August 2026

[SACRUS]

78 / 68 partly - mostly cloudy humid.   Front clears through later today and we'll see if showers/storms are isolated.  Great weekend and extended through Monday clear / mostly clear low - mid 80s and dry.  The ridge comes in but clouds / showers may keep temps down Tue - Thu, otherwise overall warm to much warmer than normal 8/30  - 9/7 and beyond.

 

[MANDA]

Picked up .50" rainfall from event that just wrapped up.  So glad we avoided anything heavy in my immediate area. Soils are wet and with the declining sun angle they are taking longer to dry out.  August rainfall: 8.34".  Rainfall Y.T.D.: 41.15".  We'll see if wet pattern holds into and through the Fall.  Might be headed for a 50" rainfall year.  At this point I'm willing to bet on the over.

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 102 (1948)
NYC: 100 (1948)
LGA: 99 (1948)
JFK: 98 (1973)


Lows:

EWR: 51 (1941)
NYC: 50 (1885)
LGA: 54 (1986)
JFK: 53 (1986)


Historical:

1816: Frosts continue in New England i

1898 - Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the rain gage at Fort Mohave AZ. However, water in a wash tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured eight inches after the 45 minute storm. (The Weather Channel)

1911 - Saint George, GA, was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1954: Thunderstorm winds and hail struck Alachua and Orange Counties in Florida. A tornado touched down briefly in Orlando and ripped up three large oaks. Considerable wind damage to roofs and several automobiles were hit by falling trees. A child was killed by lightning at Lake City, FL. Several others were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1959 - Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm, and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which normally would have been a thirteen minute descent). He described it as one of the most bizarre and painful experiences imaginable. (The Weather Channel)

1964: NASA launched the first NIMBUS weather satellite. More advanced than the pioneering TIROS satellites, the NIMBUS program featured new cameras and sensors that continued well into the 1970s. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1968: One man was seriously injured by lightning while riding on a roller coaster at a Denver, CO amusement park. An airline employee was injured when lightning struck a jetliner he was servicing at Stapleton International Airport. A lightning caused fire did extensive damage to a house and to several others. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1971 - Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating floods in central and northeast New Jersey resulting in 138 million dollars damage. In southeastern Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines, and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and subways. (David Ludlum)

1973 - An F4 tornado touched down near Canaan, New York, and moved to western Massachusetts. Three people were killed in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts when a truck stop was destroyed, and another person died in a ruined house nearby.

1974: Central New Jersey--Lightning resulted in one death. Sanford, NC -- A woman in her backyard was hit by lightning and died in a hospital. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf)

1977: Severe flooding hit parts of southwest Oklahoma after 8 to 10 inches of rain fell over the area. The hardest hit areas were between the West Cache and Blue Beaver Creeks, near the communities of Cache, Faxon, and Medicine Park, all in Comanche County. Six children had to be rescued by helicopter from a knoll between the two creeks, while several other families had to be evacuated. Damage was quite severe as many houses reportedly had two to four feet of water flowing through them. The floods also washed away several bridges. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1978: Hail up to six inches deep was recorded during a severe thunderstorm at Colorado Springs, CO. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

 

1980: Two inches of snow fell at Sherman Pass, WA. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1982: A strong cold front pushed through bringing record low temperatures across parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Record lows included: International Falls, MN: 30°, Duluth, MN: 34°, Marquette, MI: 36°, Lansing, MI: 36°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 37°-Tied.(Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

 

1985: In the early morning hours eight inches of rain pounded Le Mars, IA. Every home in town had some problems and houses that had never had water in their basements suddenly had 6 inches of water standing on their floors. Later that afternoon, more severe weather developed in northwest Iowa pounding several counties with golfball size hail and high winds in excess of 60 mph. Window and tree damage was extensive across Emmett, O'Brien, Cherokee, Clay, Buena Vista and Plymouth Counties. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1986 - The temperature at Apalachicola, FL, dipped to 62 degrees to shatter their previous August record by four degrees, having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the 2nd of the month. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted southeastern Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning, SC, which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in North Carolina. Chris produced one to two foot tides, and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina. Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50 inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches near Auburn and Brownville. Showers in Montana pushed the rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous August record of 3.90 inches. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Between 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. a devastating F5 tornado ripped a 16.4 mile-long path through portions of Kendall and Will counties in northern Illinois. A total of 29 people were killed, and 350 more were injured. An estimated $160 million in damages occurred. The tornado's path width ranged from 200 yards to half a mile. A total of 470 homes were destroyed, and another 1000 homes were damaged. Sixty-five thousand customers lost power.

