August was characterized by temperatures considerably above the average, primarily due to a prolonged and anomalous heatwave that prevailed during the first part of the month. For the remainder of the month, temperatures were close to or slightly above the average. In the mountains, the interior of the country, and the coastal plain, they were higher than the average on most days of the month. The last few days of the month experienced slightly cooler than average conditions.

The heatwave was the most prominent event of the month, during which temperature records were broken – both a maximum temperature of 49.7°C in Gilgal and a high minimum temperature with a new national record of 37.1°C in Sedom. The heatwave was also exceptional in its long duration, and in the mountains and the interior of the country, it was the most severe since the August 1881 heatwave. Furthermore, two rain events occurred in the south of the country in August, one at the peak of the heatwave in Jerusalem and the southern Negev, and the second towards the end of the month south of Ashkelon.

In a historical comparison, August of this year ranks third in the last 75 years, and the summer of 2025 (June to August) ranks fifth, having been less hot than the summer of 2024, which was the warmest since the beginning of measurements.