Florida Rainfall Averages in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at dozens of cities in Florida.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to separate tables for each region: South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Central Florida, North Florida and the Florida Panhandle.

South Florida

South Florida weather records include the counties of Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, St Lucie and Sarasota.

Average monthly precipitation in August

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
16	Arcadia	8.9	227
16	Avon Park	7.6	192
20	Big Cypress National Preserve	9.7	245
18	Bradenton	10.1	256
12	Destin	6.1	154
10	Dry Tortugas	4.3	109
19	Everglades Park, Royal Palm	8.6	218
19	Ft. Lauderdale	8.3	210
18	Ft. Myers	10.4	265
15	Ft. Pierce	7.3	184
19	Hialeah	10.0	253
15	Hollywood	7.5	189
10	Islamorada	5.6	142
16	Jensen Beach	8.5	216
15	Key West	5.4	136
19	Marco Island	9.2	233
19	Miami	9.6	243
13	Miami Beach	7.5	191
20	Naples	10.8	275
16	Palm Beach Gardens	8.3	210
16	Pompano Beach	6.3	160
20	Punta Gorda	9.1	231
12	Tavernier (Key Largo)	5.6	143
16	Venice	8.3	212
15	Vero Beach	7.4	187
18	West Palm Beach	8.7	220

Central Florida

Climate records for the central Florida region include cities in the counties of Brevard, Hillsborough, Orange, Pinellas, Polk and Volusia.

Total average rainfall for August

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
16	Bartow	7.8	198
16	Clearwater	9.7	245
15	Daytona Beach	6.6	167
18	Kissimmee	8.4	213
19	Lakeland	9.1	231
16	Melbourne	7.5	190
18	Orlando	7.7	195
15	Palm Coast	6.4	163
18	Plant City	8.9	225
18	Sarasota	9.1	231
17	St. Petersburg	8.4	213
16	Tampa	9.0	229

North Florida

North Florida rainfall amounts are for weather stations in the counties of Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Marion, St Johns and Suwannee.

Average amount of rain in August

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
13	Fernandina Beach	6.4	162
16	Gainesville	6.4	163
15	Glen St. Mary	7.1	181
15	Jacksonville	6.3	160
14	Jacksonville Beach	7.5	192
14	Jasper	6.3	160
17	Lake City	7.3	185
11	Live Oak	5.6	142
13	Madison	6.6	167
18	Ocala	7.1	180
15	St. Augustine	7.2	182

Florida Panhandle

Florida Panhandle weather data come from the counties of Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa and Walton.

Rainy weather averages during August

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
15	Apalachicola	7.8	198
15	Crestview	6.4	163
14	DeFuniak Springs	7.0	177
13	Monticello	7.5	191
15	Niceville	9.2	234
14	Panama City	7.4	189
15	Pensacola	7.5	191
15	Tallahassee	7.6	193