According to the Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast blog, Pam Knox, University of Georgia Extension agricultural climatologist, said August is cooler than normal. This is largely due to persistent rains and cloud clover. Minimum temperatures overnight are closer to normal than daytime highs, which are down several degrees in most of the Southeast.
Precipitation varies across the Southeast region depending on where you are located with respect to the track of the tropical systems being experienced, most notably Fred this week.