Climate averages 1991–2020
Paterson weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Paterson: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Passaic (8 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Paterson, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Paterson ranks joint 331st of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 420th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Paterson is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 110 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
Paterson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 89 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 78 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 105 | 11.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 109 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 103 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 110 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 104 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 83 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 105 | 9.9 | 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
- Passaic in AugustUnited States · 8 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Newark in AugustUnited States · 20 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Manhattan in AugustUnited States · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Yonkers in AugustUnited States · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 102 mm rain
- New York City in AugustUnited States · 26 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 101 mm rain
- The Bronx in AugustUnited States · 27 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Greenburgh in AugustUnited States · 30 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Brooklyn in AugustUnited States · 35 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.7°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 Paterson) is explained once on the Paterson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.