August 2026

[psv88]

84 today. Florida pattern now. Steamy

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:


PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 88
TEB: 88
ACY: 87
TTN: 87
LGA: 86
EWR: 85
BLM: 84
JFK: 83
NYC: 83
ISP: 82

[SACRUS]

[steve392]

Light rain coming in. So disgusting out earlier while putting down fungicide. 

[Winter Wizard]

That is a pretty concerning look for flash flooding potential across most of the Metro tonight into tomorrow morning. I honestly have no idea why the flood watches have not been extended into the City and beyond. Guess we'll see if other guidance is on board for this look.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

7 hours ago, Prue11 said:

And you’ll sit in endless traffic on a Sunday. Stay home 

Yeah, it's better to go on Saturday. I did this the first Saturday of October in 2024, just before the Bridgehampton K-Mart closed, and the traffic wasn't that bad. Then, took the ferry to New London.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, steve392 said:

Light rain coming in. So disgusting out earlier while putting down fungicide. 

Heavy rain here now.  Having to put down fungicide, toxic runoff and higher numbers of disease carrying pests are major side effects of wetter weather..

[winterwx21]

The ground is back to being very dry here after missing out on the heavy rain earlier in the week. I didn't water the vegetable garden though due to this rain event tonight into tomorrow. Hopefully it won't disappoint. Don't want to see major flooding, but I'd like a nice 1 to 2 inches of rain. We're still in a moderate drought here. 

[winterwx21]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Heavy rain here now.  Having to put down fungicide, toxic runoff and higher numbers of disease carrying pests are major side effects of wetter weather..

It's good to see you back, but I disagree with your posts that deny that there's been a drought. As Bluewave has pointed out, we've been in a long term dry pattern since the fall of 2024 and the drought monitor maps have shown the type of drought we've been in. We've had serious issues with wildfires off and on the last couple years due to the very dry conditions. I'm not sure how anyone can deny that there's been a drought. Finally things have gotten better the last few weeks.

The hot dry weather is very bad for gardeners. I lost some of the first tomatoes that were about to ripen up in early July due to sunscald. It was that horrific heat wave to start July (4 days in a row of 100+ degree weather) combined with the bone dry conditions. Thankfully things turned around after that with a cooler pattern and a good amount of rain the rest of July, so I've been getting a big crop of tomatoes the last couple weeks. It wouldn't have happened though had we stayed in the hot very dry pattern. We don't want too much rain, but it's important to get enough. Drought combined with heat is the worst and it makes is very difficult for gardeners. 

I'm glad you mentioned the Perseid meteor shower. It wasn't very good last summer due to the moon, but will be great this summer as long as we have clear conditions. Keeping my fingers crossed for good conditions next week!

I'm glad you're back and I hope you decide to stay. I'm sure you were not happy about being 5 posted, and I didn't agree with that being done to you. But you can still be a strong contributor here with 5 posts per day, so I hope you keep posting. 

[dmillz25]

Nice downpour near Toms River heading towards NYC

[steve392]

Monsoon outside.  Storms building and sliding sw to ne

[gravitylover]

1.1 in 2 downpours. Some of the heaviest rain so far this year. 

[Snowlover11]

Ripping.

[BxEngine]

1.4 in an hour. This is getting ridiculous.

[gravitylover]

Up to 3.5 now. 

[TriPol]

Well if this keeps up, we're going to have incredibly vibrant fall foliage!

[MJO812]

Torrential rain here with loud thunder

[Intensewind002]

Downpouring on and off here, 0.28" total rainfall in Lindenhurst as of 6 AM (definitely higher now)

[FPizz]

Big time rains earlier.  2.3"

[jm1220]

Heavy rain-about 1.8” so far with this. 

[rclab]

Through 06:51, .68 for Central Park. Heaviest hour .34. As always ….

 

[TriPol]

Just now, rclab said:

Through 06:51, .68 for Central Park. Heaviest hour .34. As always ….

 

Doesn't rain, doesn't snow... never too hot, never too cold at Central Park. Incredible.

[winterwarlock]

1.38 for me thus far. Might add a bit more but the bulk looks over.

 

Good riddance. Rain begone

[rclab]

9 minutes ago, rclab said:

Through 06:51, .68 for Central Park. Heaviest hour .34. As always ….

 

 

8 minutes ago, TriPol said:

Doesn't rain, doesn't snow... never too hot, never too cold at Central Park. Incredible.

A fun SNL skit could have NWS Meteorologists surrounding the ASOS and singing The Camelot lyrics substituting Central Park for Camelot. As always …..

 

[JerseyWx]

Pushing 3 inches here, got soaked overnight.

I hope the storm chances this week flop, at least up this way.  Had more than enough rain the past few weeks.

[bluewave]

11 hours ago, SACRUS said:

Today's Highs:


PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 88
TEB: 88
ACY: 87
TTN: 87
LGA: 86
EWR: 85
BLM: 84
JFK: 83
NYC: 83
ISP: 82

The Franklin Institute and the airport getting close to 30 days with Harrison not far behind.

90° Day Data for January 1, 2026 through August 3, 2026 
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PHILADELPHIA INTL AP	WBAN	28
PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN INSTITUTE	COOP	28

 

90° Day Data for January 1, 2026 through August 3, 2026
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ESTELL MANOR	COOP	27
HARRISON	COOP	26

[Brian5671]

insane amt of rain here this AM.   upton needed a watch here

[donsutherland1]

Newark has now received 1.67" of rain today. That breaks the August 3 daily record of 1.60" from 1885.

As was the case with the most recent large rain event, the White Plains precipitation gauge is down. Although the data shows 0.04" on July 29 and 0.02" on July 30, those figures understate the actual figures, as the gauge was down for large stretches of rain.

[MANDA]

Another solid soaking overnight into earlier this morning.  Received 1.92" along with vivid lightning and some loud thunder.

Getting too wet at this point.  Need to turn these firehose events off for a while.  Too much of a good thing.

[Psychguy]

38 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The Franklin Institute and the airport getting close to 30 days with Harrison not far behind.

90° Day Data for January 1, 2026 through August 3, 2026 
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

PHILADELPHIA INTL AP	WBAN	28
PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN INSTITUTE	COOP	28

 

90° Day Data for January 1, 2026 through August 3, 2026
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

ESTELL MANOR	COOP	27
HARRISON	COOP	26

Yesterday’s 91 cinched the 4 week mark for PHL.  Thirty is the average number in a given summer for Philadelphia. I am surprised the Franklin Institute does not have a higher number than 28 given that it’s smack dab in the middle of Center City.