The Summer of 2024 hit the record books as one of the warmest ever in Syracuse with an average June, July, and August temperature of 73.3 degrees.  The record warmest summer is still 2005 when the average temperature was 73.7.  High temperatures reached 90 degrees a couple of times early in the month, pushing the season's total to 20. August was soggy early on and again late with over 2 inches of rain measured on both August 9 and 31. We had a pair of cool days with an early turn on of the heat at our house on August 20.  Monthly temperatures ranged from 93 on August 1 to 54 degrees on August 21 and 23. The monthly rainfall total was 7.62 inches, close to 4 inches more than normal.  The average temperature for August was 72, a little more than 1 degree warmer than normal.