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Pattern August is the worst month of the year and it's not even close thread
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What a thread title.
Thank @Rain Cold
VegasEagle
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I wish you would relax and just open up and tell us how you really feel
Drizzle Snizzle
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Thats a stupid title. July is far worse than August. At least in August we finally get some hints of fall.
lexxnchloe
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And the loss of daylight accelerates
August may be cooler but even the trees are visibly worn out by now.
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July is hands down worse than August for me. Recently we average way more 90 degree days ( by a lot)in July v/s August. Not to mention Football at least gets underway in August and the end of summer is in sight. I have July as the least favorable month on the calendar, August ranked 11th and June 10th May at # 9, sept # 8 April 7, Oct 6th, March 5th , Feb 4th, Nov 3, Jan 2, Dec 1.
I'm going with less than three 90 degree days this August for GSO.
I'm going with less than three 90 degree days this August for GSO.
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SuperNET
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Said by the person who had too much rain in July - 1st world problems. Amazing insight and thought into this thread.
August generally cools off here and the tropical air hangs out through Sept.
August generally cools off here and the tropical air hangs out through Sept.
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By the second week of August we start losing enough daylight and sun angle that it's not too awful outside. If there was actually rainfaill the grass would start slowing down and not needing to be cut as often.
Ron Burgundy
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The August weather usually stinks but noticing shadows getting quite a bit longer after 8/15 is an undefeated signal that we are really on the way to winter
Drizzle Snizzle
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I'm surprised you have March ranked higher than October. I enjoy October a lot more than March.
lexxnchloe
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Will be nice if we can start AUG with a trof in the east
we're over the hump on average maxT at least
BHS1975
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95 for a low? Damn
Late Oct is typically one of my favorite periods of the entire year since it’s often when the first great feeling awesome wx finally gets down to my area. It is appreciated then so much because of the long wait. And to add, some leaves start turning then.
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Brent
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At this point I just hope it's not 80 degrees at Christmas again... 
If we get the big p6 mjo that the models have that should dump a lot of BN into the plains. This may connect to a stronger than normal bermuda high nosing into the region after day 10. Don't want to put the cart too far before the horse but we may have already seen the worst of this summer. It may end up annoyingly long though
It was a toss up. Start planting late March and early March ive expierenced a few good licks of winter wx. Plus usually get a svre threat or two to boot.
But Oct wx is awesome. Best wx we have here is mid oct to turkey day. Crisp cool no bugs humidity and usually sunny. I try to live outdoors that time frame. Golf fish football yard work. Any excuse works.
Has GSO seen its last 90 degree day? I think Tues or wed we push upper 80s. But who knows. If SD is on to something and we can get to mid to late august, we stand a good chance with el nino pressing in.
By Christmas, you'll be begging for 80!
I may be wrong and this is just observation nothing data driven, but it seems like El Nino Falls take longer to develop. Seems like I remember past years where we wouldnt get the first "cold" front until October
lexxnchloe
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I think that it is time that we discuss how actual weather is turning out in the USA, what with blaring hyped headlines talking about oceanic symptoms, but not where people actually live. One symptom of summer, which is now past the halfway point (and remember, I follow classic calendar times as well as holidays....) is that instead of a hot West,Central vs. neutral/cool East, we have a warm to hot high sun period over most of the lower 48 states. Indeed, while the 500MB pattern has verified quite well (as did the June national temperature forecast), July has been slow to show any real cooler air despite the passage of three strong cold fronts with abundant heavy rain and severe weather passing through the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic/New England. Three stronger El Nino analogs have stood out as far as upper air and sensible weather: 1976, 1997, and 2015. A new wrinkle has emerged, where the model guidance suggests a rapid weakening or collapse of the El Nino 3.4 sector warmth starting in December. That would culminate in a neutral signature (around 0 deg C deviation) by next April. The consistency in the CFS forecasts (although I think the 3.5 deg C warm anomaly is excessive when measured against other strong-imprint +ENSO episodes) leads me to favor a more subtle strong prediction like the IRI statistical average. Most of the evidence provided would seem to suggest a warm autumn nationally, with an abrupt cold/stormy turn in the last week of January. I think it unwise to go into too much depth for the winter forecast (which I should finish in the third week of October), because other variables will arise (and no, I do not use climatic indices...) that may change the outlook.
