(CENTRALIA, WA) -- August was warmer and a little wetter than average in the Twin Cities. For the month, KELA/KMNT weatherman Dean Dahlin says we had 66 degrees, which is 3 and a half degrees above average, and we wound up with 1.42 inches of rain which is two-tenths of an inch above normal. Dean says it starts to cool down in September with an average of 58.7 degrees and just a shade over two inches of rainfall for the month.