Oxford weather in August

In August, Oxford sees average daytime highs of 83°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 3.2 in of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 83°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high
83°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
65°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3.2 in
9.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:56 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
53%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Oxford is city in Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States.

Density
1,278/km²
people per km²
Founded
1809

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 83°F through the month.

A typical August day in Oxford reaches about 83°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 76°F and 89°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°F warmer than September.

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

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.

Oxford weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan37° / 23°3.39.74.29.50.0
Feb41° / 25°2.88.93.810.40.2
Mar51° / 34°4.011.21.911.72.4
Apr63° / 44°4.812.40.5135.2
May72° / 55°4.613014.16.2
Jun81° / 64°4.111.7014.76.1
Jul84° / 67°3.511014.55.6
Aug83° / 65°3.29.8013.66.2
Sep77° / 57°2.77.8012.37.2
Oct64° / 46°3.08.50.1116.0
Nov51° / 36°3.48.90.89.82.7
Dec41° / 28°3.49.83.19.30.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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

Any precipitation

Oxford gets around 3.2 in of rain over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
533
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3127

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 27% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 42% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17202728170
27202828170
38202827170
48202827160
58212827160
69212826160
79212826160
810212726160
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3017232227110
3117242127110

Wind in August

Winds average 5 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:427:48
214.15:437:47
314.05:447:46
414.05:457:45
514.05:467:44
613.95:477:43
713.95:487:41
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1213.75:527:35
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1713.55:577:29
1813.55:587:27
1913.45:597:26
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2313.36:037:20
2413.26:047:18
2513.26:057:17
2613.26:067:15
2713.16:077:14
2813.16:087:12
2913.06:097:11
3013.06:107:09
3113.06:107:08

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Oxford?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Oxford for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Oxford in August

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

In August, Oxford sees daytime highs around 83°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Oxford in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Oxford peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Oxford in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Oxford is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1217 µg/m³Oct 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar12Good
Apr12Good
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Oxford?

Oxford sits at 39.5°N, 84.7°W, 928 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hamilton, 12 mi away.

Topography around Oxford

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Oxford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 ft around an average of 922 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 558 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 ft.

The land around Oxford is covered by trees (45%), cropland (21%) and grassland (20%) within 2 miles, cropland (51%) and trees (28%) within 10 miles, and cropland (44%) and trees (38%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
308 ft
10 miles
558 ft
50 miles
853 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Hamilton 12 mi · Fairfield 15 mi · Middletown 19 mi · Forest Park 20 mi · White Oak 22 mi · Richmond 24 mi · Mason 25 mi · Miamisburg 26 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 Oxford (39.507°, -84.7452°, elevation 928 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).