Poughkeepsie, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 72.2°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the warmest August since 2022, tied 34th warmest of 93 (with 1970 and 1949).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 72.2°F; Warmest since 2022; 34th warmest of 93
Precipitation: 3.19 in; Driest since 2025; 40th driest of 93

A normal August in Poughkeepsie, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72°F, between 69.3°F and 74.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.30 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 7.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1931: 72.2°F in 2026; the highest is 76.8°F, in 2022.

Normal range, 69.3 to 74.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1931 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	Days missing
2026	72.2	34	82.7	43	61.7	21	3.19	54	0
2025	69	78	81.3	63	56.8	84	2.19	73	0
2024	71.8	44	82.1	50	61.5	23	3.39	51	0
2023	70.5	60	80.1	81	60.8	37	4.89	24	0
2022	76.8	1	89.6	1	64	5	1.08	89	0
2021	74.7	8	84.1	26	65.4	2	4.98	21	0
2020	74.1	12	85.7	16	62.6	16	3.07	57	0
2019	72	40	83.5	33	60.6	40	4.33	31	0
2018	74.9	6	84	28	65.8	1	8.52	5	0
2017	69.3	72	79.9	85	58.7	64	5.06	20	0
2016	75.2	4	86.5	5	63.9	6	2.20	71	0
2015	73.6	17	86.6	4	60.6	40	2.21	70	0
2014	69.8	68	81.4	60	58.3	68	3.38	52	0
2013	70	66	80.6	71	59.5	56	6.61	10	0
2012	72.7	23	83.9	29	61.5	23	3.59	49	1
2011	71.7	46	81.8	54	61.5	23	13.23	1	0
2010	72.1	37	83.4	35	60.7	38	7.02	9	1
2009	72	40	81.8	54	62.2	18	4.94	22	0
2008	68	87	79.9	85	56.1	87	4.31	33	0
2007	70.9	53	81.7	56	60.1	48	4.33	31	0
2006	71	50	82.2	49	59.8	55	5.26	18	0
2005	75.5	2	87.5	2	63.5	8	2.01	79	0
2004	70.8	54	80.6	71	61.1	34	7.92	6	0
2003	73.5	18	83.4	35	63.7	7	4.30	34	0
2002	71.8	44	83.7	30	59.9	53	4.05	37	0
2001	74.3	10	86.2	9	62.3	17	2.04	77	0
2000									6
1999	68.7	81	80	82	57.3	78	4.22	36	0
1998	70.3	63	81.5	58	59	60	2.67	62	0
1997	70.5	60	84.1	26	56.9	82	4.52	28	0
1996	72.1	37	82.3	47	61.8	20	0.72	91	3
1995	72.3	30	86	10	58.5	66	1.80	83	0
1994									6
1993	73.3	22	85	21	61.2	32			3
1992	69.2	74	80.4	77	58.1	70	2.81	61	0
1991	74	13	85.8	13	62.1	19	4.92	23	0
1990	70.1	65	80	82	60.2	45	7.91	7	0
1989	71.9	42	82.7	43	61.1	34	3.63	47	0
1988	72.3	30	83.4	35	61.2	32	4.54	27	0
1987	66.7	93	78.9	91	54.5	91	3.79	44	0
1986	67.7	90	78	94	57.3	78	2.84	60	0
1985	68.1	85	79.4	90	56.9	82	4.68	26	0
1984	71.9	42	82.3	47	61.4	27	1.90	81	0
1983	72.5	26	84.3	25	60.7	38	4.00	39	0
1982	68.1	85	78.8	93	57.3	78	3.86	41	0
1981	71.1	49	83.2	39	59	60	0.64	92	0
1980	73.9	14	84.7	24	63.1	10	2.25	69	0
1979	71.2	48	81.1	66	61.3	31	3.70	45	0
1978	72.5	26	82	51	63.1	10	2.32	67	0
1977	70.7	56	81.4	60	60.1	48	2.95	58	0
1976	69.1	77	80.3	78	58	72	7.27	8	0
1975	70	66	79.8	87	60.2	45	3.15	55	0