1992: The coolest August temperature ever recorded in Wichita Falls, TX when the temperature fell to a cool 53°.
Rapidly intensifying Typhoon Omar cut right across the U.S. territory of Guam in the western Pacific. At the time of landfall winds were sustained at 125 mph around the eye. Anderson Air Force Base had sustained winds of 104 mph with a peak gust to 150 mph, recorded a pressure reading of 945.8 millibars or 27.93 inches of mercury, and was deluged with 16.41 inches of rain. Agana Naval Air Station reported wind gusts exceeding 170 mph and a low pressure reading of 932 millibars or 27.52 inches of mercury. One person was killed, 132 people were injured, over 4,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and total damage was $487 million dollars. This was the strongest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2001: Snow plows in the summer! Hail mostly three quarter inches in diameter but a few stones as large as 1 1/4 inches in diameter fell on the west side of Silver City, New Mexico for 40 minutes and accumulated to a depth of 6 inches. Many vehicles were stranded until snow plows could clear hail from the roadways. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2007 Accord Publishing, USA)

2002: A very far to the north occurrence for this phenomenon. A funnel cloud was seen and photographed from near Wonder Lake in, AK’s Denali National Park. The funnel appeared several miles north of the lake; the bottom of the visible funnel almost touched the ground. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2003: Two men were struck and injured by a nearby lightning strike at the Albemarle County, VA Fair in the North Garden area of the county. (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)
 

2005 - Hurricane Katrina attained Category 5 status on the morning of August 28 and reached its peak strength at 1800 UTC that day, with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph and a minimum central pressure of 902 mbars (26.6 inHg).

[SACRUS]

Rainfall 8/27

EWR: 2.32
PHL: 2.32
TTN: 1.16 
NYC: 0.45
ISP: 0.22
LGA: 0.18
JFK: 0.1

[SACRUS]

Monthly rain:

EWR: 10.16 
NYC: 8.49
LGA: 7.84
JFK: 7.46
PHL: 7.43
TTN: 7.34

[Dan76]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

Within the U.S. this is true since we have widespread access to air conditioning. Most of the movement within the U.S has been from cooler locations to warmer ones. Outside this forum most people applaud the much milder winters since they require less heating demand which has become so expensive these days.

They will put up with warmer summers since the extra cooling costs are pennies on the dollar compared to what a really cold winter like we would regularly get in the past did to winter heating bills.

But the movement to warmer locations within the U.S comes with risks. Water shortages are becoming an issue out West with some smaller communities losing water rights. Wildfires have become a big issue with the land becoming so dry combined with human and natural ignition sources on the rise.

Another risk is that over the coming decades is that the Western droughts begin to creep out into the Plains lowering crop yields. Places like France and The UK with much smaller agricultural output have suffered significant crop losses this summer.

Plus increasing exposure to extreme flood events across the U.S from rainfall and tropical systems.

 

Goin to be Interesting to say the least.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/

[SACRUS]

EWR currently in 4th place all time wettest months of August

2026: 10.16

Rank	Year	August Rainfall
1	2011	18.79"
2	1955	11.84"
3	1971	10.63"
4	1942	8.46"
5	2003	8.21"
6	1990	7.71"
7	2007	7.32"
8	1978	7.30"
9	2021	7.19"
10	1974	7.17"
11	1989	7.03"
12	1959	6.94"

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

EWR currently in 4th place all time wettest months of August

2026: 10.16

Rank	Year	August Rainfall
1	2011	18.79"
2	1955	11.84"
3	1971	10.63"
4	1942	8.46"
5	2003	8.21"
6	1990	7.71"
7	2007	7.32"
8	1978	7.30"
9	2021	7.19"
10	1974	7.17"
11	1989	7.03"
12	1959	6.94"

lot of wet records this summer/monthly

[PhiEaglesfan712]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

EWR currently in 4th place all time wettest months of August

2026: 10.16

Rank	Year	August Rainfall
1	2011	18.79"
2	1955	11.84"
3	1971	10.63"
4	1942	8.46"
5	2003	8.21"
6	1990	7.71"
7	2007	7.32"
8	1978	7.30"
9	2021	7.19"
10	1974	7.17"
11	1989	7.03"
12	1959	6.94"

Lots of la nina years on this list. 1955 and 2007 were developing strong la ninas; 2011, 1974, and 1989 were exiting strong la nina years; 1971 and 2021 were also moderate la nina years.

[SACRUS]

 

https://nypost.com/2026/08/28/us-news/southern-california-sets-record-most-humid-place-in-us-amid-heatwave/

[SACRUS]

Ugly day at the beach in NJ

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

2 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Ugly day at the beach in NJ

 

Yeah, I can confirm, as there was a massive delay with the Battle at the Beach high school football games in Ocean City. All the games starting after 1 got moved back an hour.

[Chinook]

Yesterday's storm reports/ storm warnings with a few tornado warnings in the eastern section of the country (no tornadoes)

 

[jm1220]

6 hours ago, bluewave said:

Within the U.S. this is true since we have widespread access to air conditioning. Most of the movement within the U.S has been from cooler locations to warmer ones. Outside this forum most people applaud the much milder winters since they require less heating demand which has become so expensive these days.

