Saranac Lake, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 61.6°F in Saranac Lake, NY, the coldest August since 2025, tied 31st coldest of 100 (with 1994 and 1914).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 61.6°F; Coldest since 2025; 31st coldest of 100
Precipitation: 3.42 in; Driest since 2025; 42nd driest of 113

A normal August in Saranac Lake, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.2°F, between 59.9°F and 64.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.75 in of precipitation, between 2.47 in and 4.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Saranac Lake, NY since 1903: 61.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 55.2°F, in 1903.

Normal range, 59.9 to 64.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Saranac Lake, NY from 1903 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	61.6	68	74.4	70	48.9	66	3.42	71	0
2025	60.7	82	76.2	41	45.3	98	1.43	108	0
2024	63.2	41	74.3	72	52.1	19	4.80	20	0
2023	60.9	76	71.9	97	49.9	52	8.48	1	0
2022	65	14	78.1	16	51.8	26	4.26	38	0
2021	66	5	78	18	53.9	7	3.65	62	0
2020	61.5	71	74.5	63	48.4	75	5.58	11	0
2019	59.7	91	74.2	75	45.2	99	4.12	46	0
2018	64.4	25	76.9	29	51.9	23	4.15	44	0
2017	59.5	93	73	86	46	95	3.68	61	0
2016	65.5	9	78.7	10	52.2	18	3.34	75	0
2015	62.6	48	75.3	52	49.9	52	3.40	73	0
2014	60.3	86	72.8	89	47.9	84	2.96	85	0
2013	60.9	76	72.7	90	49.1	63	3.16	80	0
2012	62.6	48	76.9	29	48.3	79	1.46	106	0
2011	62.5	51	75	57	50.1	49	6.58	5	0
2010	63.3	39	76.3	36	50.3	44	4.33	37	0
2009	62.2	54	74.8	60	49.7	57	3.90	54	0
2008	60	88	72.5	93	47.5	90	3.42	71	0
2007	62.1	56	76.2	41	48	83	1.28	110	0
2006									13
2005	64.1	30	76.3	36	52	20	4.49	29	0
2004	60.3	86	71.4	102	49.1	63	4.70	24	0
2003	64	32	75.8	49	52.3	16	3.79	58	0
2002	62.7	46	76.9	29	48.4	75	0.96	112	0
2001	64.3	27	78.9	8	49.8	55	6.03	8	0
2000	60	88	71.7	99	48.2	80	3.16	80	0
1999	59.7	91	72.2	96	47.2	93	2.72	91	0
1998	61.7	67	74.2	75	49.2	60	2.95	86	1
1997	60.9	76	74.3	72	47.6	89	4.39	34	0
1996	64.5	21	77.4	25	51.8	26	2.75	87	1
1995	64.5	21	78.3	15	50.5	39	3.75	59	1
1994	61.6	68	74.5	63	48.7	73	4.39	34	0
1993	64.7	17	77.5	24	51.9	23	3.27	76	0
1992	61.5	71	72.5	93	50.6	38	3.97	49	0
1991	65.7	6	77.7	22	54.2	6	4.47	31	2
1990	65	14	77.2	26	52.7	12	4.25	40	0
1989	62.7	46	75.3	52	50.2	46	4.65	25	0
1988	65.7	6	78	18	53.5	10	5.37	15	0
1987			74.9	58			2.50	96	5
1986	60.8	80	72.6	92	48.9	66	4.56	26	0
1985			74.5	63			4.49	29	6
1984			78.1	16			3.53	67	8
1983			76.3	36			7.59	2	9
1982			71.5	100			4.52	28	8
1981	61.5	71	74.1	78	48.9	66	3.39	74	0
1979	61.9	61	71.9	97	51.8	26	5.74	10	0
1978	62.6	48	75.3	52	49.9	52	3.56	64	0
1977	62	60	73.4	83	50.5	39	6.44	7	2
1976	61.8	64	73.4	83	50.3	44	4.13	45	2
1975	65.1	12	77.6	23	52.6	14	2.63	92	0
1974	64.5	21	76.3	36	52.7	12	4.17	42	0
1973	67.6	1	78.8	9	56.3	2	1.92	102	0
1972	61.8	64	73	86	50.5	39	2.58	94	0
1971	62.9	45	74.6	62	51.3	34	5.45	13	0
1970	63.8	34	75.9	45	51.4	31	4.97	18	1
1969	64.8	16	75.9	45	53.6	8	4.07	48	0
1968	60.4	85	73.4	83	47.5	90	2.00	101	0
1967	62.1	56	73.5	81	50.8	36	4.80	20	0
1966	64.3	27	75.9	45	52.4	15	4.21	41	3
1965	63.4	37	74.5	63	52.3	16	6.55	6	0
1964									7
