Newport weather in August

In August, Newport sees average daytime highs of 73°F and overnight lows near 68°F, with 3.6 in of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 73°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Newport's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newport's year-round climate.

Daytime high
73°
1st warmest
Overnight low
68°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3.6 in
8.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
4:59 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
52%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Newport is city in and county seat of Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
821/km²
people per km²
Founded
1639

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 73°F through the month.

A typical August day in Newport reaches about 73°F in the afternoon and slips back to 68°F overnight — a 5°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 69°F and 77°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 Newport

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.

Newport weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan38° / 28°4.410.64.59.30.0
Feb38° / 29°3.89.63.910.30.0
Mar42° / 34°5.110.93.611.70.3
Apr49° / 42°4.611.40.613.12.0
May57° / 51°3.910.9014.34.0
Jun66° / 60°3.79.3014.96.1
Jul73° / 67°3.08.9014.77.0
Aug73° / 68°3.68.8013.77.1
Sep68° / 62°4.18.8012.36.6
Oct60° / 53°5.1100.110.95.0
Nov51° / 43°4.59.70.49.72.7
Dec44° / 35°5.211.52.99.10.6

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 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25644
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65743
75545
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Newport gets around 3.6 in of rain over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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530
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931
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1531
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1730
1830
1929
2029
2128
2228
2327
2427
2527
2626
2726
2826
2926
3026
3126

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 50% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112274218
2112284118
3212284118
4212284018
5212284018
6213283918
7213283918
8213283918
9213283917
10213283917
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18415303813
19415303812
20416313811
21516313810
2251731379
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2461832368
2571932357
2682032346
2782032336
2892132335
29102132325
30102232315
31112232314

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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:44 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:446:59
214.24:456:58
314.24:466:57
414.24:476:56
514.14:486:54
614.14:496:53
714.04:506:52
814.04:516:51
914.04:526:49
1013.94:536:48
1113.94:546:47
1213.84:556:45
1313.84:566:44
1413.84:576:43
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1713.65:006:38
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1913.65:026:35
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2113.55:046:32
2213.45:056:31
2313.45:066:29
2413.35:076:27
2513.35:086:26
2613.25:096:24
2713.25:106:23
2813.25:126:21
2913.15:136:19
3013.15:146:18
3113.05:156:16

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 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.1Bright
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295.0Bright
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Newport

In seasonPeak

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

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

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Newport?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Newport for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Newport in August

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

In August, Newport sees daytime highs around 73°F and nights near 68°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Newport in August

The nearest coast averages about 69°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 9 mi away) is warmest in August at about 69°F and coldest in February near 39°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 26 to Aug 30 — about 1.2 months when the water holds above 68°F.

40°50°60°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan43Bracing
Feb39Bracing
Mar40Bracing
Apr44Bracing
May51Bracing
Jun60Cool
Jul67Cool
Aug69Refreshing
Sep67Cool
Oct61Cool
Nov55Bracing
Dec49Bracing

UV index in Newport 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 Newport peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 23 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
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug5High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Newport?

Newport sits at 41.5°N, 71.3°W, 30 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Middletown, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around Newport

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Newport has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 ft around an average of 33 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,181 ft.

The land around Newport is covered by water (43%) and trees (23%) within 2 miles, water (63%) and trees (24%) within 10 miles, and trees (47%) and water (46%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
177 ft
10 miles
315 ft
50 miles
1,181 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Middletown 3.7 mi · Narragansett 7.5 mi · Portsmouth 8.7 mi · North Kingstown 8.7 mi · South Kingstown 11 mi · Bristol 13 mi · Warwick 16 mi · Fall River 17 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 Newport (41.4901°, -71.3128°, elevation 30 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).