August 2020 lived up to its billing with hot weather and almost normal rainfall.

Looking back at August reveals a continuation of the normal heat and humidity from the earlier summer months. Most locations, however, had fewer, big storm days.

With fewer showers around, daily highs and lows ended up warmer than normal. Without the rain cooled air on many days, it got rather hot.

But, the days with showers and thunderstorms produced some very heavy rainfall. So, most spots ended up with above-average rainfall, and some had below-average rainfall. For some areas, a third of the rain fell in the last 2 days of the month.

Here is a look at the numbers.

Average Temperature: 84.8 degrees (1.6 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 10.20 inches (2.43 inches above normal)

Average Temperature: 84.3 degrees (2.0 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 7.91 inches (0.59 inches below normal)

Average Temperature: 85.2 degrees (3.0 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 4.67 inches (4.47 inches below normal)

Average Temperature: 82.2 degrees (1.2 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 10.07 inches (2.35 inches above normal)

Average Temperature: 84.9 degrees (1.5 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 8.33 inches (0.04 inches above normal)

Average Temperature: 84.8 degrees (0.9 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 8.78 inches (0.40 inches above normal)

Average Temperature: 85.0 degrees (1.8 degrees above normal)

Rainfall: 6.75 inches (1.11 inches below normal)

Typically, in September, we begin to see an end to the rainy season, and some hints of Autumn can come in by the end of the month.

Although, the typical first, good cold front is usually during the second week of October.

Our average high and low on the 1st is 90 degrees and 76 degrees, and they go down to 87 degrees and 72 degrees on the 30th. September averages 6.30 inches of rainfall.