Wausau, WI: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 69.5°F in Wausau, WI, the warmest August since 2022, tied 23rd warmest of 126 (with 2018).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 69.5°F; Warmest since 2022; 23rd warmest of 126
Precipitation: 2.60 in; Driest since 2023; 33rd driest of 127

A normal August in Wausau, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68.6°F, between 64.7°F and 70.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.66 in of precipitation, between 1.82 in and 6.29 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Wausau, WI since 1895: 69.5°F in 2026; the highest is 74.5°F, in 1937.

Normal range, 64.7 to 70.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Wausau, WI from 1895 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	69.5	23	80.3	27	58.7	27	2.60	95	0
2025	67	68	76.9	86	57.2	52	3.49	73	0
2024	68.2	48	78	65	58.5	29	5.89	20	0
2023	69	29	80.1	31	58	36	1.81	116	0
2022	70.2	14	80	32	60.5	8	4.65	35	0
2021	71.7	5	82.1	10	61.3	6	9.60	2	0
2020	68.6	35	79.5	39	57.7	42	1.86	115	0
2019	65.3	99	75.7	99	54.9	92	3.11	82	0
2018	69.5	23	79.4	41	59.6	18	5.77	23	0
2017	64.3	112	73.9	120	54.7	98	3.62	66	0
2016	69.6	19	79.2	43	60.1	13	3.87	51	0
2015	66.8	73	75.8	98	57.9	38	3.62	66	0
2014	67.6	56	77.1	81	58.1	34	7.10	13	0
2013	68.6	35	80.4	25	56.8	61	3.52	72	0
2012	68.9	31	80.5	24	57.2	52	2.71	91	0
2011	68.8	32	79.1	46	58.6	28	5.36	28	0
2010	71.3	7	81.1	18	61.5	5	3.87	51	0
2009	65.3	99	75.2	105	55.5	83	6.20	17	0
2008	67.6	56	80.3	27	54.9	92	1.24	124	0
2007	68.6	35	78.1	62	59.1	23	4.38	39	0
2006	67.4	59	77.6	69	57.2	52	7.42	11	0
2005	69	29	79.6	38	58.4	31	2.07	111	0
2004	62.6	120	73	123	52.3	120	2.42	101	0
2003	70.8	11	82.4	9	59.2	21	1.47	122	0
2002	67.4	59	77.6	69	57.2	52	4.37	41	0
2001	70.5	13	81.2	16	59.9	15	4.12	46	0
2000	69.2	25	79	49	59.5	19	6.10	18	0
1999	67	68	77	83	57.1	57	2.41	103	0
1998	70.2	14	80.7	23	59.7	17	2.58	97	0
1997	64.9	104	74.3	116	55.5	83	3.19	80	0
1996	68.6	35	79.7	35	57.5	46	3.74	54	0
1995	72.1	3	80.4	25	63.8	1	13.87	1	0
1994	64.7	106	74.6	111	54.7	98	1.29	123	0
1993	68.6	35	78.4	58	58.8	25	4.32	43	0
1992	63.3	118	74.4	114	52.1	121	3.69	60	0
1991	68.5	42	79.2	43	57.8	40	2.78	88	0
1990	67	68	77.2	77	56.8	61	5.10	31	0
1989	68.3	44	78.9	51	57.7	42	3.98	49	0
1988	71.2	8	81.9	12	60.4	9	3.70	59	0
1987	67.3	62	76.6	90	57.9	38	3.18	81	0
1986	64.1	114	74.5	112	53.7	109	2.42	101	0
1985	65.7	93	74.9	106	56.5	67	8.68	7	0
1984	69.6	19	79	49	60.3	10	3.44	74	0
1983	72.5	2	82.9	8	62.2	2	4.93	33	0
1982	66	90	76	96	56	74	3.73	55	0
1981	68.1	52	76.9	86	59.2	21	4.20	45	0
1980	68.2	48	76.9	86	59.5	19	9.26	3	0
1979	65.8	91	74.8	108	56.8	61	5.25	30	0
1978	68.5	42	78.8	54	58.2	33	6.48	15	0
1977	64.3	112	74.7	110	53.8	108	4.51	37	0
1976	68.2	48	81	20	55.4	86	1.63	118	0
1975	67.9	53	78.1	62	57.7	42	5.39	25	0
1974	66.5	81	77.3	74	55.7	79	3.61	68	0
1973	70.2	14	80.2	29	60.2	11	1.99	113	0
1972	66.6	79	76	96	57.3	49	6.27	16	0
1971	64.5	108	76.2	95	52.9	118	4.22	44	0
1970	68.2	48	80.2	29	56.2	70	0.88	126	0
1969	71	10	83.5	5	58.5	29	1.67	117	0
1968	67.7	55	78.1	62	57.4	48	5.63	24	0
1967	63.3	118	74.9	106	51.6	123	3.43	75	0
1966	65.3	99	74.8	108	55.8	77	3.22	79	0
1965	65.3	99	75.3	104	55.3	88	3.41	76	0
1964	63.7	115	74.1	119	53.4	112	5.37	27	0
1963	65.8	91	77.3	74	54.4	102	3.10	83	0
1962	66.7	75	78.4	58	55	91	7.73	10	0
1961	68.6	35	79.7	35	57.5	46	5.08	32	0
1960	68.7	34	79.1	46	58.3	32	4.51	37	0
1959	71.1	9	81.2	16	61	7	5.28	29	0
1958	66.8	73	78.7	55	54.9	92	3.78	53	0
