Average August Weather in Delaware

Typical temperatures, precipitation, humidity and sunshine during August at cities and towns throughout Delaware are listed below.

Temperatures in Delaware for August

This table gives the averages in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures. These normal temperatures are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
85 67 Dover 30 20
86 68 Georgetown 30 20
85 65 Greenwood 29 18
86 69 Lewes 30 21
87 65 Newark 30 18
85 67 Wilmington 29 19

Precipitation in Delaware for August

Here are the August averages for rainfall in Delaware. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation, based on the weather during 1991 to 2020. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation totalled 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

Average precipitation in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Dover 4.9 125
12 Georgetown 4.0 101
8 Greenwood 4.5 114
9 Lewes 4.3 109
8 Newark 4.0 100
9 Wilmington 4.0 101

Sunshine in Delaware for August

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days in Delaware is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during August are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. These numbers are averages of most the years the weather station has operated.

Days of sunshine in August
City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days
With Sun
Wilmington 9 10 19

Humidity in Delaware

In the table below, the Daily number is the average of relative humidity readings taken every three hours throughout the day. Morning percentages are for 7 am and Afternoon levels are for 4 pm local standard time. All the humidity numbers are averages for the years 1961 to 1990.

Average August humidity (%)
Daily City Morning Afternoon
72 Wilmington 83 56
References

National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

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