August 2026

[SnoSki14]

2 hours ago, winterwarlock said:

Whats with the constant smoke every day?

 

Is the new normal?

Yes

[NorthShoreWx]

12 hours ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Eastern tip of Long Island got quite a bit of rain last night. Reminds me of that one snowstorm last winter where they got like 10” out there with barely a flurry in babylon 

Crushed.  Both forks.  Heard a lot of thunder in the middle of the night here, but zero rain.

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:

PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 89
EWR: 88
JFK: 88
ACY: 88
BLM: 88
TEB: 86
LGA: 86
TTN: 86
NYC: 5
ISP: 85

[Stormlover74]

28 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Today's Highs:

PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 89
EWR: 88
JFK: 88
ACY: 88
BLM: 88
TEB: 86
LGA: 86
TTN: 86
NYC: 5
ISP: 85

[Snowlover11]

Wow 5 degrees in NYC? Holy hell! The day after tomorrow is real!

[bluewave]

Newark is lagging behind in the 90° day count for NJ due to the more frequent breezes off bay this summer. The excessive tree growth in NYC has artificially put them behind places like Baiting Hollow on Eastern Long Island and POU to the north. In the old days before the ASOS move to under the trees in 1995,  NYC would always have more 90° days than LGA and POU. 
 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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HARRISON	COOP	34
ESTELL MANOR	COOP	32
Atlantic City Area	ThreadEx	28
ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP	WBAN	28
NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE	COOP	28
New Brunswick Area	ThreadEx	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	28
Newark Area	ThreadEx	26
NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	26
PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO	COOP	25
MCGUIRE AFB	WBAN	25

 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	20
New York-LGA Area	ThreadEx	20
PORT AUTH DOWNTN MANHATTAN WALL ST HEL	ICAO	19
POUGHKEEPSIE/HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	16
BAITING HOLLOW	COOP	16
Poughkeepsie Area	ThreadEx	16
STEWART FIELD	WBAN	14
SHRUB OAK	COOP	13
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	12

 

 

Data for January 1, 1991 through August 13, 1991
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GLENHAM	COOP	32
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	31
New York-Central Park Area	ThreadEx	31
NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS	COOP	30
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	25

 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Newark is lagging behind in the 90° day count for NJ due to the more frequent breezes off bay this summer. The excessive tree growth in NYC has artificially put them behind places like Baiting Hollow on Eastern Long Island and POU to the north. In the old days before the ASOS move to under the trees in 1995,  NYC would always have more 90° days than LGA and POU. 
 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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HARRISON	COOP	34
ESTELL MANOR	COOP	32
Atlantic City Area	ThreadEx	28
ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP	WBAN	28
NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE	COOP	28
New Brunswick Area	ThreadEx	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	28
Newark Area	ThreadEx	26
NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	26
PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO	COOP	25
MCGUIRE AFB	WBAN	25

 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	20
New York-LGA Area	ThreadEx	20
PORT AUTH DOWNTN MANHATTAN WALL ST HEL	ICAO	19
POUGHKEEPSIE/HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	16
BAITING HOLLOW	COOP	16
Poughkeepsie Area	ThreadEx	16
STEWART FIELD	WBAN	14
SHRUB OAK	COOP	13
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	12

 

 

Data for January 1, 1991 through August 13, 1991
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GLENHAM	COOP	32
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	31
New York-Central Park Area	ThreadEx	31
NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS	COOP	30
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	25

 

 

LGA is much more polluted by artificial  human structures as is Newark. You can see that with the artificially elevated mins at LGA and EWR was hotter even back in the 1990s. NYC and JFK give the most natural experience what the temperatures would be like without human engineering of the landscape. The 1990s were definitely hotter in terms of 90 degree days and length of heat waves.

[LibertyBell]

18 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Thanks for posting a recap! I'm glad you had good luck seeing some nice meteors out there in PA.

Here it was a complete bust with cloudy skies all throughout the overnight hours. The peak was last night, but as you said there's another chance tonight. There's a pretty good 3 day window -- the night before and night after are usually 60 to 70% of the peak night, so still pretty good. Unfortunately we're expecting a good amount of clouds here tonight, but we'll see. If it's just partly cloudy I'll go out there tonight. It was pretty cloudy here the night of the 11th into the 12th too, so very bad luck during the 3 day period here. 

I know the Perseid is the most popular shower of the year because it's during the warm summer, but the Geminid shower in December is actually the best shower of the year -- slightly bigger than the Perseid shower. So I'll deal with being out there in cold weather if we have clear skies, especially after having such bad luck last night. 

Nothing last night the sky was always more than 50 percent cloud covered and there were only a few stars to be seen even in the small clear patches I think there was smoke in the air because the sky had an unnatural orange color and was bright as if the moon was causing it.

[LibertyBell]

23 hours ago, bluewave said:

Continued improvement for our area with drought expansion for the rest of the CONUS.

