August 2026 General Discussion

[Chinook]

It's so nice to cool down, with lower dew points.

a high of 77, and a low of 53 for Toledo, makes for an avergae of 8 degrees F below normal for the day

It's starting to feel exactly like those perfect September days, that is, the days with much lower amounts of air conditioning needed.

 

[Brian D]

0.47" of rain yesterday. Stronger cell just to my S dumped 1-2". Most welcome. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Early fall airmass moved in last night. Gusty NW winds, steep lapse rates and lower dew point. Trees are starting to show some drought stress. 
 

0.20” since August 1

7.10” since June 1

[Brian D]

83/67 for a nice summer day. That rain helped the dews today. 

[IWXwx]

Picked up 1.31" in 45 minutes from a t-storm as the cool front moved through last evening, taking our month's total to 10.67". The grass is supposed to be brown and dormant around here in late August. This having to mow every five days sucks, but my garden appreciates it.

[weatherbo]

Should be a nice breezy day in the upper 60's w/ lows tonight in the low 40's.  Not much rain materialized over the past several days, It's pretty dry.  I've had a hummingbird feeding frenzy for about 2-3 weeks then seemingly overnight they're gone.  I'll leave the feeders up another week or two for stragglers.  Sure sign that summer is over in the northland.

[EC609]

86 yesterday. Looks like summer for the foreseeable future. Yuck

[A-L-E-K]

counterpoint: extended summer is the best x love it

[Malacka11]

Now begins real dunes season

[BeastFromTheEast]

4 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Should be a nice breezy day in the upper 60's w/ lows tonight in the low 40's.  Not much rain materialized over the past several days, It's pretty dry.  I've had a hummingbird feeding frenzy for about 2-3 weeks then seemingly overnight they're gone.  I'll leave the feeders up another week or two for stragglers.  Sure sign that summer is over in the northland.

You’ve got some 70s in your point forecast all of next week. 
 

Could be a decent streak of 70s to close out the summer season for you guys in the UP. Maybe even one last 80.

The Annual SEP Torch spares no one! 
 

even monster Nino falls stand no chance against the greater overall pattern shift towards warm and mild falls. 

[weatherbo]

1 hour ago, BeastFromTheEast said:

You’ve got some 70s in your point forecast all of next week. 
 

Could be a decent streak of 70s to close out the summer season for you guys in the UP. Maybe even one last 80.

The Annual SEP Torch spares no one! 
 

even monster Nino falls stand no chance against the greater overall pattern shift towards warm and mild falls. 

I’m all in for a mild/warm fall. No need to rush winter but I do consider summer over up here September 1st regardless of temps. Leaves are well on their way, sun goes behind the trees on the hill mid afternoon. The look and feel of summer has faded.

[Chambana]

How is it almost September?!