Weather Blog: A look back at the month of August

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Across the board, August brought in less rainfall than the month of July but some local areas saw higher rainfall totals throughout the month. Below is a table that shows rainfall totals for the entire month of August for select locations. There are a few locations that have a range due to multiple data-collecting sites.

LOCATIONS	RAINFALL TOTALS
AIKEN	2.78″- 7.23″
NORTH AUGUSTA	3.23″- 8.10″
SALLEY	8.36″ - 9.35″
MCCORMICK	5.67″
BARNWELL	6.05″ - 7.26″
EVANS	5.62″ - 7.31″
BUSH FIELD	6.87″

Below is a chart that shows the highest temperatures recorded this month in the cities selected. The average high temperature for this time of year is around 92 degrees. Max high temperatures ranged from 98 to 102, most of those temperatures being recorded on the 27th of August.

LOCATIONS	AUGUST MAX HIGH TEMPERATURE	DATE OF OCCURRENCE
AIKEN	99	AUGUST 28th
NORTH AUGUSTA	98	AUGUST 27th
SALLEY	100	AUGUST 27th
MCCORMICK	102	AUGUST 27th
BARNWELL	102	AUGUST 27th
THOMSON	101	AUGUST 27th
BUSH FIELD	99	AUGUST 25th

Overnight lows throughout the month of July stayed around the 70-degree mark on average. Below is a table of the lowest temperatures recorded during the month of July (2023) across the CSRA.

LOCATIONS	AUGUST MINIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE	DATE OF OCCURRENCE
AIKEN	67	AUGUST 24th
NORTH AUGUSTA	65	AUGUST 18th
SALLEY	63	AUGUST 24th
MCCORMICK	65	AUGUST 25th
BARNWELL	62	AUGUST 24th
THOMSON	65	AUGUST 18th
BUSH FIELD	64	AUGUST 18th

The chart below shows the average high temperature and average low temperature for the month of August in select locations across the CSRA. Climatologically the high temperature for this time of year is 92.6 and this month’s overall average high temperature was 92.4!

LOCATION	AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE	AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
AIKEN	91	71
NORTH AUGUSTA	90.8	71.2
SALLEY	91.2	69.5
MCCORMICK	92.1	68.7
BARNWELL	95	70.2
THOMSON	92.6	70.7
BUSH FIELD	92.5	69.9

Looking at the tropics over the course of August, we had SIX named storms ranging from Tropical Storms to Major Hurricanes which are category 3 and higher.

All six of these named storms formed on or after August 20th. The tropics remain active as we head into the month of September.

Hurricane Idalia brought the most tropical impact to the CSRA at the end of the month. Our area saw anywhere from 1 inch to 8 inches of rainfall throughout the day Wednesday.