August 2025 Discussion-OBS - cooler than normal first week but a big comeback to warmer than normal for the last 2-3 weeks

[SI Mailman]

Steady light rain all day here

Currently at .13, will probably nickel and dime our way to a quarter

[winterwarlock]

Drizzle/misty all day..Just was able to get one job in

[Stormlover74]

Getting a downpour now

[winterwx21]

0.18" here so far. It has been light but it's steadily adding up. At least it's enough to give things a watering. We'll have to see if we can get a heavier downpour from the activity in PA later. HRRR isn't picking up on it but it's possible. 

[winterwx21]

I have Romaine lettuce out there for the fall that I started from seed about a month ago. This cool rainy weather today is great for it. I can see it having a major growth spurt today. It has been so dry over the last month, so it really needed a day like today. 

[psv88]

0.07

[Rmine1]

I don’t have pcp amounts IMBY, but we’ve been in a steady rain for well over an hour. Maybe it’s the south shores turn

[weathermedic]

.18 at my station

[FPizz]

.04" with mist.  

[psv88]

So far a high of 69. A rare August day staying in the 60s?

[MANDA]

17 minutes ago, psv88 said:

So far a high of 69. A rare August day staying in the 60s?

Not everybody's idea of a nice August day but honestly I'm loving it.  Done with heat and humidity.  Ready to move on.

[BobbyHolikWillFindYou]

Loving the strong petrichor smell today. Something about it reminds me of days gone by. *sigh*

[WeatherGeek2025]

Steady light rain here in midtown temps in the low 70's

[Brian5671]

33 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Not everybody's idea of a nice August day but honestly I'm loving it.  Done with heat and humidity.  Ready to move on.

looks fairly cool overall going forward...

[guinness77]

Been pouring here in Jamaica for a bit now. 

[psv88]

0.25, 1.05” for the month. It’s been dry 

[MJO812]

[winterwx21]

19 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

looks fairly cool overall going forward...

Really looking forward to the beautiful airmass the middle of next week. Will probably make it up to upper 70s for highs, but it will be just about the lowest humidity of the summer and that will lead to very cool nights. 

[Brian5671]

nice downpour here

[SACRUS]

 

70 / 68 some mist occasionally / drizzle

[LoboLeader1]

Heavy showers here, topped out at 66F today. 

[FPizz]

59 this morning, 68 for the high.  0.11" of all day mist.  

[uofmiami]

0.23" at both my stations so far & both currently 64.7

[SACRUS]

 

The eye is in view now

 

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, MANDA said:

Not everybody's idea of a nice August day but honestly I'm loving it.  Done with heat and humidity.  Ready to move on.

this entire month has been pretty cool, summer ended when July ended

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, MANDA said:

Not everybody's idea of a nice August day but honestly I'm loving it.  Done with heat and humidity.  Ready to move on.

it helps that it only lasts two days

[LibertyBell]

10 hours ago, bluewave said:

We generally need a least a recurving hurricane from August 20th through 31st to avoid 90° heat at the warm spots like Newark. This could be the first August since 2011 and 2008 that Newark remains below 90° during this period. We had Irene in late August 2011 and Hanna in 2008. But those systems came further west than Erin will. So this shows that even a storm recurving to our east can cool the pattern when interacting with a trough in Eastern Canada. 
 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ August 20th to 31st Max Temp
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2024-08-31	95	0
2023-08-31	91	0
2022-08-31	93	0
2021-08-31	97	0
2020-08-31	93	0
2019-08-31	92	0
2018-08-31	96	0
2017-08-31	91	0
2016-08-31	95	0
2015-08-31	94	0
2014-08-31	93	0
2013-08-31	91	0
2012-08-31	94	0
2011-08-31	89	0
2010-08-31	98	0
2009-08-31	94	0
2008-08-31	86	0

this entire month has been pretty cool.

also recurving typhoons don't necessarily produce cooler weather (see 1995), they can also produce hot and dry weather.

 

 

[SnoSki14]

7 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

this entire month has been pretty cool, summer ended when July ended

The start was cool but last week was very hot and the month will still be AN

[LibertyBell]

2 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

The start was cool but last week was very hot and the month will still be AN

the hottest it got anywhere was low 90s, around here we had none or only one 90 degree day, it was a big step down from the June 20-July 31 period.  It's like the summer equivalent of the 2010-11 winter, the snow season ended after the end of January-- but it was rocking for 5 weeks starting with the solstice lol

 

[LibertyBell]

On 8/16/2025 at 2:12 PM, donsutherland1 said:

Here it is:

Thanks, these are pretty much the hottest summers as I remember them-- I'm surprised that 1983 isn't on this list though, that was hot from June through September and set records for that era.