July was one of the wettest on record for Upstate and CNY, what's next?

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It comes as no surprise that July was quite wet across many parts of central and upstate New York. However, you might be curious to see where we ranked all time on record.

With that in mind here are some rankings of where some big cities across the northeast and right here in upstate and CNY ranked.

Here is a map of radar estimated July rainfall:

The purple area indicates over 10" of rain! Locally, that occurred east of Lake Ontario and over parts of the southern Adirondacks, and over portions of the southern tier of New York state. Elsewhere, many parts of CNY in the red shades indicates many CNY locations received 5 to 9" of rain.

Here are some northeast locations of total July rainfall:

--Syracuse had the 7th wettest July on record.
--Rochester had the 5th wettest July on record.
--Albany had the 2nd wettest July on record,
--Buffalo had the 3rd wettest July on record.
--Binghamton had the ALL-TIME wettest July on record.
--Not shown, but Watertown had the ALL-TIME wettest July on record.

Here are some northeast locations with the most days of rain in July:

--Syracuse had the ALL-TIME most days of rain in July on record.
--Rochester had the ALL-TIME most days of rain in July on record.
--Binghamton had the ALL-TIME most days of rain in July on record.
--Albany had the ALL-TIME most days of rain in July on record.
--Buffalo had the ALL-TIME most days of rain in July on record.

All of this recent rain has gotten rid of the dry to minor drought conditions that were over our area during the spring.

Here is a comparison of what drought conditions looked like in late April compared to the end of July:

Here is the latest drought report across upstate NY:

What's next for August for temperatures?:
--The first 3 days of August all were 5 degrees below average.
--Today, August 4th, and Thursday should be close to normal.
--Friday the 6th through Tuesday the 10th will likely be above average according to my forecast below:

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--The Climate Prediction Center forecasts a 60% chance for above average temperatures between August 11th through August 17th.
--The Climate Prediction Center forecasts a 55% chance for above average temperatures for August as a whole.