Excel Weather in August
Excel in August
The short of it: Excel in August averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 21 °C (69 °F), with 139 mm (5.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 91° · low 69° · rain 5.5 in. · daylight 13 h 17 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Excel an average August high of 91°, a low of 69° and some 5.5 in. of rain. Days run hot, near 91° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 5.5 in., the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 17 min in mid-August, 43 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Excel runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Frisco City, 4 mi to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Excel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.3 in. less rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 21°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 4 mph
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco CityAlabama | 4 mi W | 90° | 69° | 5.5 in. |
| MonroevilleAlabama | 7 mi N | 91° | 69° | 5.3 in. |
| CastleberryAlabama | 21 mi ESE | 91° | 69° | 5.9 in. |
| EvergreenAlabama | 23 mi E | 91° | 69° | 5.6 in. |
| BrewtonAlabama | 27 mi SE | 91° | 70° | 6.5 in. |
| East BrewtonAlabama | 28 mi SE | 91° | 70° | 6.5 in. |
| AtmoreAlabama | 29 mi SSW | 91° | 71° | 6.7 in. |
| FlomatonAlabama | 30 mi S | 91° | 71° | 6.7 in. |