August 2026

[winterwarlock]

2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

Showers/storms late tonight? 

Hrrr has some storms after daybreak

Wouldnt trust them especially with timing

 

Seemed to have struggled with this system ever since Thursday

[JustinRP37]

We just got back from a trip to Portugal, Spain, and the UK. All I can say is they have had a very long, hot, and incredibly dry summer. The leaves in London are all falling from the lack of rain and the grass is all burnt out. When we were in London it was their first "cool" shot of the whole summer, but moisture starved front, so no rain. It felt like October the first night we were there, but looked like it even more with so many leaves on the ground. We did not see one cloud the whole time we were in Portugal and Spain though. Weather was hot hot hot, especially in Spain. Great trip overall though. Really incredible places. Now hopefully we can maybe dry out just a bit...

[SACRUS]

CPA lighting up

 

[Psychguy]

5 hours ago, FPizz said:

What is trenton?  Philly has been running really high.  

+2.0 for Trenton. It’s been “low grade” hot in Philadelphia this month  (lots of “cheap” 90 degree days… meaning 90 exactly) and the nights have been very warm! My electric bill is really showing it! 

[SACRUS]

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Today's Highs:

New Brnswck: 81
PHL: 80
EWR: 80
TEB: 79
TTN: 78
LGA: 77
NYC: 77
JFK: 76
ACY: 75
BLM: 74
ISP: 73

[FPizz]

18 minutes ago, Psychguy said:

+2.0 for Trenton. It’s been “low grade” hot in Philadelphia this month  (lots of “cheap” 90 degree days… meaning 90 exactly) and the nights have been very warm! My electric bill is really showing it! 

Yeah, they track 90° days on a philly board and its like 14 or so more days than trenton which is crazy.  Even a lot more than the usually hot Newark

[ForestHillWx]

Just returned from a week in the Adirondacks; this humidity feels oppressive! Going to need 24 hours to get re-adjusted. 

[Psychguy]

1 hour ago, FPizz said:

Yeah, they track 90° days on a philly board and its like 14 or so more days than trenton which is crazy.  Even a lot more than the usually hot Newark

Total is 39 for Philly thus far.

[FPizz]

37 minutes ago, Psychguy said:

Total is 39 for Philly thus far.

Yeah, I was off.   I think trenton has only 19, so philly has 20 more.  Ridiculous 

[SI Mailman]

Impressive line of storms in central PA on radar

[TriPol]

29 minutes ago, SI Mailman said:

Impressive line of storms in central PA on radar

Incredible to see the atmosphere so angry again after just a few days ago and no heat in between then and now.

[TriPol]

[gravitylover]

7 hours ago, ForestHillWx said:

Just returned from a week in the Adirondacks; this humidity feels oppressive! Going to need 24 hours to get re-adjusted. 

I drove up Whiteface on Friday and it was 70° up top with barely a breeze. Amazing...

[IrishRob17]

10 hours ago, ForestHillWx said:

Just returned from a week in the Adirondacks; this humidity feels oppressive! Going to need 24 hours to get re-adjusted. 

I've heard people recently talking about how it's finally not humid around here...wrong! It's less humid than it was but still dews above 60 with a few hours exception here and there in some places. Looking forward to legit consistent dews below 60...someday...

[TriPol]

More flash flood warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings. Won't have to water the lawn for a while.

[BxEngine]

Not really quantifiable but these every few day line of heavy rains and storms seems odd….cant remember the last summer like this. 

[TriPol]

30 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Not really quantifiable but these every few day line of heavy rains and storms seems odd….cant remember the last summer like this. 

Thankfully the hurricane season is slow. Last thing we need is an Irene-type storm dropping 10 inches on us.

[doncat]

Wow quick 1.20" here....Don't usually sleep thru these things lol, I'm assuming there wasn't much thunder to wake me up.

[winterwarlock]

.69 last night. Today is going to be a gem in the afternoon and we stay dry through Wednesday which is a rarity. Hoping for a toasty September

[TriPol]

Next chance... Thursday afternoon. Hopefully no flash flood warnings.

[winterwarlock]

11.82 in July/August thus far. More than enough

[weathermedic]

.70 here from this morning’s rain.

[TWCCraig]

Incredible rainfall rates right now. My Davis recorded a rainfall rate of over 6"/hr at one point. Not sure about accuracy of that, but the rates are definitely up there. Been raining for about a half hour now and already up to 1.23" and climbing fast. The end is near though!