They will put up with warmer summers since the extra cooling costs are less compared to what a really cold winter like we would regularly get in the past did to winter heating bills.

But the movement to warmer locations within the U.S comes with risks. Water shortages are becoming an issue out West with some smaller communities losing water rights. Wildfires have become a big issue with the land becoming so dry combined with human and natural ignition sources on the rise.

Another risk is that over the coming decades is that the Western droughts begin to creep out into the Plains lowering crop yields. Places like France and The UK with much smaller agricultural output have suffered significant crop losses this summer.

Plus increasing exposure to extreme flood events across the U.S from rainfall and tropical systems.

 

You don’t live in the Deep South for the summer and love the heat afterwards. Trust me. 

[FPizz]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

Ugly day at the beach in NJ

 

Absolute perfect day out this way.  Clear and 83

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Update: Storm is out of the way. The football season has officially begun!

[bluewave]

36 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

You don’t live in the Deep South for the summer and love the heat afterwards. Trust me. 

According to most of us on this forum. But the majority of the population movement is to places like the Deep South and Desert Southwest like Phoenix.

Just go on YouTube and pull up videos about how people in these areas stay in the AC as much as possible in the warm season. There is a couple on there that used to live in Minnesota that would rather deal with Phoenix summer heat than Upper Midwest winter cold.

They adjust their summer routines to only go outdoors early in the mornings for more than a few minutes to avoid the heat. But to each their own. This world provides a wide array of climates to accommodate everyone’s wants and needs. 

[psv88]

Beautiful day on fire island. High around 80 with a warm breeze. Excellent late summer week. 

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow through Monday will see highs reach the upper 70s and lower 80s. It could turn somewhat warmer to end August and start September. However, no excessive heat appears likely through the remainder of August and into the opening days of September.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.6°C for the week centered around August 19. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.87°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.43°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -7.34 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.286 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 58% 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. 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

According to most of us on this forum. But the majority of the population movement is to places like the Deep South and Desert Southwest like Phoenix.

Just go on YouTube and pull up videos about how people in these areas stay in the AC as much as possible in the warm season. There is a couple on there that used to live in Minnesota that would rather deal with Phoenix summer heat than Upper Midwest winter cold.

They adjust their summer routines to only go outdoors early in the mornings for more than a few minutes to avoid the heat. But to each their own. This world provides a wide array of climates to accommodate everyone’s wants and needs. 

There are also such things as pools and beaches. I have an inground pool here myself but only used it for a few days this summer because it's rained so much. Today was a really good day though, around 75 here and mostly sunny and a nice cool breeze at 1600 feet. Looks like a clear night coming up, why couldn't we have had this last night for the eclipse instead of those nuisance thunderstorms? It didn't clear out here last night until after 1:30. I really dislike thunder and lightning I'm always worried it will hit me especially up here. I had to hire a logging company to clear all the tall trees within 100 feet of this house back in 2018 when a microburst happened and I had to replace part of the roof and the railing on the bedroom balcony.

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Lots of la nina years on this list. 1955 and 2007 were developing strong la ninas; 2011, 1974, and 1989 were exiting strong la nina years; 1971 and 2021 were also moderate la nina years.

1955 was very similar to 1999 both were very hot summers. Part of the well known 11 year cycle.

[LibertyBell]

23 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Yeah I don't know many people that like 95 degrees and humid. Most people complain when it's that hot. I think most summer lovers want 85 degrees with low humidity. 

I think people complain mostly about the humidity not the temperatures per se. I distinctly remember a few people on here who said that they were surprised how enjoyable they found the dry low humidity heat of 2010 even though it was above 100 for July 4th weekend just like it was this year. That was the ideal summer 100 degrees with 20 percent humidity.  I'm not surprised they enjoyed that weather either, dry heat is VERY therapeutic to the human body. That was my favorite summer of all time. Followed by the 1993 summer which had the greatest heatwave I've ever experienced.

 

 

[Stormlover74]

20 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

There are also such things as pools and beaches. I have an inground pool here myself but only used it for a few days this summer because it's rained so much. Today was a really good day though, around 75 here and mostly sunny and a nice cool breeze at 1600 feet. Looks like a clear night coming up, why couldn't we have had this last night for the eclipse instead of those nuisance thunderstorms? It didn't clear out here last night until after 1:30. I really dislike thunder and lightning I'm always worried it will hit me especially up here. I had to hire a logging company to clear all the tall trees within 100 feet of this house back in 2018 when a microburst happened and I had to replace part of the roof and the railing on the bedroom balcony.

I swam in Phoenix when it was 117. Not enjoyable at all. Water was hot, no shade, went back inside after 10 minutes.