Wilmington, NC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 82.1°F in Wilmington, NC, the warmest August since 2020, 6th warmest of 153.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 82.1°F; Warmest since 2020; 6th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 15.01 in; Wettest since 2006; 2nd wettest of 156

A normal August in Wilmington, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.8°F, between 78.2°F and 81.9°F in eight years of ten and 7.97 in of precipitation, between 3.96 in and 12.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Wilmington, NC since 1874: 82.1°F in 2026; the highest is 82.6°F, in 1999.

Normal range, 78.2 to 81.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Wilmington, NC from 1871 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	82.1	6	90.3	10	74	4	15.01	2	0
2025	77.8	125	85.5	128	70	119	6.59	79	0
2024	79.8	48	87.9	49	71.7	55	14.66	3	0
2023	81.7	13	89.8	18	73.6	7	9.80	32	0
2022	81.2	20	89.1	25	73.3	10	6.71	76	0
2021	81.8	11	89.4	21	74.3	2	10.07	27	0
2020	82.4	2	89.6	20	75.1	1	8.49	50	0
2019	81.3	19	90	14	72.6	27	7.58	63	0
2018	81.8	11	90.1	13	73.5	8	5.43	103	0
2017	79.5	59	87	78	71.9	47	10.18	25	0
2016	81.9	8	90	14	73.8	6	7.51	65	0
2015	79.2	69	87.5	60	70.9	88	8.95	41	0
2014	79.1	75	87.3	67	70.9	88	8.79	44	0
2013	78.3	109	86.6	92	69.9	123	8.68	46	0
2012	79.2	69	86.3	101	72.1	39	11.60	16	0
2011	81.5	14	90	14	72.9	21	12.52	12	0
2010	81.4	17	90.3	10	72.5	30	2.70	146	0
2009	80.5	26	88.4	36	72.7	26	6.33	84	0
2008	78.9	89	87.1	72	70.6	100	7.19	70	0
2007	81.9	8	90.5	9	73.2	12	2.89	143	0
2006	80.5	26	88.4	36	72.5	30	18.83	1	0
2005	80.7	23	88.5	35	73	19	6.81	74	0
2004	77.2	143	85.1	136	69.2	141	10.03	28	0
2003	80.3	31	87.6	57	72.9	21	6.33	84	0
2002	79.2	69	87.7	53	70.8	92	12.09	14	0
2001	79.5	59	88.3	40	70.8	92	5.62	99	0
2000	77.9	123	86.1	111	69.7	129	8.38	52	0
1999	82.6	1	91.1	6	74.1	3	8.35	53	0
1998	79.7	54	88.2	42	71.3	66	13.48	10	0
1997	77.7	128	87	78	68.3	148	2.86	144	0
1996	78.2	113	86.4	99	70	119	5.19	107	0
1995	79.8	48	89	27	70.6	100	4.08	129	0
1994	78.8	94	87.8	51	69.7	129	6.03	89	0
1993	79.8	48	88.9	30	70.6	100	5.66	97	0
1992	78.5	105	87.2	69	69.8	125	13.56	9	0
1991	80.2	33	88	47	72.4	33	8.65	47	0
1990	80.2	33	89.2	23	71.2	77	11.42	18	0
1989	78.7	99	87	78	70.5	105	3.93	132	0
1988	81	21	88.9	30	73.2	12	9.61	33	0
1987	81.4	17	89.9	17	72.9	21	9.35	38	0
1986	78.7	99	86.3	101	71.2	77	11.44	17	0
1985	78.9	89	87.4	62	70.4	111	3.63	135	0
1984	78.3	109	86.3	101	70.3	112	4.79	115	0
1983	81.5	14	90.7	8	72.2	37	5.63	98	0
1982	77.7	128	86	117	69.3	137	3.67	134	0
1981	76.9	146	84.6	143	69.1	142	14.06	6	0
1980	82.2	5	91.5	3	72.9	21	3.21	140	0
1979	80.5	26	90.3	10	70.8	92	2.48	149	0
1978	82	7	90.9	7	73.2	12	4.77	116	0
