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Franklin in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Franklin is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Franklin is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
13h 28mon average

Is August a good time to visit Franklin?

August sits outside Franklin's best months, which run from October. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in August, against 51°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 11°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in August, against 24% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in August, against 33% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

13h 28m in August, against 9h 45m to 14h 33m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July91°33°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September86°30°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Franklin sits, in August

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:05 AMsets 7:39 PM
Above the sea
210 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Walland276 km east

The land around Franklin, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Franklin

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Franklin. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.