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Alice Springs in August: every year compared

In August, Alice Springs averages highs of 22.9 °C and lows of 7.2 °C, with 4 mm of precipitation. The warmest August was 2009 (19.7 °C), the coldest 1966 (10.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 22.9 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 7.2 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 4 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 1

Day by day through August

Normal high and low for each day of August in Alice Springs.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every August in Alice Springs, ranked

86 months of August since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 62 of 86 (−1.3 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 13.9 °C · −1.3 °C vs normal · rank 62 of 86

Warmest years

1200919.7 °C
2202419.4 °C
3195518.0 °C
4194017.6 °C
5201317.6 °C

Coldest years

1196610.8 °C
2194311.8 °C
3198912.2 °C
4197812.2 °C
5201012.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	13.9 °C	21.9 °C	6.0 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2024	19.4 °C	27.8 °C	11.1 °C	1 mm	11 days	1 day	0 days
2023	17.3 °C	25.7 °C	8.9 °C	0 mm	3 days	0 days	0 days
2022	14.8 °C	22.6 °C	6.8 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2021	14.9 °C	23.1 °C	6.4 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2020	17.1 °C	25.3 °C	8.5 °C	1 mm	2 days	0 days	1 day
2019	13.3 °C	21.1 °C	4.7 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
2018	14.8 °C	23.0 °C	6.0 °C	2 mm	2 days	1 day	1 day
2017	16.2 °C	24.6 °C	7.3 °C	0 mm	5 days	0 days	0 days
2016	14.7 °C	21.7 °C	7.8 °C	27 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
2015	15.1 °C	22.5 °C	7.4 °C	3 mm	2 days	0 days	1 day
2014	12.7 °C	20.2 °C	4.4 °C	0 mm	0 days	2 days	0 days
2013	17.6 °C	25.8 °C	8.9 °C	0 mm	6 days	0 days	0 days
2012	15.4 °C	23.9 °C	6.5 °C	0 mm	3 days	2 days	0 days
2011	15.9 °C	24.6 °C	6.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
2010	12.6 °C	19.2 °C	6.4 °C	22 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
2009	19.7 °C	27.6 °C	11.8 °C	3 mm	14 days	0 days	1 day
2008	12.9 °C	19.3 °C	6.3 °C	6 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
2007	15.2 °C	23.4 °C	6.8 °C	3 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
2006	15.7 °C	24.2 °C	7.1 °C	0 mm	3 days	0 days	0 days
2005	14.6 °C	22.0 °C	6.8 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2004	15.3 °C	22.9 °C	7.7 °C	3 mm	1 day	0 days	1 day
2003	16.1 °C	23.8 °C	8.3 °C	1 mm	3 days	2 days	1 day
2002	14.6 °C	23.3 °C	5.6 °C	0 mm	2 days	1 day	0 days
2001	14.4 °C	22.9 °C	5.8 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
2000	13.9 °C	22.2 °C	6.0 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1999	15.7 °C	23.1 °C	8.0 °C	1 mm	3 days	0 days	0 days
1998	16.0 °C	23.5 °C	8.6 °C	12 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1997	15.1 °C	22.6 °C	7.0 °C	0 mm	0 days	2 days	0 days
1996	16.3 °C	23.2 °C	9.5 °C	7 mm	3 days	0 days	1 day
1995	15.8 °C	23.4 °C	8.2 °C	0 mm	6 days	0 days	0 days
1994	13.0 °C	21.1 °C	4.4 °C	0 mm	0 days	1 day	0 days
1993	15.1 °C	22.6 °C	7.8 °C	3 mm	0 days	1 day	1 day
1992	15.2 °C	22.1 °C	8.5 °C	8 mm	2 days	0 days	4 days
1991	15.5 °C	23.1 °C	7.9 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
1990	15.5 °C	22.8 °C	8.2 °C	25 mm	1 day	2 days	2 days
1989	12.2 °C	19.6 °C	4.2 °C	4 mm	1 day	2 days	1 day
1988	14.0 °C	21.4 °C	7.2 °C	16 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1987	13.2 °C	20.5 °C	6.1 °C	2 mm	1 day	0 days	1 day
1986	13.7 °C	20.1 °C	8.0 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1985	16.6 °C	24.0 °C	9.6 °C	2 mm	3 days	0 days	1 day
1984	14.8 °C	22.9 °C	7.0 °C	17 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1983	15.4 °C	22.6 °C	9.0 °C	6 mm	2 days	0 days	2 days