Streets are completely flooded. Storm drain across the street overflowed. I only seen that a couple times in my life

EDIT: 1.42" total this morning. 8.24" for August so far. 15.70" since July 1st (54 days)

[donsutherland1]

Newark had hourly rainfall of 1.25" (1.41" so far today). Flash flooding was reported in the vicinity of Newark Airport. LaGuardia picked up 0.95" rain in an hour and 1.44" over two hours.

Despite the theoretical estimate that storm drains in New York City Area can handle 1.75"/hour rainfall, the practical reality is that once hourly amounts approach or reach 1.00"/hour, flooding begins to occur. That parts of New York City have seen flooding as per social media and Newark experienced flash flooding this morning is another illustrative case that the practical capacity is lower than the theoretical capacity.

[uofmiami]

From Aruba, the rain back home this morning was 2.13” in Syosset (8.96” for the month) & 1.92” in Muttontown (8.29” for the month). 

[SACRUS]

70 / 67 after 0.70 in the bucket.  Looking like a nice day / dry for the most part going forward and low - mid 80s in the warmest spots.  Near / blow normal through Thursday before moderating to warmer finish to the month and overall above normal into / through Labor day.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 93 (1989)
NYC: 92 (1916)
LGA: 92 (1996)
JFK: 91 (1978)


Lows:

EWR: 55 (1982)
NYC: 51 (1923)
LGA: 56 (1952)
JFK: 57 (1994)


Historical:

 

1683: A hurricane which made landfall in Virginia and moved from Virginia to Massachusetts. Extensive damage was done in Rhode Island, and the torrential rains from the hurricane caused the Connecticut River to rise 26 feet above its usual level causing a tremendous flood in the Connecticut Valley.(Ref. Hurricane of 1683)
 

 

1724 - An event is known as the "Great Gust of 1724" occurred on this day. Almost all tobacco and much of the corn crops were destroyed by this violent tropical storm, which struck the Chesapeake Bay. Intense floods of rain and a huge gust of wind were seen on the James River. Some homes were wrecked, and several vessels were driven ashore. The storm was likely followed by a second hurricane just five days later causing rain for many straight days that caused the Virginia floods of 1724.

 

1806: A hurricane of great size and destructive power raged along the Atlantic coast from the 21st to the 24th. As the slow moving storm gained forward speed, shipping suffered severely. The coastal ship "Rose in Bloom" capsized during the morning off Barnegat Inlet, NJ, with the loss of 21 of the 49 persons on board. This disaster received wide national publicity. Further north, Cape Cod, MA received 18 inches of rain, which ruined crops. The storm also caused major shipping losses.  (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1851: The Great Middle Florida Hurricane of 1851 struck the area near Apalachicola and St. Marks. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1906 - Thunderstorms deluged Kansas City, MO, with six inches of rain during the early morning, including nearly three inches in thirty minutes. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)

1921 - Denver, CO, was drenched with 2.20 inches of rain in one hour, a record for that location. (The Weather Channel)

 

1933: A hurricane made landfall near Nags Head, North Carolina and tracked up the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane moved over Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, DC. A seven-foot tide flooded businesses in Norfolk, Virginia. Described in the American Meteorological Society's August 1933 weather review as "one of the most severe storms that have ever visited the Middle Atlantic Coast."

1933 - The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane moved over Norfolk VA and Washington D.C. A tide seven feet above normal flooded businesses in Norfolk, and damage in Maryland was estimated at seventeen million dollars. (David Ludlum)

1939: A long dry spell began in central Illinois. This was the first of 37 consecutive days where no measurable rain fell at Springfield, a record dry spell for the city. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1955: Hail in Houston County, with piles to a foot deep at Rushmore, SD. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1963: Project Stormfury was armed and ready as Hurricane Beulah moved across the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico. An armada of planes carried out the seeding and monitored the results of the experiment. On the 23rd, Beulah did not really meet the criteria for seeding. On the following day, the storm met the criteria of having a well-formed eyewall and the seeding appeared to be successful as the eyewall disintegrated. No other hurricanes would be seeded until 1969 because of a lack of good targets. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1966: A bolt of lightning struck and killed a surfer who had just come out of the water while surfing at Surf City, NJ. The surfer was standing at the ocean's edge when lightning struck. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1970 - Dry thunderstorms ignited more than one hundred fires in the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of Washington State. Hot, dry, and windy weather spread the fires, a few of which burned out of control through the end of the month. More than 100,000 acres burned. (The Weather Channel)

