Beverly Cove weather in August

In August, Beverly Cove sees average daytime highs of 70°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 3.2 in of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 70°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Beverly Cove's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beverly Cove's year-round climate.

Daytime high
70°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
65°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3.2 in
7.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
4:55 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
52%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Beverly Cove is human settlement in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 70°F through the month.

A typical August day in Beverly Cove reaches about 70°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 5°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 65°F and 75°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°F warmer than September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How August really feels in Beverly Cove

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Beverly Cove weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 26°4.310.75.89.20.0
Feb37° / 27°3.89.5510.30.0
Mar40° / 32°5.211.54.411.60.1
Apr47° / 41°4.811.21.113.11.5
May55° / 49°3.910.8014.43.6
Jun64° / 59°3.79.5015.15.8
Jul70° / 65°2.78.6014.86.8
Aug70° / 65°3.27.9013.76.9
Sep65° / 60°3.88.2012.36.3
Oct57° / 51°5.210.50.110.84.2
Nov49° / 42°4.610.40.69.62.0
Dec41° / 33°5.411.43.88.90.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25743
35842
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Beverly Cove gets around 3.2 in of rain over 7.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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227
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2125
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3124

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
121841372
221841362
321842362
421842362
521842352
621843352
721843352
821843342
931844332
1031844332
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2472843211
2582943201
2693042191
2793141181
28103140171
29113240171
30123239161
31133338151

Wind in August

Winds average 10 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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110light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:397:00
214.34:406:59
314.34:416:58
414.24:426:56
514.24:436:55
614.24:446:54
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2313.45:036:29
2413.45:046:27
2513.35:056:26
2613.35:066:24
2713.25:076:22
2813.25:086:20
2913.25:096:19
3013.15:116:17
3113.15:126:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Beverly Cove

In seasonPeak

In August, Beverly Cove sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Beverly Cove sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Beverly Cove?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Beverly Cove for sightseeing.

What to pack for Beverly Cove in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Beverly Cove sees daytime highs around 70°F and nights near 65°F. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Beverly Cove in August

The nearest coast averages about 66°F in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 12 mi away) is warmest in August at about 66°F and coldest in February near 38°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan41Bracing
Feb38Bracing
Mar38Bracing
Apr42Bracing
May50Bracing
Jun58Bracing
Jul65Cool
Aug66Cool
Sep63Cool
Oct56Bracing
Nov50Bracing
Dec46Bracing

UV index in Beverly Cove in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Beverly Cove peaks around July 10 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Beverly Cove?

Beverly Cove sits at 42.6°N, 70.9°W, 33 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Beverly, 1.2 mi away.

Topography around Beverly Cove

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Beverly Cove.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Beverly Cove has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 ft around an average of 56 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,460 ft.

The land around Beverly Cove is covered by trees (45%) and water (37%) within 2 miles, trees (45%) and water (38%) within 10 miles, and trees (55%) and water (37%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
210 ft
10 miles
404 ft
50 miles
1,460 ft
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Beverly 1.2 mi · Salem 3.1 mi · Marblehead 3.7 mi · Danvers 4.3 mi · Peabody 4.3 mi · South Peabody 5.6 mi · Lynn 7.5 mi · Saugus 9.9 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Beverly Cove (42.5534°, -70.8537°, elevation 33 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).