1974	71	50	82	51	59.9	53	3.82	43	0
1973	75.1	5	85.8	13	64.4	3	1.24	87	0
1972	70.7	56	81.9	53	59.4	58	2.14	75	0
1971	69.8	68	81.4	60	58.1	70	10.92	3	0
1970	72.2	34	85.5	17	59	60	4.03	38	0
1969	72.1	37	83.6	32	60.5	42	3.60	48	0
1968	70.6	58	82.9	41	58.3	68	2.05	76	0
1967	69.8	68	79.5	88	60.1	48	5.76	15	0
1966	72.3	30	85.9	12	58.7	64	0.87	90	0
1965	70.4	62	81.5	58	59.2	59	4.38	29	0
1964	67.9	88	81.3	63	54.5	91	2.35	64	0
1963	67.9	88	80.2	80	55.7	88	1.81	82	0
1962	69.2	74	80.7	70	57.6	75	3.85	42	0
1961	71.4	47	82.5	46	60.3	44	1.99	80	0
1960	70.6	58	81.1	66	60.1	48	2.28	68	0
1959	73.9	14	84.8	23	62.9	13	3.56	50	0
1958	70.8	54	82.8	42	58.9	63	2.20	71	0
1957	66.9	92	80.5	75	53.3	93	1.66	85	0
1956	69.3	72	81.2	65	57.5	77	1.72	84	0
1955	74.3	10	85.4	18	63.1	10	12.71	2	0
1954	67.2	91	78.9	91	55.5	89	5.18	19	0
1953	69	78	83.3	38	54.6	90	2.19	73	0
1952	69.5	71	80.6	71	58.5	66	5.87	13	0
1951	68.6	82	80.6	71	56.5	86	5.87	13	0
1950	69	78	80.3	78	57.6	75	3.68	46	0
1949	72.2	34	84.9	22	59.5	56	4.26	35	0
1948	73.7	16	86	10	61.5	23	2.35	64	0
1947	74.8	7	86.7	3	62.9	13	3.24	53	0
1946	68.4	83	80	82	56.7	85	2.95	58	0
1945	72.3	30	83.2	39	61.4	27	5.73	16	0
1944	73.4	19	85.8	13	61	36	0.61	93	0
1943	72.6	24	85.2	19	60	52	1.10	88	0
1942	71	50	81.7	56	60.2	45	4.37	30	0
1941	70.3	63	82.7	43	57.9	74	2.39	63	0
1940	69.2	74	80.5	75	58	72	3.13	56	1
1939	75.4	3	86.4	8	64.3	4	2.04	77	1
1938	74.7	8	86.5	5	62.8	15	5.97	12	0
1937			81.1	66			3.91	40	4
1936	73.4	19	85.1	20	61.6	22	6.33	11	0
1935	72.5	26	83.5	33	61.4	27	1.29	86	0
1934	68.4	83	79.5	88	57.3	78	2.35	64	0
1933	72.6	24	83.7	30	61.4	27	8.71	4	3
1932	73.4	19	86.5	5	60.4	43	5.61	17	1
1931	72.4	29	81.1	66	63.4	9	4.79	25	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	76.8
2005	75.5
1939	75.4
2016	75.2
1973	75.1
2018	74.9
1947	74.8
2021	74.7
1938	74.7
2001	74.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	66.7
1957	66.9
1954	67.2
1986	67.7
1964	67.9
1963	67.9
2008	68
1985	68.1
1982	68.1
1946	68.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	13.23
1955	12.71
1971	10.92
1933	8.71
2018	8.52
2004	7.92
1990	7.91
1976	7.27
2010	7.02
2013	6.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	0.61
1981	0.64
1996	0.72
1966	0.87
2022	1.08
1943	1.10
1973	1.24
1935	1.29
1957	1.66
1956	1.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 6 August 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.01 in; 20 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 3.19 in of precipitation in Poughkeepsie, NY, the driest August since 2025, 40th driest of 93.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 91°F on Thursday 6 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of 51°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 1.01 in on Thursday 20 August 2026.