Syracuse, NY: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 70.9°F in Syracuse, NY, the warmest August since 2024, tied 36th warmest of 124 (with 2009, 1935 and 1916).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 70.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 36th warmest of 124
Precipitation: 1.46 in; Driest since 1999; 9th driest of 124

A normal August in Syracuse, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.7°F, between 68°F and 73.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.68 in of precipitation, between 1.80 in and 5.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Syracuse, NY since 1903: 70.9°F in 2026; the highest is 75.5°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 68 to 73.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Syracuse, NY from 1902 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	70.9	36	81.4	28	60.4	44	1.46	116	0
2025	69.9	53	81.7	24	58.2	86	3.08	64	0
2024	71.8	22	81	37	62.6	15	7.62	2	0
2023	69.8	55	78.7	77	60.9	36	5.12	21	0
2022	74.3	4	84.6	9	63.9	7	4.51	34	0
2021	75.5	1	84.7	5	66.2	2	6.57	7	0
2020	73	12	83.2	18	62.8	13	4.61	31	0
2019	69.7	56	80.3	47	59.2	69	5.20	17	0
2018	72.5	18	81.2	34	63.9	7	2.96	69	0
2017	68.2	87	78.9	75	57.5	100	1.80	108	0
2016	74.1	6	83.9	14	64.3	3	4.05	41	0
2015	70.5	43	80.5	42	60.5	43	1.91	106	0
2014	69.2	61	79	72	59.4	63	3.74	48	0
2013	70	51	80.3	47	59.7	55	2.58	85	0
2012	73	12	84.7	5	61.3	29	2.27	95	0
2011	71.9	20	81.3	30	62.5	16	6.66	6	0
2010	71.4	29	80.7	40	62	21	6.36	8	0
2009	70.9	36	80.5	42	61.2	30	4.57	33	0
2008	66.9	109	76.8	104	57.1	107	3.62	52	0
2007	70.8	40	81.3	30	60.4	44	1.76	111	0
2006	69.2	61	78.5	82	60	50	3.21	61	0
2005	73.7	9	83.5	17	64	4	5.95	10	0
2004	68.6	79	77.8	90	59.5	61	5.09	22	0
2003	71.5	27	81.5	26	61.4	26	3.03	66	0
2002	73	12	84.7	5	61.2	30	2.71	75	0
2001	73.6	10	84.9	4	62.4	19	4.84	27	0
2000	68.1	91	78.1	87	58.2	86	2.48	89	0
1999	68.9	71	79.5	59	58.3	84	1.02	122	0
1998	71.1	32	81.4	28	60.8	39	4.77	28	0
1997	68.4	84	78.6	79	58.2	86	4.06	40	0
1996	70.3	48	81.3	30	59.3	65	1.71	112	0
1995	71.9	20	83.7	15	60	50	3.50	54	0
1994	67.5	98	77.4	98	57.6	97	5.19	18	0
1993	70.6	42	81.3	30	60	50	4.71	29	0
1992	67.5	98	76.9	102	58.1	90	2.64	79	0
1991	71.8	22	82.1	23	61.5	24	4.03	42	0
1990	70.3	48	79.7	55	60.9	36	5.33	15	0
1989	68.2	87	78.4	83	57.9	94	2.68	77	0
1988	71.7	25	82.7	21	60.8	39	3.77	46	0
1987	68.5	82	79.5	59	57.5	100	2.12	97	0
1986	66.7	110	77.5	94	56	118	3.36	58	0
1985	68.9	71	80	51	57.7	96	1.44	118	0
1984	68.7	76	78.2	86	59.3	65	5.17	19	0
1983	69	69	79.2	67	58.8	73	2.80	73	0
1982	65.3	121	75.9	113	54.6	124	2.60	83	0
1981	70.4	45	81.2	34	59.6	59	2.63	81	0
1980	73.8	8	83.6	16	63.9	7	1.33	119	0
1979	67.8	93	77	101	58.7	78	3.69	50	0
1978	71.6	26	80.8	38	62.5	16	3.31	60	0
1977	67.3	104	77.4	98	57.2	105	4.93	25	0
1976	66	117	75.8	115	56.2	114	6.73	5	0
1975	68.2	87	78.6	79	57.8	95	5.35	14	0
1974	68.8	73	79.3	65	58.4	80	4.60	32	0
1973	73.5	11	83	19	63.9	7	2.97	67	0
1972	69.2	61	79.2	67	59.2	69	3.76	47	0
1971	67	108	77.9	89	56.2	114	4.01	43	0
1970	68	92	79.7	55	56.2	114	4.07	39	0
1969	71.3	31	82.9	20	59.7	55	1.77	110	0
1968	68.8	73	78.9	75	58.7	78	4.17	38	0
1967	66.6	111	76.3	110	56.8	109	5.00	23	0
1966	70.4	45	81.1	36	59.7	55	2.64	79	0
1965	69	69	79.8	54	58.3	84	1.95	105	0
1964	67.5	98	79.1	70	55.8	120	3.09	63	0
1963	66.1	116	76.3	110	55.9	119	3.59	53	0
1962	69.1	67	79.1	70	59.1	71	4.63	30	0
1961	70.4	45	79.3	65	61.4	26	1.78	109	0
1960	68.7	76	80	51	57.4	102	2.69	76	0
1959	74.1	6	84.6	9	63.5	11	4.48	35	0
