August Weather Statistics for Hope

August 2024 turned out to be the driest month so far with only 1.75 inches of rain recorded at the Southwest Research and Extension Center which serves as Hope’s official weather reporting station.  Normal rainfall for August is only 3.04 inches.  Hope finished the month down 1.29 inches from normal; however, Hope is still up considerably for the year.  The year-to-date rainfall at the end of August was 48.21 inches.  Normal rainfall is 34.90 inches.  Hope is going into September up 13,31 inches on rain.

Despite a couple of extremely hot days, Hope had a relatively mild August.  The average temperature for the month was 71.84 degrees.  This compares to a normal average temperature for August of 81.10 degrees.  Hope had an average temperature 9.26 degrees lower than normal.

The coolest temperature of August was 63 degrees recorded on August 20th and 21st.  The warmest was 100 on August 9th and 101 on August 19th.