New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 76.4°F in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the warmest August since 2022, tied 21st warmest of 79 (with 1971).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 76.4°F; Warmest since 2022; 21st warmest of 79
Precipitation: 7.50 in; Wettest since 2011; 4th wettest of 70

A normal August in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.8°F, between 72.9°F and 77.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.30 in of precipitation, between 1.73 in and 7.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY since 1948: 76.4°F in 2026; the highest is 78.9°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 72.9 to 77.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY from 1948 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	76.4	21	83.3	26	69.5	15	7.50	4
2025	72.8	66	80.5	59	65.1	72	1.78	60
2024	75.9	29	83.4	23	68.4	30	4.36	21
2023	74.1	48	80.8	57	67.4	43	4.01	27
2022	78.7	2	86.4	1	71	4	0.85	64
2021	76.9	13	83.4	23	70.5	8	7.38	5
2020	76.3	23	83.1	31	69.5	15	2.82	44
2019	75.3	35	82.4	37	68.3	32	3.16	40
2018	77.5	6	83.9	15	71	4	4.68	20
2017	74.6	42	81.9	42	67.4	43	2.50	50
2016	78.9	1	85.4	5	72.5	1	0.62	67
2015	78.5	3	86.3	2	70.7	7	3.63	31
2014	74.1	48	81.6	46	66.5	59	4.23	25
2013	74.4	45	81.3	49	67.5	40	2.73	46
2012	76.7	17	84	14	69.5	15	4.03	26
2011	75.5	32	82.5	36	68.5	28	17.24	1
2010	76.2	25	83.9	15	68.5	28	3.12	41
2009	76.5	19	83.2	28	69.8	13	3.50	36
2008	73.6	56	81.8	43	65.4	68	3.21	39
2007	74	52	81.3	49	66.7	56	5.88	12
2006	76.1	26	83.5	21	68.6	27	2.66	47
2005	78.4	4	85.9	3	70.8	6	0.58	68
2004	73.5	58	79.6	66	67.4	43	7.36	6
2003	76.3	23	82.8	33	69.9	11	2.28	52
2002	76.1	26	83.5	21	68.8	23	7.07	8
2001	77.2	11	84.4	12	69.9	11	2.07	56
2000	73	62	79.4	72	66.7	56	3.40	37
1999	74.9	40	81.8	43	67.9	37	3.58	32
1998	76.1	26	83.8	17	68.4	30	1.85	58
1997	72.8	66	80.3	62	65.4	68	5.95	11
1996	72.9	63	79.5	68	66.3	60	3.06	42
1995	77	12	85.3	7	68.7	25	0.22	70
1994	72.2	71	79.2	75	65.2	70	6.69	9
1993	75	39	81.7	45	68.3	32	2.17	53
1992	72.2	71	79.2	75	65.2	70	5.31	15
1991	76.8	15	84.2	13	69.3	19	7.59	3
1990	75.4	33	82	41	68.8	23	6.68	10
1989	74	52	81	55	67.1	49	4.35	22
1988	76.5	19	83.4	23	69.6	14	2.01	57
1987	72.9	63	80.1	64	65.7	65	3.84	28
1986	72.9	63	79.5	68	66.3	60	3.69	30
1985	73.9	54	80.9	56	66.9	53	1.80	59
1984	77.5	6	83.7	19	71.4	2	1.47	61
1983	76.7	17	83.8	17	69.5	15	5.84	13
1982	72.7	68	79.6	66	65.7	65	2.15	54
1981	75.4	33	82.1	39	68.7	25	1.05	62
1980	78	5	84.6	9	71.4	2	0.85	64
1979	73.6	56	80.5	59	66.7	56	5.65	14
1978	77.4	8	84.5	10	70.4	10	3.58	32
1977	73.3	60	80.7	58	65.8	64	4.85	17
1976	72.7	68	79.5	68	65.9	63	8.30	2
1975	74.4	45	81.6	46	67.2	48	3.54	35
1974	75.7	31	83.7	19	67.7	38	4.24	24
1973	75.3	35	83	32	67.5	40	0.84	66
1972	74.8	41	82.2	38	67.3	46	0.42	69
1971	76.4	21	84.7	8	68.2	35	4.35	22
1970	77.3	10	85.4	5	69.3	19	2.57	49
1969	77.4	8	85.6	4	69.2	21	2.39	51
1968	75.8	30	83.3	26	68.3	32	2.78	45
1967	71.4	78	77.6	79	65.1	72	7.36	6
1966	74.5	44	82.7	34	66.2	62	2.99	43
1965	72.2	71	80.4	61	64.1	76	2.11	55
1964	72.2	71	81.3	49	63.1	79	0.87	63
1963	72.4	70	81.3	49	63.5	77	2.65	48
1962	71.5	77	79.5	68	63.5	77	4.78	19
1961	75.3	35	82.6	35	68	36	3.56	34
1960	74.1	48	81.5	48	66.8	55	4.80	18
1959	76.8	15	84.5	10	69.1	22	3.71	29
1958	74.4	45	81.1	54	67.7	38
1957	71.2	79	77.9	78	64.5	75
1956	73.7	55	80.3	62	67.1	49
1955	76.9	13	83.2	28	70.5	8
1954	72.2	71	79.4	72	65	74
1953	74.1	48	81.3	49	66.9	53
1952	73.5	58	79.7	65	67.3	46
1951	73.2	61	79.3	74	67	52
1950	72	76	78.6	77	65.5	67
1949	75.3	35	83.2	28	67.5	40	5.27	16
1948	74.6	42	82.1	39	67.1	49	3.26	38

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	78.9
2022	78.7
2015	78.5
2005	78.4
1980	78
2018	77.5
1984	77.5
1978	77.4
1969	77.4
1970	77.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1957	71.2
1967	71.4
1962	71.5
1950	72
1994	72.2
1992	72.2
1965	72.2
1964	72.2
1954	72.2
1963	72.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	17.24
1976	8.30
1991	7.59
2026	7.50
2021	7.38
2004	7.36
1967	7.36
2002	7.07
1994	6.69
1990	6.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.22
1972	0.42
2005	0.58
2016	0.62
1973	0.84
2022	0.85
1980	0.85
1964	0.87
1981	1.05
1984	1.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 9 August 2026
Coldest night: 64°F; 29 August 2026, 21 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.75 in; 3 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 7.50 in of precipitation in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the wettest August since 2011, 4th wettest of 70.
The hottest day of August 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 92°F on Sunday 9 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: a low of 64°F on Saturday 29 August 2026 and Friday 21 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 2.75 in on Monday 3 August 2026.