New York-Central Park, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 75.7°F in New York-Central Park, NY, the warmest August since 2022, tied 55th warmest of 158 (with 2009 and 1977).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 75.7°F; Warmest since 2022; 55th warmest of 158
Precipitation: 8.64 in; Wettest since 2021; 13th wettest of 158

A normal August in New York-Central Park, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.8°F, between 73.8°F and 78.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.76 in of precipitation, between 2.22 in and 7.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in New York-Central Park, NY since 1869: 75.7°F in 2026; the highest is 80.3°F, in 1980.

Normal range, 73.8 to 78.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in New York-Central Park, NY from 1869 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	75.7	55	82.6	69	68.9	35	8.64	13
2025	73.8	105	82	93	65.7	111	2.21	130
2024	75.1	71	82.5	72	67.7	64	7.02	28
2023	75	74	81.7	99	68.3	52	6.56	31
2022	79.3	3	86.9	6	71.7	6	1.71	141
2021	77.5	19	83.9	41	71.2	7	10.32	4
2020	76.9	26	83.8	42	70	15	5.03	53
2019	75.5	59	82.5	72	68.5	43	3.70	86
2018	78.1	9	84.3	34	72	4	8.59	14
2017	74	96	80.9	121	67.1	82	3.34	91
2016	79.2	4	86.6	9	71.8	5	1.97	133
2015	79	5	86.9	6	71	8	2.35	127
2014	74.5	84	82.5	72	66.6	89	2.25	129
2013	74.6	81	81.5	103	67.6	65	2.85	108
2012	76.7	29	84.2	36	69.2	32	2.91	103
2011	75.3	66	82.9	60	67.6	65	18.95	1
2010	77.4	21	85.3	22	69.6	20	4.14	77
2009	75.7	55	82.5	72	68.9	35	4.22	74
2008	73.8	105	82.6	69	65	126	5.58	49
2007	74	96	81.4	109	66.6	89	7.18	26
2006	75.8	53	82.8	62	68.7	40	6.08	38
2005	79.7	2	87.1	4	72.2	1	3.96	80
2004	74.2	91	80.7	124	67.8	62	3.02	101
2003	76.7	29	83.3	52	70.1	14	5.85	43
2002	77.7	14	86	14	69.5	23	4.91	55
2001	78.7	7	86.5	10	70.8	9	2.56	116
2000	72.4	134	78.6	146	66.3	97	3.82	83
1999	75.5	59	83.4	51	67.6	65	2.89	104
1998	76.6	32	84.4	32	68.9	35	2.78	109
1997	73.3	114	80.7	124	65.9	108	3.21	94
1996	74.5	84	81.4	109	67.5	72	1.87	136
1995	78.5	8	87.4	3	69.7	17	0.18	158
1994	74	96	82.4	82	65.5	116	6.33	34
1993	77.2	23	86	14	68.4	47	5.41	51
1992	72.9	127	81.5	103	64.4	134	3.49	88
1991	77.1	25	86	14	68.2	53	7.13	27
1990	75.2	67	83.5	49	67	84	12.36	2
1989	74	96	82	93	66	106	8.44	16
1988	78.8	6	87	5	70.5	12	2.19	131
1987	74.2	91	82.8	62	65.6	113	4.89	56
1986	73.1	120	81.1	117	65.1	125	4.24	73
1985	75.4	63	82.4	82	68.4	47	2.58	115
1984	76.6	32	83.6	48	69.7	17	1.38	147
1983	77.7	14	85.8	18	69.6	20	7.26	24
1982	73.1	120	81.1	117	65.2	122	4.66	59
1981	76	44	83.8	42	68.1	56	0.59	155
1980	80.3	1	88.3	1	72.2	1	1.16	150
1979	76.8	28	84.1	39	69.5	23	4.27	71
1978	76	44	82.5	72	69.4	26	5.50	50
1977	75.7	55	83.2	54	68.2	53	4.57	61
