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August Weather at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport North Carolina, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 90°F to 87°F, rarely falling below 79°F or exceeding 97°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 71°F to 67°F, rarely falling below 61°F or exceeding 75°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport typically range from 71°F to 90°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 54°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313145°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°F100°F100°FJulSepAug 190°FAug 190°F71°F71°FAug 3187°FAug 3187°F67°F67°FAug 1189°FAug 1189°F70°F70°FAug 2188°FAug 2188°F69°F69°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Pūnch, India (7,406 miles away) and Baiyun, China (8,076 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 46% to 39%.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time.

For reference, on February 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on October 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSepAug 154%Aug 154%Aug 3161%Aug 3161%Aug 1158%Aug 1158%Aug 2158%Aug 2158%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 49% and ending it at 38%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 50% on August 5, and its lowest chance is 19% on October 29.

Probability of Precipitation in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Probability of Precipitation in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%55%55%JulSepAug 550%Aug 550%Aug 3138%Aug 3138%Aug 2143%Aug 2143%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 4.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 7.7 inches or falling below 1.5 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 4.3 inches on August 13.

Average Monthly Rainfall in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 in8 in8 inJulSepAug 134.3 inAug 134.3 inAug 14.2 inAug 14.2 inAug 314.1 inAug 314.1 inAug 214.2 inAug 214.2 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 57 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 54 seconds, and weekly decrease of 13 minutes, 19 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 12 hours, 54 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 13 hours, 52 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrJulSepnightnightdaydayAug 113 hr, 52 minAug 113 hr, 52 minAug 3112 hr, 54 minAug 3112 hr, 54 minAug 1613 hr, 25 minAug 1613 hr, 25 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is 6:27 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 6:50 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:19 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 35 minutes earlier at 7:44 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:04 AM and sets 14 hours, 30 minutes later, at 8:34 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:21 AM and sets 9 hours, 49 minutes later, at 5:10 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

The solar day over the course of August. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSep0010102020203030404050505060700001010202030303040405050606070
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of August 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepJul 56:58 PMJul 56:58 PMJul 216:18 AMJul 216:18 AMAug 47:14 AMAug 47:14 AMAug 192:26 PMAug 192:26 PMSep 29:56 PMSep 29:56 PMSep 1710:35 PMSep 1710:35 PM5:25 AM5:25 AM8:53 PM8:53 PM8:24 PM8:24 PM6:12 AM6:12 AM6:24 AM6:24 AM8:48 PM8:48 PM8:18 PM8:18 PM7:31 AM7:31 AM6:17 AM6:17 AM7:44 PM7:44 PM7:16 PM7:16 PM7:31 AM7:31 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Aug 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
8%3:17 AMNE6:48 PMNW-11:03 AMS240,722 mi
2
3%4:17 AMNE7:35 PMWNW-11:59 AMS242,941 mi
3
1%5:21 AMENE8:15 PMWNW-12:51 PMS245,083 mi
4
0%6:24 AMENE8:48 PMWNW-1:39 PMS247,089 mi
5
2%7:25 AMENE9:16 PMWNW-2:24 PMS248,876 mi
6
5%8:25 AMENE9:40 PMW-3:05 PMS250,340 mi
7
10%9:22 AME10:03 PMW-3:44 PMS251,362 mi
8
17%10:17 AME10:26 PMW-4:23 PMS251,824 mi
9
25%11:13 AME10:49 PMW-5:02 PMS251,617 mi
10
34%12:09 PMESE11:13 PMWSW-5:42 PMS250,662 mi
11
43%1:08 PMESE11:41 PMWSW-6:24 PMS248,924 mi
12
50%2:08 PMESE--7:11 PMS246,426 mi
13
64%-12:14 AMWSW3:11 PMESE8:02 PMS243,264 mi
14
73%-12:54 AMWSW4:14 PMSE8:58 PMS239,612 mi
15
83%-1:42 AMSW5:15 PMSE9:58 PMS235,723 mi
16
91%-2:41 AMSW6:11 PMSE11:00 PMS231,918 mi
17
94%-3:48 AMWSW7:00 PMESE--
18
96%-5:01 AMWSW7:42 PMESE12:01 AMS228,543 mi
19
100%-6:16 AMWSW8:18 PMESE12:59 AMS225,926 mi
20
100%-7:31 AMWSW8:50 PME1:54 AMS224,309 mi
21
97%-8:44 AMW9:19 PME2:45 AMS223,816 mi
22
91%-9:56 AMW9:49 PME3:35 AMS224,434 mi
23
82%-11:07 AMWNW10:20 PMENE4:25 AMS226,028 mi
24
72%-12:19 PMWNW10:54 PMENE5:16 AMS228,373 mi
25
61%-1:31 PMWNW11:33 PMENE6:08 AMS231,207 mi
26
50%-2:41 PMWNW-7:04 AMS234,272 mi
27
38%12:19 AMNE3:46 PMNW-8:01 AMS237,351 mi
28
28%1:11 AMNE4:45 PMNW-8:58 AMS240,283 mi
29
19%2:10 AMNE5:34 PMWNW-9:54 AMS242,966 mi
30
11%3:13 AMENE6:16 PMWNW-10:47 AMS245,349 mi
31
6%4:16 AMENE6:50 PMWNW-11:36 AMS247,412 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is rapidly decreasing during August, falling from 89% to 70% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 90% of the time, while on February 5, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JulSepAug 189%Aug 189%Aug 3170%Aug 3170%Aug 1185%Aug 1185%Aug 2179%Aug 2179%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour, while on August 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 6.1 miles per hour on August 8.

Average Wind Speed in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Average Wind Speed in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphJulSepAug 86.1 mphAug 86.1 mphAug 316.5 mphAug 316.5 mphAug 216.3 mphAug 216.3 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport during August is predominantly out of the south from August 1 to August 22 and the east from August 22 to August 31.

Wind Direction in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Wind Direction in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportSENAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JulSepwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport typically lasts for 7.3 months (225 days), from around March 25 to around November 5, rarely starting before March 5 or after April 18, and rarely ending before October 19 or after November 25.

The month of August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airportgrowing seasongrowing seasongrowing seasonAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSep100%Aug 16100%Aug 16Jul 21100%Jul 21100%coolcomfortablewarmhotcoldsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 812°F, from 3,055°F to 3,866°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Growing Degree Days in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031313,000°F3,000°F3,200°F3,200°F3,400°F3,400°F3,600°F3,600°F3,800°F3,800°F4,000°F4,000°FJulSepAug 13,055°FAug 13,055°FAug 313,866°FAug 313,866°FAug 113,334°FAug 113,334°FAug 213,605°FAug 213,605°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of August, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 5.8 kWh throughout.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Laurinburg-Maxton AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhJulSepAug 16.0 kWhAug 16.0 kWhAug 315.7 kWhAug 315.7 kWhAug 116.0 kWhAug 116.0 kWhAug 215.8 kWhAug 215.8 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Laurinburg-Maxton Airport are 34.795 deg latitude, -79.369 deg longitude, and 210 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 62 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 196 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (236 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (751 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is covered by cropland (53%), trees (32%), and artificial surfaces (12%), within 10 miles by cropland (67%) and trees (26%), and within 50 miles by trees (51%) and cropland (35%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Laurinburg-Maxton Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Mackall Army Airfield, Lumberton Regional Airport, Richmond County Airport, Marlboro County Jetport - HE Avent Field, Moore County Airport, Pope Field, Fayetteville Municipal Airport, and Simmons Army Airfield.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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