Average weather in August in New York (New York State), United States of America

The average minimum temperature (usually the minimum temperature is noted during the night) in New York in August is 20.3°C (68.54°F). The amount of rain in August is high with an average of 113mm (4.4in). It rains on average a total of 10 days. The average maximum daytime temperature lies around 28.4°C (83.12°F). If you enjoy looking at a blue sky and love the sun than this is a great time to go to New York with 270 hours of sun.


So what to wear in August? Visitors traveling to New York should plan on bringing a totally waterproof rain jacket since it will often be raining. Also bring your shorts or a skirt because it can be very warm or even hot. With a water temperature of around 23.0°C (73.4°F), this is a great month to swim so bring your swimwear.

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Perfect weather is subjective. On this map perfect weather has been defined with temperatures between 20-29ºC / 68-84ºF and not too much precipitation (less than 90mm / 3.5inch a month).

Weather Forecasts for New York (New York State)

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MON   Sep 26

25°C | 17°C

WSW 28 kmph

3.5 mm

Patchy rain possible

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TUE   Sep 27

21°C | 14°C

WSW 32 kmph

Sunny

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WED   Sep 28

20°C | 13°C

W 19 kmph

Partly cloudy

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