1976	74.3	88	83	58	65.6	113	6.52	33
1975	74.3	88	82.4	82	66.3	97	3.05	100
1974	76.4	38	85.5	19	67.3	78	5.99	40
1973	77.6	16	85.4	20	69.8	16	3.08	98
1972	75.6	58	84.4	32	66.8	86	1.92	134
1971	75.9	48	84.2	36	67.6	65	9.37	7
1970	77.6	16	86.3	11	68.9	35	2.47	121
1969	77.4	21	86.2	12	68.6	41	2.53	119
1968	76	44	84.8	27	67.2	81	2.88	105
1967	73.9	102	81.5	103	66.3	97	5.94	41
1966	76.9	26	86.1	13	67.6	65	1.89	135
1965	73.1	120	81.8	98	64.5	133	2.73	114
1964	72.9	127	83.1	56	62.7	154	0.24	157
1963	72.1	139	81.3	112	62.8	152	3.21	94
1962	72.4	134	81	120	63.8	142	5.71	46
1961	76.4	38	84.2	36	68.5	43	3.13	97
1960	74.9	76	82.5	72	67.3	78	6.26	36
1959	77.5	19	85.3	22	69.7	17	4.45	66
1958	75.1	71	82.8	62	67.5	72	2.36	126
1957	73.6	108	82.2	86	64.9	129	2.87	106
1956	74.2	91	82	93	66.3	97	2.56	116
1955	78.1	9	86	14	70.2	13	10.86	3
1954	72.7	130	81.3	112	64.1	138	6.09	37
1953	75.8	53	84.7	29	66.8	86	2.10	132
1952	74.9	76	82.5	72	67.3	78	4.63	60
1951	74.5	84	83.1	56	65.8	110	2.53	119
1950	73.1	120	81.2	116	65	126	4.97	54
1949	76.7	29	85	26	68.4	47	4.29	70
1948	75.2	67	82.7	67	67.8	62	2.99	102
1947	75.9	48	84	40	67.9	60	2.40	124
1946	70.9	151	78.9	143	62.9	151	6.68	30
1945	73.4	112	82.1	90	64.7	132	2.75	112
1944	77.8	13	88	2	67.6	65	1.84	137
1943	75.9	48	85.3	22	66.5	93	3.80	84
1942	73.6	108	81.3	112	65.9	108	9.08	9
1941	74	96	83.8	42	64.2	135	5.92	42
1940	71.3	148	79.1	141	63.6	145	4.13	78
1939	78	12	85.4	20	70.7	10	4.83	57
1938	78.1	9	86.9	6	69.3	29	3.92	81
1937	76.6	32	84.7	29	68.5	43	7.32	22
1936	75.4	63	84.3	34	66.5	93	3.99	79
1935	74.6	81	82.8	62	66.5	93	1.42	146
1934	72	140	79.9	133	64.1	138	2.77	110
1933	74.8	79	82.1	90	67.5	72	8.85	11
1932	76.6	32	85.3	22	68	58	3.20	96
1931	75.2	67	82.9	60	67.5	72	3.24	92
1930	73.5	111	81.7	99	65.4	118	4.32	68
1929	73.1	120	82	93	64.2	135	1.47	144
1928	75.4	63	82.3	85	68.4	47	4.57	61
1927	68.5	158	75.7	157	61.2	158	9.83	5
1926	73.9	102	81.3	112	66.6	89	7.28	23
1925	73.3	114	82.6	69	64	140	1.72	140
1924	74.2	91	83.2	54	65.3	119	5.84	44
1923	72.5	132	82	93	63.1	150	1.23	148
1922	72.3	138	80.5	127	64.2	135	2.86	107
1921	71.6	145	80.4	129	62.8	152	4.57	61
1920	74.2	91	82.5	72	66	106	3.91	82
1919	71.1	149	78.4	150	63.8	142	5.82	45
1918	76.5	36	84.5	31	68.4	47	2.43	122
1917	76.1	41	83.7	46	68.6	41	1.56	142
1916	74.8	79	83.3	52	66.3	97	0.54	156
1915	71.6	145	79.2	140	64	140	7.26	24
1914	74.6	81	82.7	67	66.5	93	2.54	118
1913	73.3	114	81.4	109	65.3	119	2.38	125
1912	71.6	145	80	132	63.3	148	2.75	112
1911	73.3	114	81.5	103	65	126	9.28	8
1910	72.4	134	78.2	151	66.6	89	1.07	152
1909	72.6	131	79.4	138	65.7	111	8.50	15
1908	75.9	48	81.1	117	70.6	11	6.01	39
1907	73.9	102	80.7	124	67.1	82	3.24	92
1906	77.6	16	83	58	72.2	1	1.43	145
1905	75	74	80.9	121	69	33	4.81	58