For August, I will stick with a hot West/Central vs. mild East. Some polar air masses and thunderstorm groupings are bound to make that familiar arc from the Dakotas and Minnesota into the Interstate 95 corridor. Monsoonal convection may pick up in parts of the Intermountain Region, but the greatest challenge will be if one of the numerous tropical cyclones out of the equatorial Pacific Basin pipeline make qa turn into the Desert Regions or perhaps through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into Texas. There is still a small chance of a significant Cape Verde type storm affecting the East Coast, provided said storm gets by the Saharan dust and shearing wind profiles that are present west of the Cape Verde Islands.
For August, I will stick with a hot West/Central vs. mild East. Some polar air masses and thunderstorm groupings are bound to make that familiar arc from the Dakotas and Minnesota into the Interstate 95 corridor. Monsoonal convection may pick up in parts of the Intermountain Region, but the greatest challenge will be if one of the numerous tropical cyclones out of the equatorial Pacific Basin pipeline make qa turn into the Desert Regions or perhaps through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into Texas. There is still a small chance of a significant Cape Verde type storm affecting the East Coast, provided said storm gets by the Saharan dust and shearing wind profiles that are present west of the Cape Verde Islands.
Prepared by Meteorologist LARRY COSGROVE on
Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 2:00 A.M. CT
Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 2:00 A.M. CT
Last August was great. Had a cool spell the first week (open windows), then it heated back up for a week, then it cooled back down again for the rest of the month (some open windows). Basically, fall stared in August.
I don't expect a repeat from last year, but I still like the month because I know cooler weather is getting closer. By the end of the month, we usually see changes in the far northwest; which eventually translates down to us a couple of weeks later (after first week of September). So, we start to see cool airmasses that we can track. That's a small win over July.
I don't expect a repeat from last year, but I still like the month because I know cooler weather is getting closer. By the end of the month, we usually see changes in the far northwest; which eventually translates down to us a couple of weeks later (after first week of September). So, we start to see cool airmasses that we can track. That's a small win over July.
SnowNiner
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Confirming thread title. Corroborative evidence includes but is not limited to:
- Hot as hot gets in the summer. Swamp draws.
- Heat/warmth starts getting old after 6 months of it (looking at you March)
- No good sports to watch or discuss on tv. Not a fan of watching baseball, sorry (fun to play though).
- Playing golf sucks when it's so hot.
- Kids go back to school. Obvious for them, parents often have to get up earlier to get them to school.
- School supply shopping
- Tech registration and pick up.
- Traffic increases with school starting back up
- Hurricanes (not so much lately).
Drizzle Snizzle
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But there's football on TV in August !
important to intersperse august with trips, getaways, things that break up the month and give you something to look forward to, because otherwise i agree it is a bad month
I'm a little less pessimistic on August for reason's people have said. The lakes are warm and enjoyable, football is on the calendar, kids to back to school and are out of the way for the most part, and I plan on going to Chile to enjoy their snow starting next August. In my honest opinion, April is the worst. Pollen, first month there is no chance for snow, dry season, can't swim in the lakes yet, need I go on?
Drizzle Snizzle
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Another thing I hate about April (or May) is that you have the entire miserable summer in front of you. At least in August much of the misery is behind you.
SnowNiner
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Preseason NFL don't count IMO. I guess the very end of the month college football starts, but overall just a tough month. September is pretty great though. Maybe that's a plus for August, it leads to September. lol.
I have a trip planned to the CO Rockies in late Aug, the 1st one in many years. That will surely break up the heat and especially the humidity to say the least!
I'm so desperate I start watching Canadian Football in early July.