 

1974: Brown's Summit, NC -- a 9-year-old girl was killed by lightning. Wawarsing, NY-- A 15-year-old girl was killed by lightning and five others were injured while camping during a thunderstorm. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf)

1987 - A cold front brought autumn-like weather to the Northern and Central Plains Region. Afternoon highs were in the 50s and 60s across parts of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska that just two days earlier were in the 90s or above 100 degrees. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms produced hail an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 64 mph, and 2.62 inches of rain at Tucson AZ resulting in three million dollars damage. Cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. Hartford CT reported a record low of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with flash flooding in West Virginia. Pickens, WV, reported 4.80 inches of rain in 24 hours. Evening thunderstorms in Mississippi deluged Alta Woods with 4.25 inches of rain in less than an hour. Thunderstorms also produced heavy rain in southeastern Kentucky, and flooding was reported along Big Creek and along Stinking Creek. The Stinking Creek volunteer fire department reported water levels 12 to 14 feet above bankfull. Fort Worth TX hit the 100 degree mark for the first time all year. Strong winds ushering cool air into northwest Utah gusted to 70 mph, raising clouds of dust in the salt flats. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1992 - While South Florida residents were preparing for Hurricane Andrew, folks in western Montana were dealing with early season snowfall. Some snowfall amounts include 8.3� in Great Falls, 6.2 in Helena, and 5.1 in Cut Bank. This snowfall is the first significant snowfall on record in western Montana in August.

1998: Massive flooding caused by heavy rains from the remnants of dying Tropical Storm Charley struck the town of Del Rio, TX. 18 inches of rain fell from Sunday night through Monday morning. At least 13 people died in the flooding in Texas and Mexico. The town of Del Rio had been parched by seemingly endless drought before the rains started had had less than 3 inches of rainfall for the first seven months of the year. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1999: In Sanford, ME, a man playing a video game in the American Legion building was injured when a lightning strike arced through all the video machines. He suffered chest pains/hearing problems. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2001: Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of the 22nd in west central Illinois, continuing into the early morning hours of the 23rd. Excessive rain fell during this period, and produced widespread urban and street flooding. Cooperative observer rainfall observations ranged from 6.30 to 8 inches in Hancock County from this event. In Schuyler County, a total of 8.67 inches of rain fell in Brooklyn. On the LaMoine River, levels rose up to 16 feet in only 4 to 6 hours. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2005 - Hurricane Katrina formed from Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas. Katrina would become the costliest ($81.2 billion) and one of the most deadly hurricanes (1,836 lives) in U.S. history.

2011: Earthquake today at 1351 that lasted 30 seconds that was rated a 5.8 magnitude and the epicenter was near Mineral, Virginia. The quake was the biggest in Virginia in 114 years since May 5, 1897, when a 5.8 tremor began in Giles County and was felt in 12 states. The Charleston, SC earthquake of August 31, 1886 was a powerful intraplate earthquake the strongest earthquake recorded in South Carolina. The shaking occurred at 9:50 p.m. and lasted just under a minute and is estimated to have been between 6.6 and 7.3 on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused severe damage in Charleston, South Carolina, damaging 2,000 buildings and causing $6 million worth in damages (over $141 million in 2009 dollars), while in the whole city the buildings were only valued at approximately $24 million. Between 60 and 110 lives were lost. After the 1811 and 1812 quakes in New Madrid, Missouri, the Charleston SC earthquake is the most powerful and damaging quake to hit the southeastern United States. Three Main Shocks of the Missouri Earthquake, December 16, 1811 - Magnitude ~7.7, January 23, 1812 - Magnitude ~ 7.5, February 7, 1812 - Magnitude ~ 7.7. Also in 1755, a quake with around a 6.0 magnitude struck off the coast of Massachusetts.

[SACRUS]

10 hours ago, FPizz said:

Yeah, I was off.   I think trenton has only 19, so philly has 20 more.  Ridiculous 

Not that uncommon TTN seems to be running  a bit low since 2016.  EWR has 26 this year and 7 days at 89, 4 at 88

90 degree days

Year	PHL	TTN
2025	37	19
2024	32	27
2023	24	14
2022	47	31
2021	37	22
2020	36	28
2019	33	17
2018	30	29
2017	27	17
2016	45	35
2015	37	27
2014	19	11
2013	20	16
2012	39	29
2011	33	26
2010	55	52