New York-LGA, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 78.1°F in New York-LGA, NY, the warmest August since 2022, tied 17th warmest of 87 (with 2006 and 1980).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 78.1°F; Warmest since 2022; 17th warmest of 87
Precipitation: 7.88 in; Wettest since 2023; 6th wettest of 87

A normal August in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.7°F, between 75°F and 79.9°F in eight years of ten and 4.07 in of precipitation, between 1.96 in and 6.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in New York-LGA, NY since 1940: 78.1°F in 2026; the highest is 81.6°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 75 to 79.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in New York-LGA, NY from 1940 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	78.1	17	84.7	23	71.4	14	7.88	6
2025	74.8	66	82.1	57	67.5	65	1.67	80
2024	76.7	30	83.8	34	69.7	29	7.82	8
2023	76	37	82.1	57	69.8	28	7.89	5
2022	80.8	4	87.9	2	73.7	4	2.07	74
2021	79.3	7	85.5	14	73.1	6	6.91	12
2020	79.7	6	86.2	9	73.2	5	4.90	28
2019	77.6	24	84.6	25	70.6	23	3.14	56
2018	81	2	87.6	3	74.3	2	6.66	15
2017	75.4	52	81.9	66	68.9	40	3.52	52
2016	81.6	1	88.4	1	74.7	1	1.13	83
2015	79.3	7	86.4	8	72.3	8	1.88	77
2014	75.1	59	82.1	57	68.2	56	3.50	53
2013	75.8	42	82.1	57	69.4	33	1.97	76
2012	78.7	11	85.4	16	72.1	9	2.95	62
2011	76	37	82.6	49	69.4	33	17.32	1
2010	78.6	13	85.3	17	72	10	2.36	71
2009	77.7	22	84.2	31	71.2	17	2.66	68
2008	75	62	82.4	50	67.5	65	5.78	22
2007	77.1	29	84.3	30	69.9	27	5.93	20
2006	78.1	17	84.5	26	71.7	12	4.85	30
2005	80.9	3	87.6	3	74.2	3	3.87	47
2004	75.4	52	81.4	72	69.4	33	4.42	37
2003	78.2	16	84.8	20	71.6	13	5.57	23
2002	78.5	14	85.6	13	71.4	14	4.68	33
2001	79.8	5	86.7	6	72.9	7	2.80	64
2000	74.5	70	80.5	79	68.4	50	3.95	46
1999	76.4	33	83.3	36	69.5	30	5.23	25
1998	77.9	21	84.8	20	71	18	4.29	39
1997	75	62	81.6	68	68.4	50	4.02	44
1996	75.7	43	82	61	69.3	38	2.32	72
1995	79.1	9	87.3	5	70.8	20	0.12	87
1994	75.3	55	83.3	36	67.2	71	5.39	24
1993	77.4	28	84.7	23	70	26	6.11	17
1992	73.9	74	81.5	69	66.3	76	4.12	43
1991	78.3	15	85.8	11	70.8	20	6.78	14
1990	76.3	34	83	41	69.5	30	10.31	3
1989	75.3	55	82	61	68.6	45	7.21	10
1988	78.8	10	85.7	12	71.9	11	1.83	78
1987	74	72	81.1	75	66.8	73	4.32	38
1986	73.4	81	80	81	66.8	73	4.60	35
1985	75.7	43	82.4	50	69.1	39	2.80	64
1984	76.2	35	83.1	40	69.4	33	1.19	82
1983	76.7	30	84.5	26	68.8	41	2.67	67
1982	72.3	85	79.5	85	65.2	85	3.11	57
1981	75.7	43	82.7	47	68.6	45	0.31	85
1980	78.1	17	85	19	71.3	16	1.32	81
1979	75.5	49	82.4	50	68.6	45	4.80	31
1978	75.4	52	81.4	72	69.4	33	4.01	45
1977	74.8	66	81.5	69	68.1	58	4.48	36
1976	75	62	82.2	54	67.8	63	5.95	19
1975	74.1	71	80.6	78	67.5	65	3.60	51
1974	75.7	43	83	41	68.4	50	6.07	18
1973	77.5	25	84	32	71	18	2.32	72
1972	73.6	78	81.1	75	66.1	78	0.94	84
1971	74.7	68	82.2	54	67.3	70	8.38	4
1970	77.5	25	85.5	14	69.5	30	2.68	66
1969	76	37	83.3	36	68.6	45	2.64	69
1968	75.9	41	83.2	39	68.6	45	3.19	55
1967	73.6	78	79.8	83	67.5	65	7.03	11
1966	77.7	22	84.8	20	70.6	23	1.74	79
1965	75.7	43	83	41	68.4	50	2.02	75
1964	73.7	77	81.3	74	66.2	77	0.24	86
1963	73	83	80	81	66	79	4.24	40
1962	72.5	84	79.7	84	65.4	84	5.09	26
1961	75.3	55	81.7	67	68.8	41	3.37	54
1960	75.1	59	82.2	54	67.9	62	5.88	21
1959	78	20	85.3	17	70.7	22	4.17	42
1958	75.5	49	82.7	47	68.4	50	3.63	50
1957	73.9	74	82	61	65.9	81	2.43	70
1956	75	62	82	61	68	60	3.06	59
1955	78.7	11	86.7	6	70.6	23	16.05	2
1954	73.5	80	81.5	69	65.5	83	7.86	7
1953	76.1	36	84.5	26	67.7	64	3.03	60
1952	75.3	55	82.4	50	68.3	55	6.44	16
1951	75.1	59	82.8	45	67.4	69	2.97	61
1950	73.2	82	80.4	80	65.9	81	4.88	29
1949	76.6	32	84.5	26	68.7	43	3.11	57
1948	75.5	49	82.8	45	68.1	58	3.84	48
1947	75.7	43	83.4	35	68	60	4.62	34
1946	71.4	86	78.8	86	64	86	6.81	13
1945	74	72	82	61	66	79	2.83	63
1944	77.5	25	86.2	9	68.7	43	3.70	49
1943	76	37	83.9	33	68.2	56	4.18	41
1942	73.9	74	80.8	77	66.9	72	7.49	9
1941	74.7	68	82.9	44	66.5	75	5.09	26
1940	70.9	87	78	87	63.7	87	4.74	32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	81.6
2018	81
2005	80.9
2022	80.8
2001	79.8
2020	79.7
2021	79.3
2015	79.3
1995	79.1
1988	78.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	70.9
1946	71.4
1982	72.3
1962	72.5
1963	73
1950	73.2
1986	73.4
1954	73.5
1972	73.6
1967	73.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	17.32
1955	16.05
1990	10.31
1971	8.38
2023	7.89
2026	7.88
1954	7.86
2024	7.82
1942	7.49
1989	7.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.12
1964	0.24
1981	0.31
1972	0.94
2016	1.13
1984	1.19
1980	1.32
2025	1.67
1966	1.74
1988	1.83

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 7 August 2026
Coldest night: 64°F; 21 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.86 in; 20 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 7.88 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the wettest August since 2023, 6th wettest of 87.
The hottest day of August 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 94°F on Friday 7 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 64°F on Friday 21 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 2.86 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.