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Nuuk in August: every year compared

In August, Nuuk averages highs of 10.8 °C and lows of 5.8 °C, with 78 mm of precipitation. The warmest August was 2010 (10.5 °C), the coldest 1958 (-0.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 10.8 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 5.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 78 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through August

Normal high and low for each day of August in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every August in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of August since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 25 of 86 (−0.3 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 7.8 °C · −0.3 °C vs normal · rank 25 of 86

Warmest years

1201010.5 °C
220039.9 °C
320079.7 °C
419879.3 °C
520149.1 °C

Coldest years

11958-0.6 °C
21943-0.3 °C
319660.3 °C
419621.1 °C
519591.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	7.8 °C	10.4 °C	5.6 °C	107 mm	0 days	8 cm	10 days
2024	7.0 °C	9.6 °C	4.7 °C	56 mm	0 days	1 cm	7 days
2023	8.5 °C	11.1 °C	6.2 °C	96 mm	0 days	2 cm	12 days
2022	7.5 °C	9.9 °C	5.4 °C	64 mm	0 days	1 cm	10 days
2021	9.1 °C	11.5 °C	7.0 °C	96 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
2020	9.1 °C	12.2 °C	6.4 °C	43 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2019	8.7 °C	12.1 °C	6.1 °C	15 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
2018	7.8 °C	10.2 °C	5.5 °C	77 mm	0 days	3 cm	13 days
2017	8.2 °C	11.3 °C	5.8 °C	150 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2016	9.0 °C	12.4 °C	6.4 °C	8 mm	0 days	0 cm	1 day
2015	8.0 °C	10.9 °C	5.5 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
2014	9.1 °C	11.9 °C	6.7 °C	48 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
2013	7.9 °C	10.6 °C	5.3 °C	82 mm	0 days	6 cm	10 days
2012	9.0 °C	11.6 °C	6.7 °C	102 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2011	7.8 °C	10.3 °C	5.6 °C	72 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
2010	10.5 °C	12.9 °C	8.5 °C	139 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
2009	9.0 °C	12.2 °C	6.4 °C	15 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
2008	7.8 °C	10.5 °C	5.6 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2007	9.7 °C	12.2 °C	7.7 °C	75 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
2006	8.5 °C	10.7 °C	6.5 °C	85 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2005	8.1 °C	10.5 °C	5.9 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2004	8.3 °C	11.0 °C	6.1 °C	78 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2003	9.9 °C	12.8 °C	7.2 °C	125 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
2002	7.4 °C	10.3 °C	4.8 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2001	8.8 °C	11.7 °C	6.4 °C	74 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
2000	7.8 °C	10.6 °C	5.5 °C	97 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1999	8.0 °C	10.6 °C	5.8 °C	141 mm	0 days	1 cm	15 days
1998	7.6 °C	9.8 °C	5.5 °C	55 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1997	6.9 °C	9.4 °C	4.7 °C	80 mm	0 days	1 cm	13 days
1996	6.9 °C	9.2 °C	4.7 °C	117 mm	0 days	1 cm	14 days
1995	6.3 °C	8.9 °C	4.1 °C	79 mm	0 days	1 cm	16 days
1994	6.8 °C	9.0 °C	4.8 °C	146 mm	0 days	2 cm	15 days
1993	7.3 °C	10.1 °C	4.9 °C	95 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1992	6.3 °C	9.5 °C	3.7 °C	15 mm	0 days	1 cm	4 days
1991	6.8 °C	9.2 °C	4.5 °C	129 mm	0 days	1 cm	17 days