1963	59.9	90	70.9	103	48.8	72	7.55	3	0
1962	64	32	76.3	36	51.7	29	4.34	36	0
1961	64.6	18	75.2	55	53.6	8	4.54	27	1
1960	63.5	36	77.8	21	49.6	58	2.60	93	2
1959	67.4	3	77.9	20	57.3	1	6.79	4	2
1958	63.3	39	75.8	49	50.7	37	3.43	70	0
1957			74.5	63			0.74	113	6
1956	62.3	53	74.2	75	50.5	39	3.91	53	1
1955							3.97	49	6
1954	60.6	84	72.5	93	48.2	80	5.46	12	1
1953	62.1	56	75.9	45	48.2	80	4.89	19	0
1952	64.1	30	78.4	14	49.8	55	3.16	80	0
1951					48.9	66	3.56	64	4
1950	61.9	61	74.7	61	49.1	63			0
1949	65.1	12	78.7	10	51.5	30	5.90	9	0
1948	64.5	21	76.9	29	52	20	4.11	47	0
1947	63.1	42	82.2	2	44.2	103	1.16	111	1
1946							3.84	57	4
1945	60.9	76	76.2	41	45.5	97	3.69	60	0
1944	65.6	8	83.5	1	47.7	85	2.09	98	0
1943	64.2	29	77	27	51.3	34	3.55	66	0
1942	65.2	11	76.1	44	54.4	5	4.26	38	1
1941	57.5	99	74.1	78	40.8	105	4.17	42	0
1940									13
1939					54.8	4	2.73	89	12
1938					52	20	5.07	16	5
1937									15
1936					47.7	85	3.96	52	31
1935					51.4	31	2.73	89	4
1934							1.33	109	4
1933	64.4	25	79.9	4	48.9	66	4.40	33	0
1932	66.4	4	79.5	5	53.2	11	3.51	68	0
1931	63.1	42	78.5	13	47.7	85	2.31	97	0
1930	62.5	51	76.7	34	48.4	75	1.88	103	2
1928	67.6	1	80.2	3	55	3	3.90	54	0
1927	58.8	97	70.1	104	47.5	90	2.03	99	1
1925	62.1	56	75.2	55	48.9	66	1.87	104	0
1924	62.2	54	74.5	63	50	50	4.79	22	1
1923	59.4	94	73.9	80	44.8	102	3.23	77	0
1922	60.7	82	72.7	90	49.2	60	4.43	32	1
1921	61.8	64	74.4	70	49.2	60	2.74	88	0
1920	65.3	10	79.3	6	51.4	31	2.01	100	0
1918	63.1	42	77	27	48.5	74	5.43	14	2
1917	63.6	35	75.8	49	51.9	23	3.17	79	1
1916	64.6	18	79	7	50.2	46	1.44	107	1
1915	60.8	80	71.5	100	50	50	4.77	23	0
1914	61.6	68	74.9	58	48.4	75	3.65	62	0
1913	61.1	75	74.5	63	47.7	85	2.52	95	0
1912	58	98	68.9	105	47.1	94	3.45	69	0
1911	63.4	37	76.6	35	50.2	46	3.01	83	0
1910	61.9	61	74.3	72	49.4	59	3.23	77	0
1909	61.2	74	76.8	33	45.8	96	3.97	49	2
1906	64.6	18	78.6	12	50.5	39	1.65	105	0
1905	59	96	72.9	88	45	101	3.00	84	0
1904	59.1	95	73.5	81	45.1	100	3.85	56	2
1903	55.2	100	67.9	106	42.6	104	5.02	17	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1973	67.6
1928	67.6
1959	67.4
1932	66.4
2021	66
1991	65.7
1988	65.7
1944	65.6
2016	65.5
1920	65.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1903	55.2
1941	57.5
1912	58
1927	58.8
1905	59
1904	59.1
1923	59.4
2017	59.5
2019	59.7
1999	59.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	8.48
1983	7.59
1963	7.55
1959	6.79
2011	6.58
1965	6.55
1977	6.44
2001	6.03
1949	5.90
1979	5.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	0.74
2002	0.96
1947	1.16
2007	1.28
1934	1.33
2025	1.43
1916	1.44
2012	1.46
1906	1.65
1925	1.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 7 August 2026, 5 August 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.95 in; 13 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 3.42 in of precipitation in Saranac Lake, NY, the driest August since 2025, tied 42nd driest of 113 (with 2008).
The hottest day of August 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 83°F on Friday 7 August 2026 and Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: a low of 35°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 0.95 in on Thursday 13 August 2026.