 

The Midwest is drowning in flooding right now. Excessive rainfall is far worse than drought. Once this unwanted el nino is finished I fully expect we will return to our dry pattern and next summer should be both hot and dry. My targets for JFK for next summer are 30 plus 90 degree days, 10 plus 95 degree days and 3 to 5 100 degree days.

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

LGA is much more polluted by artificial  human structures as is Newark. You can see that with the artificially elevated mins at LGA and EWR was hotter even back in the 1990s. NYC and JFK give the most natural experience what the temperatures would be like without human engineering of the landscape. The 1990s were definitely hotter in terms of 90 degree days and length of heat waves.

UHI has been a factor in NYC since the 1890s. It gradually spread out into the other boroughs and nearby NJ from the 1930s to 1950s. So elevated minimums are nothing new in the heat island relative to the outlying areas.

But all areas have seen increasing minimum and maximum temperatures. The area on the average has seen many more 90° days since 2010 than at any other era. This is the first time the state of NJ away from the sea breeze has seen 9 consecutive years with over 30 days reaching 90°.

In past we would get fewer summers with so many 90° days. Back then cooler summers were in the mix with even the urban stations staying under 10 or 15 days every several years. We have to go back to 1996 for even most warm spots to have under 10 days reaching 90°.

You are definitely in a much cooler spot than much of the forum. 

[donsutherland1]

As summer concludes, additional charts illustrating the impact of Central Park's trees on its summer maximum temperature trend vs. select regional sites. Maximum temperatures are most impacted (consistent with the impact trees have on limiting the daily maximum temperature). Moreover, the difference between regional trends and Central Park is outside a 95% confidence interval for daily maximum temperatures during the 1995-2025 period.

Maximum Temperatures:

Minimum Temperatures:

 

 

 

[winterwx21]

3 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Nothing last night the sky was always more than 50 percent cloud covered and there were only a few stars to be seen even in the small clear patches I think there was smoke in the air because the sky had an unnatural orange color and was bright as if the moon was causing it.

It was cloudy again here last night. We had that nice airmass come in on Wednesday with sunny skies and low humidity, yet we couldn't get one clear night for the meteor shower. Terrible luck. Complete bust here this year for the Perseids. Hopefully we'll have much better luck for the Geminids in December. Of course there are a few smaller meteor showers before then. 

[SACRUS]

85 / DP 61.   Variable clouds.  Warm and the sunnier spots may tough 90.  Cooler but dry Saturday and split with rain on Sunday. Sort of back and forth overall warmer with warm 8/17 - 8/19 then back near normal and a split beyond there on whether the heat builds back east and north into our region 8/24 and beyond.

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (2005)
NYC: 99 (1988)
LGA: 98 (2016)
JFK: 95 (2016)


Lows:

EWR: 50 (1941)
NYC: 54 (1964)
LGA: 59 (1964)
JFK: 57 (1964)

Historical:

 

 

1724: The first recorded tornado in Pennsylvania history occurred on this date. It moved from Chester to Bucks County. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1898 - A deadly, estimated F4 tornado moved southeast from 12 miles northwest of Clear Lake, South Dakota, passing 7 miles north of town and ending about 4 miles west of Gary. Deaths occurred on two farms. One man was killed when the kitchen of his farm house was torn off. Five members of one family were killed along with two labors on another farm as every building was swept away. Buildings suffered massive damage on eight farms. This tornado was one of the earliest, estimated F4 tornadoes on record for South Dakota.

1933: Bakersfield, CA reached 117° to set their all-time record for August. Hanford reached 115° for the second day in a row, tying their all-time August high temperature record. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1936 - Temperatures across much of eastern Kansas soared above 110 degrees. Kansas City MO hit an all-time record high of 113 degrees. It was one of sixteen consecutive days of 100 degree heat for Kansas City. During that summer there were a record 53 days of 100 degree heat, and during the three summer months Kansas City received just 1.12 inches of rain. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)

1953 - Hurricane Barbara hits North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Damage from the storm was relatively minor, totaling around $1.3 million (1953 USD). Most of it occurred in North Carolina and Virginia from crop damage. The hurricane left several injuries, some traffic accidents, as well as seven fatalities in the eastern United States; at least two were due to electrocution from downed power lines. Offshore Atlantic Canada, a small boat sunk, killing its crew of two.