1990	6.6 °C	9.3 °C	4.5 °C	68 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1989	6.3 °C	8.8 °C	4.3 °C	87 mm	0 days	4 cm	14 days
1988	7.8 °C	10.1 °C	5.8 °C	103 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1987	9.3 °C	12.2 °C	6.7 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1986	8.4 °C	10.6 °C	6.3 °C	103 mm	0 days	0 cm	20 days
1985	7.9 °C	11.1 °C	5.2 °C	47 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1984	6.0 °C	7.9 °C	4.2 °C	226 mm	0 days	0 cm	19 days
1983	5.1 °C	7.4 °C	3.0 °C	157 mm	0 days	11 cm	20 days
1982	6.5 °C	9.0 °C	4.3 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1981	6.6 °C	9.2 °C	4.4 °C	39 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1980	8.4 °C	11.4 °C	5.8 °C	43 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1979	8.3 °C	11.1 °C	5.8 °C	61 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1978	6.0 °C	8.1 °C	4.0 °C	117 mm	1 day	1 cm	19 days
1977	7.7 °C	10.7 °C	5.0 °C	9 mm	1 day	0 cm	2 days
1976	5.4 °C	7.6 °C	3.3 °C	177 mm	0 days	3 cm	19 days
1975	3.5 °C	5.5 °C	1.1 °C	32 mm	12 days	0 cm	7 days
1974	4.1 °C	5.8 °C	1.9 °C	46 mm	3 days	0 cm	6 days
1973	3.0 °C	5.0 °C	0.9 °C	17 mm	7 days	0 cm	5 days
1972	2.9 °C	4.4 °C	1.0 °C	93 mm	5 days	18 cm	12 days
1971	3.5 °C	5.2 °C	1.8 °C	100 mm	4 days	9 cm	13 days
1970	3.6 °C	5.5 °C	1.5 °C	88 mm	9 days	0 cm	9 days
1969	3.2 °C	4.8 °C	1.5 °C	39 mm	7 days	0 cm	8 days
1968	3.8 °C	5.4 °C	2.1 °C	74 mm	5 days	1 cm	10 days
1967	4.2 °C	5.9 °C	2.2 °C	126 mm	7 days	1 cm	18 days
1966	0.3 °C	2.1 °C	-1.8 °C	0 mm	26 days	0 cm	0 days
1965	2.4 °C	4.0 °C	0.5 °C	78 mm	10 days	1 cm	11 days
1964	2.1 °C	3.6 °C	-0.1 °C	26 mm	18 days	0 cm	4 days
1963	2.0 °C	3.6 °C	-0.0 °C	112 mm	15 days	2 cm	13 days
1962	1.1 °C	3.0 °C	-1.2 °C	77 mm	14 days	0 cm	11 days
1961	2.5 °C	4.1 °C	0.6 °C	109 mm	10 days	2 cm	14 days
1960	3.5 °C	4.8 °C	2.0 °C	84 mm	4 days	0 cm	18 days
1959	1.2 °C	3.1 °C	-0.9 °C	96 mm	18 days	2 cm	13 days
1958	-0.6 °C	1.5 °C	-3.3 °C	5 mm	31 days	0 cm	2 days
1957	1.8 °C	3.1 °C	0.0 °C	70 mm	16 days	2 cm	11 days
1956	2.2 °C	3.8 °C	0.4 °C	32 mm	13 days	0 cm	8 days
1955	2.3 °C	3.9 °C	0.6 °C	102 mm	14 days	3 cm	16 days
1954	2.1 °C	3.7 °C	0.1 °C	31 mm	14 days	0 cm	6 days
1953	2.5 °C	4.6 °C	-0.0 °C	9 mm	14 days	0 cm	2 days
1952	3.4 °C	5.5 °C	0.9 °C	49 mm	11 days	1 cm	11 days
1951	3.8 °C	5.4 °C	1.7 °C	130 mm	5 days	2 cm	18 days
1950	3.0 °C	4.5 °C	1.2 °C	97 mm	10 days	0 cm	16 days
1949	2.2 °C	4.0 °C	-0.2 °C	16 mm	14 days	1 cm	3 days
1948	2.0 °C	3.6 °C	-0.3 °C	80 mm	15 days	0 cm	8 days
1947	1.6 °C	3.0 °C	-0.2 °C	45 mm	19 days	1 cm	12 days
1946	3.4 °C	4.6 °C	1.9 °C	190 mm	5 days	2 cm	21 days
1945	2.6 °C	4.0 °C	0.8 °C	101 mm	11 days	4 cm	18 days
1944	1.7 °C	3.1 °C	-0.1 °C	53 mm	12 days	2 cm	5 days
1943	-0.3 °C	1.4 °C	-2.2 °C	4 mm	25 days	0 cm	2 days
1942	2.5 °C	3.8 °C	1.0 °C	85 mm	9 days	0 cm	15 days
1941	2.1 °C	3.4 °C	0.4 °C	24 mm	12 days	0 cm	6 days
1940	3.4 °C	4.7 °C	1.8 °C	188 mm	3 days	1 cm	22 days

August records

Hottest day

22.4 °C

August 26, 2003 estimate

Coldest night

-9.5 °C

August 28, 1962 estimate

Wettest day

57 mm

August 21, 1940 estimate

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Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in August?

Highs average 10.8 °C and lows 5.8 °C. A typical August brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in August?

About 78 mm falls in August, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest August was 1984 (226 mm), the driest 1966 (0 mm).

What was the warmest August in Nuuk?

2010, with a mean temperature of 10.5 °C. The coldest was 1958 (-0.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 25 of 86.