1904	73.1	120	79.8	135	66.3	97	7.85	20
1903	69.4	157	75.2	158	63.6	145	6.73	29
1902	72.4	134	79.5	136	65.2	122	4.30	69
1901	75.5	59	81.7	99	69.3	29	6.55	32
1900	77.2	23	84.8	27	69.6	20	4.52	64
1899	76	44	82.5	72	69.4	26	3.41	90
1898	75.9	48	82.5	72	69.4	26	3.47	89
1897	73.4	112	80.1	131	66.7	88	3.77	85
1896	76.5	36	83.7	46	69.3	29	1.53	143
1895	76.1	41	83.8	42	68.5	43	4.16	75
1894	71	150	78.5	148	63.4	147	1.17	149
1893	74	96	81.7	99	66.3	97	8.72	12
1892	74.9	76	82.1	90	67.6	65	4.16	75
1891	76.1	41	82.8	62	69.5	23	4.51	65
1890	73.1	120	79.3	139	66.9	85	4.37	67
1889	70.9	151	78.2	151	63.7	144	4.27	71
1888	72.8	129	80.8	123	64.9	129	7.66	21
1887	70.3	153	77.5	154	63.2	149	3.59	87
1886	70.1	154	78.6	146	61.7	157	0.95	153
1885	71.9	143	78.9	143	64.9	129	5.67	47
1884	73.7	107	79.5	136	68	58	7.90	19
1883	69.9	156	77.4	155	62.4	155	1.82	138
1882	73.2	118	80.4	129	66.1	105	1.14	151
1881	73.6	108	81.5	103	65.6	113	0.86	154
1880	72.5	132	79.9	133	65.2	122	5.26	52
1879	72	140	78.8	145	65.3	119	7.95	18
1878	74.3	88	80.5	127	68.1	56	7.97	17
1877	75.5	59	82.2	86	68.8	39	2.77	110
1876	75.2	67	82.2	86	68.2	53	2.28	128
1875	73.2	118	79.1	141	67.4	76	8.97	10
1874	70.1	154	78.1	153	62	156	2.43	122
1873	72	140	78.5	148	65.5	116	9.56	6
1872	76.2	40	83.5	49	69	33	6.29	35
1871	74.4	87	81.5	103	67.4	76	5.60	48
1870	75.1	71	82.2	86	67.9	60	3.07	99
1869	71.8	144	77.3	156	66.2	104	1.76	139

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1980	80.3
2005	79.7
2022	79.3
2016	79.2
2015	79
1988	78.8
2001	78.7
1995	78.5
2018	78.1
1955	78.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	68.5
1903	69.4
1883	69.9
1886	70.1
1874	70.1
1887	70.3
1946	70.9
1889	70.9
1894	71
1919	71.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	18.95
1990	12.36
1955	10.86
2021	10.32
1927	9.83
1873	9.56
1971	9.37
1911	9.28
1942	9.08
1875	8.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	0.18
1964	0.24
1916	0.54
1981	0.59
1881	0.86
1886	0.95
1910	1.07
1882	1.14
1980	1.16
1894	1.17

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 7 August 2026
Coldest night: 63°F; 25 August 2026, 21 August 2026, 20 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.87 in; 20 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 8.64 in of precipitation in New York-Central Park, NY, the wettest August since 2021, 13th wettest of 158.
The hottest day of August 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: 91°F on Friday 7 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: a low of 63°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026, Friday 21 August 2026 and Thursday 20 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in New York-Central Park, NY: 2.87 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.