1977	80.5	26	89	27	72	43	5.85	93	0
1976	77.7	128	86.3	101	69.1	142	9.53	36	0
1975	82.4	2	91.7	1	73.1	17	4.52	123	0
1974	79.2	69	87.4	62	71.1	83	13.33	11	0
1973	80	42	89.2	23	70.9	88	6.42	83	0
1972	79.3	67	88.7	34	69.8	125	4.91	114	0
1971	78.7	99	87	78	70.5	105	10.42	23	0
1970	79.7	54	88.1	44	71.3	66	13.98	7	0
1969	76.9	146	85.8	122	67.9	152	4.69	117	0
1968	81.9	8	91.6	2	72.1	39	1.66	155	0
1967	80.1	36	88.4	36	71.8	52	8.13	57	0
1966	80.1	36	88.3	40	71.9	47	5.67	96	0
1965	80.1	36	89	27	71.3	66	10.58	21	0
1964	78.1	117	86.1	111	70	119	3.69	133	0
1963	78.7	99	87.7	53	69.8	125	2.73	145	0
1962	78.8	94	88.2	42	69.4	135	4.98	113	0
1961	79.5	59	87.7	53	71.3	66	9.21	40	0
1960	79.7	54	88.1	44	71.3	66	4.53	122	0
1959	80.2	33	89.1	25	71.2	77	7.58	63	0
1958	79.9	44	88.4	36	71.3	66	8.26	56	0
1957	77.5	136	87.2	69	67.8	153	5.08	109	0
1956	79.5	59	89.4	21	69.7	129	5.01	111	0
1955	79.2	69	87.1	72	71.3	66	12.29	13	0
1954	80.8	22	91.5	3	70.2	117	3.29	139	0
1953	78	121	87	78	69	144	7.04	72	0
1952	79.5	59	87.4	62	71.7	55	8.81	43	0
1951	79.8	48	87.6	57	72	43	6.62	77	0
1950	78.1	117	85.7	124	70.5	105	3.43	138	0
1949	80.1	36	86.8	88	73.4	9	8.51	49	0
1948	79	82	86.9	86	71	86	4.07	130	0
1947	79.5	59	87.4	62	71.7	55	6.11	88	0
1946	76.4	150	84.5	144	68.2	150	10.33	24	0
1945	78.1	117	85.2	134	71	86	9.56	35	0
1944	77.9	123	85.1	136	70.7	97	6.60	78	0
1943	79.6	58	87.8	51	71.3	66	5.87	91	0
1942	78.3	109	85.7	124	70.8	92	10.02	29	0
1941	79.9	44	87.5	60	72.3	36	6.15	86	0
1940	79.1	75	86.1	111	72.1	39	14.14	5	0
1939	78.8	94	85.8	122	71.9	47	7.21	69	0
1938	80.7	23	88.8	33	72.6	27	5.84	94	0
1937	79.3	67	86.5	94	72.2	37	4.64	119	0
1936	80.3	31	88.1	44	72.4	33	4.32	126	0
1935	78.9	89	86.1	111	71.6	61	10.02	29	0
1934	80.1	36	87.1	72	73.2	12	5.28	105	0
1933	79.1	75	86.2	108	72.1	39	6.45	82	0
1932	79.1	75	86.9	86	71.3	66	3.16	141	0
1931	78.5	105	86.5	94	70.5	105	5.53	100	0
1930	76.7	148	85.1	136	68.3	148	1.56	156	0
1929	77.5	136	85.7	124	69.3	137	7.80	61	0
1928	80	42	87.3	67	72.6	27	7.11	71	0
1927	76.3	151	83.8	149	68.7	146	8.31	54	0
1926	81.5	14	89.7	19	73.3	10	8.94	42	0
1925	78.1	117	87	78	69.3	137	4.65	118	0
1924	79.1	75	87.1	72	71.1	83	2.53	148	0
1923	79.2	69	86.3	101	72	43	5.04	110	0
1922	75.7	153	83.1	152	68.4	147	5.42	104	0
1921	77.6	133	85.1	136	70.2	117	3.50	136	0
1920	77.7	128	84.7	142	70.6	100	5.23	106	0
1919	78.2	113	86.1	111	70.3	112	5.52	101	0
1918	79.8	48	87.9	49	71.7	55	6.13	87	0
1917	78.5	105	86.2	108	70.7	97	2.26	153	0
1916	79	82	86.5	94	71.4	65	2.36	151	0
1915	79.1	75	86.7	89	71.5	63	9.24	39	0
1914	79	82	86.3	101	71.7	55	7.67	62	0
1913	77.4	141	85.1	136	69.6	133	5.47	102	0
1912	78.8	94	87	78	70.7	97	2.60	147	0
1911	79	82	86.7	89	71.3	66	13.85	8	0
1910	77	145	83.7	150	70.3	112	8.47	51	0