1982	15.9 °C	23.9 °C	8.5 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1981	16.8 °C	24.1 °C	9.5 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1980	15.2 °C	23.1 °C	7.4 °C	2 mm	2 days	0 days	1 day
1979	15.9 °C	23.1 °C	8.9 °C	2 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1978	12.2 °C	18.3 °C	6.9 °C	10 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1977	16.6 °C	25.2 °C	8.4 °C	0 mm	1 day	1 day	0 days
1976	12.7 °C	21.4 °C	5.1 °C	0 mm	0 days	1 day	0 days
1975	13.0 °C	20.3 °C	6.7 °C	31 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1974	14.1 °C	20.8 °C	8.2 °C	27 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1973	15.0 °C	21.5 °C	9.0 °C	25 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1972	16.8 °C	23.4 °C	10.1 °C	6 mm	4 days	0 days	3 days
1971	15.5 °C	22.1 °C	8.7 °C	14 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1970	13.6 °C	21.1 °C	6.5 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1969	14.0 °C	21.9 °C	6.1 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1968	12.9 °C	19.5 °C	6.8 °C	5 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1967	14.2 °C	22.0 °C	6.5 °C	1 mm	2 days	1 day	0 days
1966	10.8 °C	16.9 °C	5.4 °C	116 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1965	16.1 °C	23.7 °C	8.6 °C	10 mm	2 days	1 day	2 days
1964	16.2 °C	24.4 °C	8.9 °C	1 mm	5 days	0 days	0 days
1963	15.5 °C	22.8 °C	8.2 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1962	13.4 °C	20.9 °C	6.3 °C	17 mm	2 days	0 days	3 days
1961	13.7 °C	21.5 °C	5.7 °C	3 mm	2 days	1 day	1 day
1960	13.4 °C	21.2 °C	6.0 °C	1 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1959	16.0 °C	23.2 °C	8.8 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1958	15.7 °C	22.8 °C	9.0 °C	1 mm	4 days	0 days	0 days
1957	15.1 °C	22.1 °C	8.3 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1956	12.7 °C	20.0 °C	5.6 °C	1 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1955	18.0 °C	25.0 °C	11.6 °C	3 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1954	13.9 °C	20.7 °C	7.5 °C	28 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1953	14.1 °C	21.3 °C	7.2 °C	6 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1952	13.3 °C	20.4 °C	6.6 °C	1 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1951	13.1 °C	20.4 °C	5.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1950	14.1 °C	21.7 °C	6.8 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1949	15.1 °C	22.3 °C	7.9 °C	3 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1948	16.1 °C	23.4 °C	8.2 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1947	14.1 °C	20.6 °C	7.7 °C	16 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1946	14.6 °C	22.2 °C	6.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1945	17.1 °C	24.4 °C	10.4 °C	27 mm	6 days	0 days	4 days
1944	15.3 °C	22.3 °C	8.7 °C	13 mm	3 days	0 days	2 days
1943	11.8 °C	16.8 °C	7.6 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 days	11 days
1942	17.0 °C	24.8 °C	9.6 °C	0 mm	6 days	0 days	0 days
1941	12.9 °C	20.5 °C	5.3 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1940	17.6 °C	25.3 °C	9.8 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days

August records

Hottest day

36.7 °C

August 30, 2024 estimate

Nearby station: 36.6 °C on August 30, 2024 measured

Coldest night

-1.6 °C

August 1, 2003 estimate

Nearby station: -4.1 °C on August 11, 1994 measured

Wettest day

51 mm

August 5, 1966 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Alice Springs in August?

Highs average 22.9 °C and lows 7.2 °C. A typical August brings 2 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Alice Springs in August?

About 4 mm falls in August, over some 1 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest August was 1966 (116 mm), the driest 1940 (0 mm).

What was the warmest August in Alice Springs?

2009, with a mean temperature of 19.7 °C. The coldest was 1966 (10.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 62 of 86.