76.7	84	88.9	66	64.5	100	6.64	23
1961	74.4	121	84.9	117	63.9	109	1.92	109
1960	78.1	52	89.6	51	66.7	65	3.70	73
1959	80.2	22	90.6	39	69.7	12	2.65	98
1958	76.2	92	87.1	89	65.3	95	3.71	72
1957	78.4	48	90.7	38	66	81	1.48	118
1956	79.6	30	92.2	21	67	60	2.35	100
1955	79.8	28	92.5	19	67.1	56	3.75	70
1954	80.9	14	92.4	20	69.4	13	6.58	24
1953	77.5	68	90.8	37	64.1	106	3.13	84
1952	77.9	57	89.2	62	66.7	65	4.21	63
1951	77.3	71	88.2	72	66.3	76	5.07	49
1950	71.6	138	81.8	138	61.5	134	5.87	37
1949	75.7	99	88.4	69	63.1	120	7.01	18
1948	77.9	57	89.2	62	66.6	68	2.71	96
1947	85.8	2	97.8	4	73.8	1	6.39	28
1946	76.8	81	87.1	89	66.5	71	6.29	29
1945	79.6	30	91.3	29	67.9	35	0.87	126
1944	77.6	64	87.7	77	67.6	42	6.93	19
1943	82.7	11	94.2	12	71.1	8	2.10	104
1942	77.3	71	87	91	67.5	45	7.72	13
1941	79.8	28	90.5	42	69.1	18	7.79	12
1940	76.5	87	86.6	95	66.3	76	6.40	27
1939	77.8	60	89.3	60	66.4	72	3.51	76
1938	83.9	6	96.2	8	71.6	6	2.15	103
1937	84.3	5	96.4	7	72.2	5	3.35	79
1936	87.5	1	101.2	1	73.7	2	0.57	136
1935	80.1	23	91.6	25	68.5	28	3.98	67
1934	83.6	7	97	5	70.3	11	1.71	112
1933	76.2	92	86.4	99	66	81	3.50	77
1932	78.7	44	89.4	57	67.9	35	7.82	11
1931	75	109	85	115	65	98	6.48	25
1930	80	24	90.9	35	69.1	18	2.88	91
1929	78.4	48	89.4	57	67.4	49	2.64	99
1928	77.5	68	87.6	80	67.3	52	4.91	51
1927	70.9	139	80	139	61.8	132	6.80	22
1926	79.1	39	90.5	42	67.7	39	3.27	80
1925	78	54	89.6	51	66.4	72	0.85	129
1924	78	54	88.3	70	67.6	42	6.93	19
1923	76.9	78	87.5	83	66.3	76	4.78	55
1922	79.2	37	90.3	45	68.1	32	0.43	138
1921	77.5	68	87.4	85	67.7	39	9.73	5
1920	72.6	133	82.8	134	62.5	126	4.98	50
1919	76.8	81	88	74	65.5	88	3.06	86
1918	83.2	9	95.5	9	70.8	9	3.24	82
1917	72.9	130	83	133	62.7	124	5.58	43
1916	79.9	26	91.3	29	68.5	28	0.78	132
1915	70	140	79	140	61	137	2.19	102
1914	77.7	63	88.6	67	66.7	65	2.04	107
1913	84.9	4	98.4	2	71.5	7	1.56	117
1912	78.5	46	89.3	60	67.8	37	3.03	88
1911	77.3	71	88.2	72	66.3	76	4.44	59
1910	74.7	114	83.7	128	65.6	86	8.00	8
1909	79.9	26	90.6	39	69.1	18	0.77	133
1908	75.8	97	85.8	107	65.7	84	7.68	14
1907	77.2	75	87	91	67.5	45	3.14	83
1906	76.9	78	86.5	97	67.3	52	7.67	15
1905	78.5	46	89.5	53	67.4	49	1.71	112
1904	74.5	117	85.2	114	63.7	111	2.99	89
1903	74.4	121	84.2	123	64.5	100	12.69	1
1902	76.3	91	86.1	102	66.4	72	6.01	34
1901	78.4	48	90.1	46	66.6	68	1.67	116
1900	80.3	21	91.2	31	69.4	13	2.07	105
1899	79.5	33	90.1	46	68.9	23	2.05	106
1898	77.6	64	88.5	68	66.6	68	3.81	69
1897	74.9	110	85.6	110	64.1	106	2.81	94
1896	78.1	52	89.5	53	66.8	64	5.60	41
1895	75.7	99	85.9	106	65.6	86	6.20	32
1894	78.7	44	92	22	65.4	89	0.42	139
1893	73.5	125	84.2	123	62.8	123	2.82	93
1892	76	95	86.6	95	65.4	89	4.14	64
1891	73.2	127	85	115	61.3	136	2.31	101
1890	74.8	112	87.6	80	62.1	130	5.60	41
1889	72.3	134	84.4	122	60.2	140	6.48	25
1888	73.4	126	84.5	119	62.4	128	7.23	17
1887	74.5	117	85.8	107	63.1	120	5.39	45

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	87.5
1947	85.8
2000	85.4
1913	84.9
1937	84.3
1938	83.9
1934	83.6
2007	83.5
1918	83.2
1983	83

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	70
1927	70.9
1950	71.6
1992	71.7
1967	72.1
1986	72.3
1889	72.3
1920	72.6
1985	72.7
2004	72.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	12.69
2019	12.03
1977	11.18
2005	10.91
1921	9.73
2006	9.04
1964	8.24
1910	8.00
1985	7.97
1994	7.87

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1971	0.26
1894	0.42
1922	0.43
2026	0.51
1936	0.57
2000	0.61
1983	0.62
1909	0.77
1916	0.78
2020	0.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 30 August 2026
Coldest night: 60°F; 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.23 in; 5 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.51 in of precipitation in Topeka, KS, the driest August since 1971, 4th driest of 140.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Topeka, KS: 102°F on Sunday 30 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Topeka, KS: a low of 60°F on Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Topeka, KS: 0.23 in on Wednesday 5 August 2026.