Average Rainfall for New York State in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities, towns and parks in New York state.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month along with information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Downstate New York, Hudson Valley & Catskills, Adirondacks & Seaway, Finger Lakes & Central New York State and Western New York State.

Downstate New York

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
8	Bridgehampton, Long Island	3.9	100
9	Islip, Long Island	4.2	108
9	New York City, Brooklyn	3.9	100
10	New York City, Central Park	4.6	116
9	New York JFK Airport	4.1	104
10	New York La Guardia Airport	4.4	112
11	White Plains	4.4	111

Hudson Valley & Catskills

August averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Albany	3.8	96
10	Hudson	4.5	113
11	Poughkeepsie	4.3	109
11	Saratoga Springs	4.1	104
13	Slide Mountain (2650 feet)	5.6	142

Adirondacks & Seaway

Average amount of rain in August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Glens Falls	3.5	88
13	Lake Placid	4.0	101
11	Massena	3.4	85
12	Old Forge	4.3	110
13	Plattsburgh	3.6	91
13	Tupper Lake	4.2	106
11	Watertown	3.8	98

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

Precipitation totals for August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Auburn	4.3	108
11	Binghamton	4.1	104
12	Corning	3.9	98
11	Elmira	3.8	97
12	Ithaca	3.8	96
11	Oneonta	4.0	101
11	Syracuse	3.7	94
12	Utica	4.7	119

Western New York State

Total precipitation during August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Allegany State Park	4.3	109
10	Batavia	3.3	83
10	Buffalo	3.2	82
12	Jamestown	3.6	91
10	Niagara Falls	2.8	71
13	Olean	4.0	102
10	Rochester	3.3	84
10	Sherman	4.1	104

Average Rainfall for New York in August

Downstate New York

Hudson Valley & Catskills

Adirondacks & Seaway

Finger Lakes & Central New York State

Western New York State

Reference

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