August 2026

[rclab]

3 minutes ago, Mr Senior said:

1.76" today in North Haledon, NJ. 7.29" so far for August and 14" in July. 36.39" year to date. 

As of 22:51, 2.87 total for Central Park. As always …….

 

[straphanger]

Recorded 2.87" at my station...most in over a year.  Pretty close to what LGA recorded.

[winterwx21]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Omg this is definitely not normal for summer the ground is supposed to be dry in the summer lol that's why people can go to the beach and our baseball stadiums don't need to be covered with domes.

Granted summer is over and my heat was on all day today.

Remember I'm a vegetable gardener. Most vegetable gardeners want to see enough rain for the gardens. Watering with the hose isn't as beneficial for the plants as rain is. You'll never get me to stop rooting for the rain this time of year, lol. Of course it's not that I want it every day. I want a lot of nice sunny 80 degree days for outdoor activities, but I also want the proper amount of rain for the vegetable garden. You don't want week after week of a bone dry ground during the summer -- that's not good for agriculture. I'm so glad things turned around in July after the extremely dry June that we had -- it has been very good for gardens. 

And because I'm a weather nut I also love t-storms. Lightning, wind and hail -- I love that stuff just like I love snow in the winter. So I root hard for t-storms to happen during the summer. Again though beautiful weather is great too. Monday and Tuesday are going to be 2 of the best days of the summer with 80 degrees and low humidity. Looking forward to that.