1957	66.1	88	77	83	55.3	88	3.73	55	0
1956	66.7	75	76.6	90	56.8	61	3.65	63	0
1955	71.7	5	83.3	7	60.2	11	2.87	86	0
1954	65.5	98	76.4	92	54.6	101	2.40	104	0
1953	68.3	44	79.4	41	57.3	49	4.10	47	0
1952	65.6	94	77.2	77	54	106	2.75	89	0
1951	63.5	117	73.8	122	53.2	114	2.97	84	0
1950	61.8	123	74.2	118	49.4	126	2.57	98	0
1949	68.3	44	80.9	22	55.6	81	2.63	93	0
1948	69.2	25	82	11	56	74	2.29	105	1
1947			86	2	62.1	3	6.95	14	4
1946	65.2	103	77.3	74	52.8	119	2.63	93	1
1945	66.5	81	77.7	66	55.2	90			1
1944	68.6	35	81.3	14	56.1	73	4.37	41	1
1943	68.3	44	79.1	46	57.2	52	3.61	68	1
1942	66.1	88	76.8	89	55.4	86			1
1941	68.8	32	81.1	18	56.8	61	9.16	4	2
1940	67.2	63	76.3	94	58.1	34	8.34	8	0
1939	69.6	19	81.4	13	57.8	40	3.39	77	0
1938	72	4	84	3	60	14	7.88	9	0
1937	74.5	1	87.3	1	61.8	4	3.66	61	0
1936	70.8	11	84	3	57.6	45	3.71	57	0
1935	69.2	25	79.5	39	58.8	25	3.27	78	0
1934	66.3	86	78.6	56	54	106	3.54	71	0
1933	66.4	84	79.8	33	53	116	2.59	96	1
1932	69.1	28	81	20	57.3	49	2.25	107	0
1931	66.7	75	78.6	56	54.9	92	2.67	92	0
1930	70.2	14	83.4	6	57	58	1.56	119	0
1929	66.6	79	77.5	71	55.7	79	3.66	61	0
1928	67	68	77.5	71	56.4	69	8.75	6	0
1927	61.6	125	73.9	120	49.3	127	1.12	125	0
1926	66.7	75	75.4	101	58	36	8.76	5	0
1925	67.2	63	78.9	51	55.5	83	2.27	106	0
1924	64.4	110	74.5	112	54.4	102	5.85	21	0
1923	62.4	122	72.8	124	52	122	1.96	114	0
1922	67.4	59	78.2	60	56.5	67	2.74	90	0
1921	67.5	58	78.9	51	56.2	70	2.02	112	0
1920	65.6	94	78.2	60	53	116	2.08	110	0
1919	64.6	107	74.4	114	54.8	97	2.51	99	0
1918	67.1	66	77.2	77	57	58	4.59	36	0
1917	61.8	123	72.7	125	51	124	3.63	65	0
1916	67.9	53	79.7	35	56.2	70	1.49	120	0
1915	60.9	126	72.1	126	49.6	125	3.58	70	0
1914	65.6	94	77	83	54.3	105	3.71	57	0
1913	67.2	63	77.5	71	56.9	60	0.82	127	0
1912	62.6	120	71.6	127	53.6	110	7.36	12	0
1911	64.4	110	75.6	100	53.3	113	3.65	63	2
1910	67.1	66	79.2	43	55.6	81	5.39	25	3
1909	70.1	18	81.3	14	58.9	24	2.50	100	0
1908	66.3	86	77.7	66	54.9	92	1.48	121	0
1907	64.9	104	75.4	101	54.4	102	4.71	34	0
1906	69.6	19	79.8	33	59.8	16	2.84	87	2
1905	67	68	77.7	66	56	74	3.93	50	2
1904	63.7	115	74.3	116	53.1	115	2.14	108	1
1903							6.02	19	28
1902	64.5	108	75.4	101	53.6	110	4.01	48	0
1901							2.10	109	20
1900							4.38	39	31
1899									10
1898	65.6	94	76.4	92	54.7	98			1
1897							2.91	85	12
1896	66.5	81	77.2	77	56.6	66	5.84	22	2
1895	66.4	84	77.1	81	55.8	77			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	74.5
1983	72.5
1995	72.1
1938	72
2021	71.7
1955	71.7
2010	71.3
1988	71.2
1959	71.1
1969	71

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	60.9
1927	61.6
1950	61.8
1917	61.8
1923	62.4
2004	62.6
1912	62.6
1992	63.3
1967	63.3
1951	63.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	13.87
2021	9.60
1980	9.26
1941	9.16
1926	8.76
1928	8.75
1985	8.68
1940	8.34
1938	7.88
1962	7.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1913	0.82
1970	0.88
1927	1.12
2008	1.24
1994	1.29
2003	1.47
1908	1.48
1916	1.49
1930	1.56
1976	1.63

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 1 August 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.40 in; 21 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 2.60 in of precipitation in Wausau, WI, the driest August since 2023, 33rd driest of 127.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Wausau, WI: 87°F on Saturday 1 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Wausau, WI: a low of 47°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Wausau, WI: 1.40 in on Friday 21 August 2026.