Using over 550,000 weather observations from over 300 US weather stations to help you understand what the chance of rain...shine...snow is on any given day
The single hottest days in August occurred:
| Red Bluff, California | 1981 | 120.9°F |
| Palm Springs, California | 1998 | 120.4°F |
| Palm Springs, California | 1997 | 120.2°F |
| Mesa, Arizona | 2010 | 120.2°F |
| Hobbs, New Mexico | 1986 | 120°F |
The single coldest days in August occurred:
| Adak Island, Alaska | 2011 | 8.6°F |
| Gulkana, Alaska | 1973 | 18.1°F |
| Barter Island, Alaska | 1974 | 18.1°F |
| Northway, Alaska | 1987 | 18.1°F |
| Bettles, Alaska | 1948 | 19.9°F |
The wettest single days in August occurred:
| Atlantic City, New Jersey | 1997 | 13.5 inches |
| Portland, Maine | 1992 | 13.3 inches |
| Homestead, Florida | 2005 | 13.2 inches |
| Roanoke VA, Virginia | 1974 | 11 inches |
| Great Falls, Montana | 1983 | 10.9 inches |