August 2026

[winterwarlock]

13 hours 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.

100% summer is supposed to be sunny and hot

These people here seem to love rain and as usual the drought talk was easily handled as always..a real drought he had in the 90s

[winterwarlock]

Looks like they removed the rain for tomorrow and except for at night

 

Now Sunday could be beach day afterall

[Brian5671]

16 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

Looks like they removed the rain for tomorrow and except for at night

 

Now Sunday could be beach day afterall

Upton has sunday pretty wet now....

[SACRUS]

40 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

100% summer is supposed to be sunny and hot

These people here seem to love rain and as usual the drought talk was easily handled as always..a real drought he had in the 90s

Sign me up

 

Today is a gem west if the Verrazano bridge

 

[Wannabehippie]

1 hour ago, winterwarlock said:

Looks like they removed the rain for tomorrow and except for at night

 

Now Sunday could be beach day afterall

I hope so. 

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

Sign me up

 

Today is a gem west if the Verrazano bridge

 

Some peaks try to break through but otherwise a gunky day. 

[donsutherland1]

In the wake of yesterday's heavy rain, I went out to Queens to get some photos on a day off. Below are six photos from Alley Pond and Oakland Lake.

 

[TriPol]

6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

In the wake of yesterday's heavy rain, I went out to Queens to get some photos on a day off. Below are six photos from Alley Pond and Oakland Lake.

 

I wonder what the animals thought of yesterday's heavy rain.

[doncat]

10 hours ago, bluewave said:

Bridgeport, CT close to the wettest summer on record with 10 days to go after the driest summer on record last year. 
 

Time Series Summary for IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CT - Jun through Aug Wettest Summers
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	1972	20.23	0
2	2026	18.83	11
3	1952	18.67	0
4	2006	18.52	0
5	1971	18.21	0
6	2011	18.11	0
7	1982	17.98	0
8	1992	17.27	0
9	2000	16.34	0
10	1989	15.61	0

 

Time Series Summary for IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CT - Jun through Aug Driest Summers
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	2025	3.24	0
2	1995	4.13	0
3	1966	4.21	0
4	1964	4.25	0
5	1993	4.58	0
6	1999	6.09	0
7	1957	6.16	0
8	1948	6.22	30
9	1974	6.69	0
10	1970	6.70	0

 

Wettest summer here was the Irene year of 2011 with 27.50", helped along with 21.55" in Aug. Also had 27" during the 30 day period from 8/5-9/5.  Driest summer was 6.60" in 1999.

[MANDA]

51 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

In the wake of yesterday's heavy rain, I went out to Queens to get some photos on a day off. Below are six photos from Alley Pond and Oakland Lake.

 

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!

[rclab]

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

In the wake of yesterday's heavy rain, I went out to Queens to get some photos on a day off. Below are six photos from Alley Pond and Oakland Lake.

 

If a picture is worth a thousand words there will still never be enough to describe these. Magnificent! As always …..

[donsutherland1]

The weekend will feature cool and perhaps unsettled weather. The greatest chance for rain will be late tomorrow into tomorrow night. Sunday will see clouds break and the mercury rise toward 80°.

Somewhat cooler than normal weather will then extend into at least the middle of next week. No excessive heat appears likely through the remainder of August.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.7°C for the week centered around August 12. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.80°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.32°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -32.71 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.236 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 54% probability that New York City will have a cooler than normal August (1991-2020 normal). August will likely finish with a mean temperature near 75.9° (0.2° below normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 0.7° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[nycsnow]

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:

 

New Brnswck: 84
PHL: 84
EWR: 2
ACY: 82
TTN: 81
BLM: 80
TEB: 80
LGA: 79
NYC: 79
JKF: 79
ISP: 72

[PhiEaglesfan712]

18 hours ago, bluewave said:

Bridgeport, CT close to the wettest summer on record with 10 days to go after the driest summer on record last year. 
 

Time Series Summary for IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CT - Jun through Aug Wettest Summers
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	1972	20.23	0
2	2026	18.83	11
3	1952	18.67	0
4	2006	18.52	0
5	1971	18.21	0
6	2011	18.11	0
7	1982	17.98	0
8	1992	17.27	0
9	2000	16.34	0
10	1989	15.61	0

 

Time Series Summary for IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CT - Jun through Aug Driest Summers
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	2025	3.24	0
2	1995	4.13	0
3	1966	4.21	0
4	1964	4.25	0
5	1993	4.58	0
6	1999	6.09	0
7	1957	6.16	0
8	1948	6.22	30
9	1974	6.69	0
10	1970	6.70	0

 

The super el nino years 1972 and 1982 appear in the wettest composite. 1957 is the only robust el nino that appears in the driest.

Interesting to note that a lot of the driest years produced some very cold/snowy winters.

[bluewave]

14 hours ago, doncat said:

Wettest summer here was the Irene year of 2011 with 27.50", helped along with 21.55" in Aug. Also had 27" during the 30 day period from 8/5-9/5.  Driest summer was 6.60" in 1999.

This is the wettest month for NYC since August 2024. That was the last month before the dry pattern started in September 2024. So finally beginning to get a wetter pattern last few months. 
 

Monthly Total Precipitation for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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2026	2.70	2.60	3.60	2.48	3.05	3.39	4.89	7.08	M	M	M	M	29.79
2025	0.61	2.60	5.52	3.25	6.58	2.46	4.03	2.21	2.76	4.08	2.09	3.38	39.57
2024	5.28	2.05	9.06	3.47	4.11	1.71	4.20	7.02	1.58	0.01	3.35	4.53	46.37