Average Rainfall for Maryland in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities, communities and other locations around Maryland.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, 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 a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern Shore, Central Maryland and Western Maryland.

Eastern Shore

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Assateague Island 4.2 107
8 Chestertown 3.6 90
12 Ocean City 3.8 97
9 Royal Oak 4.8 121
10 Salisbury 5.3 134
9 Snow Hill 4.8 122

Central Maryland

August averages for total rainfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Baltimore 4.1 104
9 Beltsville 3.9 99
12 Catoctin Mountain Park 4.0 102
8 Frederick 2.9 73
8 Laurel 3.8 97
9 Mechanicsville 4.8 123
9 Patuxent River 4.7 118
7 Rockville 3.1 77

Western Maryland

Average amount of rain in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Cumberland 3.4 86
11 Frostburg 3.6 90
10 Hagerstown 2.9 74
12 Oakland 4.3 110
10 Savage River Reservoir Dam 3.5 88
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Maryland Precipitation
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