1909	77.8	125	85.3	131	70.3	112	4.09	128	0
1908	78.3	109	85.5	128	71.2	77	9.52	37	0
1907	78.8	94	86.3	101	71.3	66	10.17	26	0
1906	80.5	26	87.1	72	74	4	4.64	119	0
1905	77.1	144	84.9	141	69.3	137	2.93	142	0
1904	77.6	133	85.3	131	69.8	125	6.77	75	0
1903	79.9	44	87.7	53	72	43	14.35	4	0
1902	77.5	136	86	117	68.9	145	2.35	152	0
1901	78.6	103	85.3	131	71.9	47	6.82	73	0
1900	82.4	2	91.5	3	73.2	12	1.90	154	0
1899	79.8	48	86.5	94	73	19	5.79	95	0
1898	79	82	85.2	134	72.8	25	5.93	90	0
1897	78.6	103	86	117	71.2	77	3.50	136	0
1896	79.1	75	87	78	71.1	83	2.48	149	0
1895	78.9	89	86.6	92	71.2	77	6.52	80	0
1894	78.4	108	85.9	121	70.6	100	4.23	127	2
1893	77.5	136	84.3	148	70.8	92	8.01	58	2
1892	79.5	59	87.1	72	71.9	47	4.38	124	0
1891	79	82	86.1	111	71.8	52	11.96	15	0
1890	76.5	149	83.4	151	69.5	134	6.48	81	0
1889	76	152	82.6	153	69.4	135	7.81	60	0
1888	78.2	113	86.7	89	69.7	129	4.61	121	2
1887	77.4	141	84.5	144	70.3	112	9.88	31	0
1886	78	121	85.5	128	70.5	105	4.38	124	0
1885	80.1	36	87.6	57	72.5	30	5.87	91	0
1884	77.5	136	84.5	144	70.5	105	9.58	34	0
1883	79	82	86.4	99	71.5	63	5.19	107	0
1882	79.7	54	86.2	108	73.1	17	7.94	59	0
1881	78.9	89	86	117	71.8	52	4.99	112	0
1880	77.8	125	85.6	127	70	119	8.79	44	0
1879	78.2	113	86.5	94	69.9	123	11.37	19	0
1878	80.7	23	88.9	30	72.4	33	7.37	68	0
1877	79.9	44	88	47	71.7	55	10.46	22	0
1876	79.5	59	87.4	62	71.6	61	8.55	48	0
1875	77.7	128	84.5	144	70.9	88	7.44	66	0
1874	77.6	133	87.2	69	68	151	4.04	131	1
1873							7.42	67	31
1872							11.15	20	31
1871							8.29	55	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1999	82.6
2020	82.4
1975	82.4
1900	82.4
1980	82.2
2026	82.1
1978	82
2016	81.9
2007	81.9
1968	81.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1922	75.7
1889	76
1927	76.3
1946	76.4
1890	76.5
1930	76.7
1981	76.9
1969	76.9
1910	77
1905	77.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2006	18.83
2026	15.01
2024	14.66
1903	14.35
1940	14.14
1981	14.06
1970	13.98
1911	13.85
1992	13.56
1998	13.48

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1930	1.56
1968	1.66
1900	1.90
1917	2.26
1902	2.35
1916	2.36
1979	2.48
1896	2.48
1924	2.53
1912	2.60

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 18 August 2026, 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 69°F; 26 August 2026
Wettest day: 5.31 in; 21 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 15.01 in of precipitation in Wilmington, NC, the wettest August since 2006, 2nd wettest of 156.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Wilmington, NC: 98°F on Tuesday 18 August 2026 and Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Wilmington, NC: a low of 69°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Wilmington, NC: 5.31 in on Friday 21 August 2026.