Elizabethtown weather in August: Elizabethtown, Kentucky: normal highs, lows, rain and records for August
Elizabethtown in August has a normal high of 85°F and a normal low of 64°F, a daily mean of 75°F, falling from 86°F on the 1st to 84°F by the 31st. Measurable precipitation falls on 8 days in a normal August, 4.09 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 30°C and low of 18°C, 104 mm of precipitation in August.
- NOAA stationElizabethtown Wp Cs
- Station IDUSC00152512
- Location37.68°N 85.88°W
- Elevation690 ft (210 m)
- Population34,565
- Jan 42° 24°
- Feb 47° 27°
- Mar 56° 35°
- Apr 67° 44°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 56° 34°
- Dec 46° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Elizabethtown in August?
The normal high is 85°F and the normal low 64°F, for a daily mean of 74.7°F. August is 1.1°F cooler than July and 6.5°F warmer than September. August is the 2nd warmest month of the year in Elizabethtown and the 8th wettest. Across the month the normal high falls 2°F, from 86°F on August 1 to 84°F on August 31. From one year to the next August's mean temperature typically moves about 2.3°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Augusts in three average between 72°F and 77°F.
Bars above: each day's normal high to low. Columns below: the chance of 0.01 inch or more of precipitation that day, on a scale of 0 to 100% (highest 28%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 22% |
| August 8 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% |
| August 15 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 20% |
| August 22 | 85°F | 64°F | 26% | 18% |
| August 31 | 84°F | 62°F | 25% | 17% |
Every day of August: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon August 1, coldest night August 31)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 22% | 14 h 10 min |
| August 2 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h 10 min |
| August 3 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h |
| August 4 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h |
| August 5 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h |
| August 6 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h |
| August 7 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 14 h |
| August 8 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 13 h 50 min |
| August 9 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 13 h 50 min |
| August 10 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 13 h 50 min |
| August 11 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 21% | 13 h 50 min |
| August 12 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 20% | 13 h 50 min |
| August 13 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 20% | 13 h 40 min |
| August 14 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 20% | 13 h 40 min |
| August 15 | 86°F | 65°F | 28% | 20% | 13 h 40 min |
| August 16 | 86°F | 65°F | 27% | 20% | 13 h 40 min |
| August 17 | 86°F | 64°F | 27% | 19% | 13 h 40 min |
| August 18 | 86°F | 64°F | 27% | 19% | 13 h 30 min |
| August 19 | 85°F | 64°F | 27% | 19% | 13 h 30 min |
| August 20 | 85°F | 64°F | 27% | 19% | 13 h 30 min |
| August 21 | 85°F | 64°F | 27% | 18% | 13 h 30 min |
| August 22 | 85°F | 64°F | 26% | 18% | 13 h 20 min |
| August 23 | 85°F | 64°F | 26% | 18% | 13 h 20 min |
| August 24 | 85°F | 64°F | 26% | 18% | 13 h 20 min |
| August 25 | 85°F | 63°F | 26% | 18% | 13 h 20 min |
| August 26 | 85°F | 63°F | 26% | 17% | 13 h 20 min |
| August 27 | 85°F | 63°F | 26% | 17% | 13 h 10 min |
| August 28 | 84°F | 63°F | 25% | 17% | 13 h 10 min |
| August 29 | 84°F | 63°F | 25% | 17% | 13 h 10 min |
| August 30 | 84°F | 62°F | 25% | 17% | 13 h 10 min |
| August 31 | 84°F | 62°F | 25% | 17% | 13 h |
- Normal high
- 85°FAugust average
- Normal low
- 64°FAugust average
- Precipitation
- 4.09 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 80.01 inch or more
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7
- Daylight
- 14 h 10 min to 13 hAugust 1 to August 31
- Days at 70°F or more
- 31
- Days at 80°F or more
- 28
- Sunshine
- 81%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USC00152512; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain in Elizabethtown in August?
On a given August day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 27% on average, highest around August 1 (28%). In all, 4.09 in falls on 8 days of a normal August, 1 of them with an inch or more.
In a normal August in Elizabethtown, 7 days reach 90°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USC00152512.
How does August in Elizabethtown compare across Kentucky?
Across the 68 places PlainClimate covers in Kentucky, August normal highs run from 81°F in Whitesburg to 90°F in Eddyville; Elizabethtown's is 85°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.
Other months and places
- Elizabethtown in July86°F by day, 66°F at night
- Elizabethtown in September80°F by day, 57°F at night
- Elizabethtown through the yearEvery month, frost dates, records and recent years
- Kentucky in AugustThe statewide normal and the warmest and coolest places
- Eddyville: Kentucky's warmest Augustnormal high 90°F