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New York in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in New York is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 68°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.August in New York is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 20°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
68°F20°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
13h 43mon average

Is August a good time to visit New York?

A good month, just outside New York's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 43°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 6°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in August, against 27% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in August, against 40% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

13h 43m in August, against 9h 18m to 15h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July87°31°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August86°30°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September80°27°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where New York sits, in August

America/New York
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:06 AMsets 7:56 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
40.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gardiner108 km north

The land around New York, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in New York

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New York. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.