 

1964: Strong Canadian high pressure pushing a cold front to the Gulf of Mexico brought unseasonable chilly air east of the Mississippi. The following locations recorded their coldest August temperature: Theilman, MN: 32° (also earliest freezing temperature), Mauston, WI: 33°, and Caledonia, MN: 35°. Other daily record lows included: Duluth, MN: 36°, Rochester, MN: 37°, Madison, WI: 37 °F. (Ref. Many Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

1969: Tropical Storm Camille formed near Grand Cayman Island. From the beginning, it was evident that Camille would be an explosive storm. First reports from the reconnaissance plane indicated the storm had already reached tropical storm strength with a central pressure of 999 millibars or 29.50 inches of mercury and sustained winds of 55 mph. By afternoon, the storm would already be classified as a hurricane with a central pressure of 964 millibars or 28.64 inches of mercury. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)


1974: Bethany Beach, Del.--A young girl was killed by lightning as she stood on the beach. Lehigh Acres, Fla.--Lightning struck four workers as they were preparing to leave a road-construction site. Killed one, injured three. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf)

1980: National Airport had a 98° high temperature today the last of 21 consecutive days of 90°F or more. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)
The temperature reached the century mark for the 53rd time in Dallas, TX, establishing the all-time record for 100 degree plus days in a year. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1987 - Slow moving thunderstorms deluged northern and western suburbs of Chicago IL with torrential rains. O'Hare Airport reported 9.35 inches in 18 hours, easily exceeding the previous 24 hour record of 6.24 inches. Flooding over a five day period resulted in 221 million dollars damage. It was Chicago's worst flash flood event, particularly for northern and western sections of the city. Kennedy Expressway became a footpath for thousands of travelers to O'Hare Airport as roads were closed. The heavy rains swelled the Des Plaines River above flood stage, and many persons had to be rescued from stalled vehicles on flooded roads. (13th- 14th) (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)

1988 - Eighteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, and the water temperature at Lake Erie reached a record 80 degrees. Portland ME reported a record fourteen straight days of 80 degree weather. Milwaukee WI reported a record 34 days of 90 degree heat for the year. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms resulted in about fifty reports of severe weather in the northeastern U.S. One person was killed at Stockbridge MI when a tornado knocked a tree onto their camper. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Afternoon thunderstorms in Illinois soaked the town of Battendorf with 2.10 inches of rain in thirty minutes. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Hobson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1996: Arizona recorded its record wind gust of 114 mph at the Deer Valley Airport on the north side of Phoenix as a severe thunderstorm downburst hit the area. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2002: A 594 decameter area of high pressure off the Carolina coast produced hot south to southwesterly winds ahead of a cold front bringing record heat to parts of the east. The temperature in Boston, MA reached 101°, equaling their August record (8/2/1975). Other daily records included: Syracuse, NY: 101°, Concord, NH: 99°, Hartford, CT: 99°, Allentown, PA: 99°, Philadelphia, PA: 99°, Milton, MA: 98°, Providence, RI: 98°, Rochester, NY: 97°, Harrisburg, PA: 97°, Burlington, VT: 96°, Binghamton, NY: 95° and Erie, PA: 94°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) In San Angelo, TX, just after midnight, a descending heat-burst jumped the temperature from 75° to 94° in 30 minutes. The event ended about 90 minutes later when the temperature fell back to 73°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) (Ref. WxDoctor)

2004: Hurricane Charley made a second landfall near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 14.


2009: (June/28-Sep/6) Iowa temperatures averaged above normal only 10 days in this 71-day period. July’s 68.1 degree average became the coldest July in 137 years of record (old: 68.3 degrees in 1891). The last greater or equal 90 degree noted in IA this year was today – the earliest of record (old: 19th in 1902). (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2016: August 9-16. Weak low pressure combined with abundant Gulf moisture produced phenomenal rainfall and flooding across central Louisiana, inundating entire neighborhoods and towns, especially around Lafayette and Baton Rouge. Rainfall totals exceeded 20 inches in as little as two days. Thirteen people died and economic costs ranged from $10 to $15 billion.

[SACRUS]

4 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

LGA is much more polluted by artificial  human structures as is Newark. You can see that with the artificially elevated mins at LGA and EWR was hotter even back in the 1990s. NYC and JFK give the most natural experience what the temperatures would be like without human engineering of the landscape. The 1990s were definitely hotter in terms of 90 degree days and length of heat waves.

I think its similar overall and depends on what/where youre comparing.  1990, 1992, 1996, 1997,1998 were not hot summers

[SACRUS]

3 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

The Midwest is drowning in flooding right now. Excessive rainfall is far worse than drought. Once this unwanted el nino is finished I fully expect we will return to our dry pattern and next summer should be both hot and dry. My targets for JFK for next summer are 30 plus 90 degree days, 10 plus 95 degree days and 3 to 5 100 degree days.

if you use 1997/1998 Super enso state as an analog the following 1998 summer was not that hot, 1999 / 202would be the better analog

[Mr Senior]

On 8/13/2026 at 7:11 AM, LibertyBell said:

What kind of AC do you have? Last year's summer was very hot and I ran it all the time too but my electric bill was never more than 200 a month. I used just one 5000 BTU window AC. I didn't care how hot the rest of the house was because I didn't spend much time in the other rooms. 

This house is much cooler because it's well insulated and shaded by trees and I've only ran the AC three times, twice in July and once so far in August.

We have central ac, it's not zoned out and our house basks in full sunlight as trees are too far away to shade it. This of course benefits us in winter. And I like the inside temp chilly in summer and not too warm in winter. Plus, in summer I am frequently running a pool pump. For these reasons, summer is also costly for us.