Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenburgh weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Greenburgh: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonkers (12 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Greenburgh, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenburgh ranks joint 366th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 399th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Greenburgh is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Greenburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 83 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 77 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.3°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 105 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 87 | 11.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 100 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 95 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 80 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 103 | 9.8 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Yonkers in AugustUnited States · 12 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 102 mm rain
- The Bronx in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Stamford in AugustUnited States · 26 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Manhattan in AugustUnited States · 30 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Paterson in AugustUnited States · 30 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Passaic in AugustUnited States · 31 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Norwalk in AugustUnited States · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 103 mm rain
- New York City in AugustUnited States · 38 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 101 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Greenburgh) is explained once on the Greenburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.