1958	69.1	67	80	51	58.2	86	2.06	99	0
1957	67.1	105	77.6	93	56.6	111	3.45	55	0
1956	69.2	61	79	72	59.4	63	8.41	1	0
1955	74.5	3	85.1	2	64	4	3.80	45	0
1954	67.6	95	78.1	87	57.2	105	7.19	4	0
1953	69.7	56	80.5	42	58.8	73	2.39	92	0
1952	69.9	53	80.5	42	59.3	65	2.05	100	0
1951	67.5	98	78.3	85	56.8	109	3.33	59	0
1950	69.2	61	80.3	47	58.1	90	2.52	88	0
1949	72.8	15	85.3	1	60.4	44	3.92	44	0
1948	70	51	81.6	25	58.4	80	2.53	87	0
1947	74.2	5	85	3	63.5	11	3.70	49	0
1946	65.7	119	76.5	108	54.9	123	2.61	82	0
1945	69.4	58	79.7	55	59	72	2.02	101	0
1944	72.2	19	84	13	60.4	44	2.65	78	0
1943	68.5	82	78.7	77	58.4	80	7.26	3	0
1942	68.6	79	79.6	58	57.6	97	2.32	94	0
1941	67.1	105	78.4	83	55.7	121	2.81	72	0
1940	67.8	93	79.5	59	56.1	117	0.69	123	0
1939	72.7	17	84.7	5	60.6	42	1.70	113	0
1938	72.8	15	84.2	12	61.5	24	5.14	20	0
1937	75.4	2	84.4	11	66.4	1	5.76	11	0
1936	71.4	29	82.4	22	60.4	44	2.44	91	0
1935	70.9	36	79.4	63	62.5	16	2.59	84	0
1934	67.5	98	77.1	100	58	93	2.09	98	0
1933	70.1	50	79.2	67	61	35	4.36	36	0
1932	71.5	27	81.5	26	61.6	23	3.07	65	0
1931	71.1	32	80.1	50	62	21	1.91	106	0
1930	70.8	40	80.8	38	60.8	39	1.57	115	0
1929	66.3	115	75.9	113	56.6	111	4.26	37	0
1928	71.8	22	79.5	59	64	4	4.98	24	0
1927	64.9	122	72.6	122	57.3	103	3.20	62	0
1926	68.2	87	75.1	118	61.2	30	3.65	51	0
1925	68.6	79	77.5	94	59.7	55	2.00	102	0
1924	68.8	73	77.5	94	60.1	49	1.59	114	0
1923	66.4	114	76.2	112	56.5	113	1.16	121	0
1922	67.6	95	76.4	109	58.8	73	4.87	26	0
1921	68.3	86	76.7	106	60	50	2.39	92	0
1920	70.5	43	78.6	79	62.4	19	2.58	85	0
1919	66.6	111	74	120	59.3	65	2.00	102	0
1918	71	34	80.6	41	61.4	26	1.45	117	0
1917	69.4	58	77.8	90	60.9	36	2.88	71	0
1916	70.9	36	80.5	42	61.2	30	3.42	56	0
1915	65.7	119	72.7	121	58.8	73	5.45	12	0
1914	68.4	84	76.9	102	60	50	5.23	16	0
1913	69.2	61	79	72	59.5	61	2.16	96	0
1912	64.6	123	71.8	123	57.3	103	2.97	67	0
1911	69.3	60	77.5	94	61.1	34	2.45	90	0
1910	68.7	76	77.8	90	59.6	59	3.39	57	0
1909	67.4	103	76.7	106	58.1	90	1.96	104	0
1908	67.6	95	76.8	104	58.4	80	0.66	124	0
1907	66	117	75	119	57.1	107	1.26	120	0
1906	71	34	79.4	63	62.7	14	2.76	74	0
1905	67.1	105	75.5	116	58.8	73	6.07	9	0
1904	66.5	113	75.4	117	57.6	97	2.91	70	0
1903	63.3	124	70.9	124	55.7	121	5.41	13	0
1902									21

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	75.5
1937	75.4
1955	74.5
2022	74.3
1947	74.2
2016	74.1
1959	74.1
1980	73.8
2005	73.7
2001	73.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1903	63.3
1912	64.6
1927	64.9
1982	65.3
1946	65.7
1915	65.7
1976	66
1907	66
1963	66.1
1929	66.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	8.41
2024	7.62
1943	7.26
1954	7.19
1976	6.73
2011	6.66
2021	6.57
2010	6.36
1905	6.07
2005	5.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1908	0.66
1940	0.69
1999	1.02
1923	1.16
1907	1.26
1980	1.33
1985	1.44
1918	1.45
2026	1.46
1930	1.57

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 5 August 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 29 August 2026, 21 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.45 in; 27 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 1.46 in of precipitation in Syracuse, NY, the driest August since 1999, 9th driest of 124.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Syracuse, NY: 91°F on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Syracuse, NY: a low of 51°F on Saturday 29 August 2026 and Friday 21 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Syracuse, NY: 0.45 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.