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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
This August was the warmest in the Northeast since 1988, and the second warmest since 1959. The average temperature was a modest 2.8 degrees above normal but that's warm enough to be the eighth warmest on record. Connecticut and Rhode Island were two of six states more than 3.0 degrees. They each endured the second warmest August for their records and were both less than a degree short of their all-time record. The rest of New England, except Maine, also had temperature departures of 3.0 degrees or more. West Virginia and Maryland were 1.7 and 1.9 degrees above normal. The rest of the region was between 2 and 3 degrees above normal. For Massachusetts and New Jersey this was the third warmest August on record.
The Northeast totaled 2.95 inches of rainfall this August, 0.99 inches under the normal total. Three states were above their normals for this month; Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. Delaware, with 5.71 inches of rain, was more than an inch above normal. The three northern New England states were significantly dry, all more than 2.0 inches from the normal. These states recorded less than half their usual August rainfall. Maine measured only 1.38 inches on the month which is the second driest total in their records. The rest of the region was dry, but none more than an inch from the normal value. This was the driest August in the Northeast since 1996, and the fifth dry August in a row.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.