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Rochester, New York weather · now

79°

Clear

Feels
78°
High / Low
80° / 61°
Wind
37 mph NW
Humidity
42%
No precipitation expected in the next 1.5 hours.
ModerateAir quality PollenTreeNoneGrassModerateWeedModerate
Sun 6:11 AM 8:19 PM 14h 8m
Moon Waning Crescent 2% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Rochester, New York, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect sunny today. Today's high is 80° with a low near 61°.

What to wear today

T-shirt and shorts weather

80°F today — easy summer dressing.

Next 24 hours

55° 70° 85° ↑ 81° ↓ 62° 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM

  1. 5 PM

    80°

    1%

  2. 7 PM

    77°

    1%

  3. 9 PM

    72°

    0%

  4. 11 PM

    69°

    0%

  5. 1 AM

    67°

    0%

  6. 3 AM

    65°

    1%

  7. 5 AM

    63°

    1%

  8. 7 AM

    62°

    1%

  9. 9 AM

    68°

    2%

  10. 11 AM

    76°

    2%

  11. 1 PM

    80°

    8%

  12. 3 PM

    80°

    19%

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7 days

  1. Today 8/11 Sunny 1% 80° · 61°
    1. 5 PM 80° Sunny 1%
    2. 6 PM 79° Partly Cloudy 1%
    3. 7 PM 77° Partly Cloudy 1%
    4. 8 PM 75° Mostly Cloudy
    5. 9 PM 72° Partly Cloudy
    6. 10 PM 70° Partly Cloudy
    7. 11 PM 69° Partly Cloudy
  2. Wed 8/12 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24% 82° · 62°
    1. 12 AM 68° Partly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 67° Partly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 66° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 1%
    5. 4 AM 64° Partly Cloudy 1%
    6. 5 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 1%
    7. 6 AM 62° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 62° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 64° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 68° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 72° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 76° Mostly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 78° Mostly Sunny 3%
    14. 1 PM 80° Mostly Sunny 8%
    15. 2 PM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
    16. 3 PM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
    17. 4 PM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    18. 5 PM 79° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    19. 6 PM 77° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    20. 7 PM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    21. 8 PM 73° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    22. 9 PM 71° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    23. 10 PM 69° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    24. 11 PM 68° Mostly Cloudy 8%
  3. Thu 8/13 Mostly Sunny 11% 80° · 61°
    1. 12 AM 67° Partly Cloudy 8%
    2. 1 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    3. 2 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    4. 3 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    5. 4 AM 64° Mostly Cloudy 2%
    6. 5 AM 64° Partly Cloudy 2%
    7. 6 AM 63° Partly Sunny 4%
    8. 7 AM 63° Partly Sunny 6%
    9. 8 AM 65° Partly Sunny 7%
    10. 9 AM 67° Partly Sunny 7%
    11. 10 AM 70° Partly Sunny 7%
    12. 11 AM 73° Mostly Sunny 7%
    13. 12 PM 75° Mostly Sunny 7%
    14. 1 PM 77° Mostly Sunny 7%
    15. 2 PM 78° Mostly Sunny 9%
    16. 3 PM 79° Mostly Sunny 9%
    17. 4 PM 80° Mostly Sunny 9%
    18. 5 PM 79° Mostly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 9%
    20. 7 PM 76° Partly Cloudy 9%
    21. 8 PM 74° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    22. 9 PM 72° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    23. 10 PM 71° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    24. 11 PM 69° Mostly Cloudy 11%
  4. Fri 8/14 Sunny 7% 75° · 57°
    1. 12 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 11%
    2. 1 AM 66° Partly Cloudy 11%
    3. 2 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 7%
    4. 3 AM 64° Partly Cloudy 7%
    5. 4 AM 62° Partly Cloudy 7%
    6. 5 AM 62° Mostly Clear 7%
    7. 6 AM 62° Mostly Sunny 7%
    8. 7 AM 62° Mostly Sunny 7%
    9. 8 AM 64° Mostly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 65° Mostly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 67° Mostly Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 68° Mostly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 70° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 71° Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 72° Sunny 2%
    16. 3 PM 73° Sunny 2%
    17. 4 PM 74° Sunny 2%
    18. 5 PM 74° Sunny 2%
    19. 6 PM 73° Mostly Clear 2%
    20. 7 PM 72° Mostly Clear 2%
    21. 8 PM 70° Mostly Clear
    22. 9 PM 67° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 65° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 64° Mostly Clear
  5. Sat 8/15 Mostly Sunny 15% 75° · 57°
    1. 12 AM 63° Mostly Clear
    2. 1 AM 62° Mostly Clear
    3. 2 AM 61° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 60° Partly Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 58° Partly Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 58° Partly Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 58° Mostly Sunny
    8. 7 AM 59° Mostly Sunny
    9. 8 AM 60° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 63° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 66° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 68° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 70° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 72° Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 72° Mostly Sunny 2%
    16. 3 PM 73° Mostly Sunny 2%
    17. 4 PM 74° Mostly Sunny 2%
    18. 5 PM 74° Mostly Sunny 2%
    19. 6 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 2%
    20. 7 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 2%
    21. 8 PM 69° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    22. 9 PM 67° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    23. 10 PM 65° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    24. 11 PM 63° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  6. Sun 8/16 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55% 79° · 63°
    1. 12 AM 62° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    2. 1 AM 62° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    3. 2 AM 61° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    4. 3 AM 60° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    5. 4 AM 59° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    6. 5 AM 59° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    7. 6 AM 59° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    8. 7 AM 60° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    9. 8 AM 61° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    10. 9 AM 64° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    11. 10 AM 67° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    12. 11 AM 70° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    13. 12 PM 73° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    14. 1 PM 75° Chance Rain Showers 34%
    15. 2 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    16. 3 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    17. 4 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    18. 5 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    19. 6 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    20. 7 PM 75° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    21. 8 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    22. 9 PM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    23. 10 PM 70° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    24. 11 PM 69° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
  7. Mon 8/17 Chance Rain Showers 29% 78° · 61°
    1. 12 AM 68° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    2. 1 AM 68° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    3. 2 AM 68° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    4. 3 AM 67° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    5. 4 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    6. 5 AM 65° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    7. 6 AM 64° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    8. 7 AM 64° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    9. 8 AM 65° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    10. 9 AM 67° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    11. 10 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    12. 11 AM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    13. 12 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    14. 1 PM 74° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    15. 2 PM 75° Mostly Sunny 9%
    16. 3 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 9%
    17. 4 PM 77° Mostly Sunny 9%
    18. 5 PM 77° Mostly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 76° Partly Cloudy 9%
    20. 7 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 9%
    21. 8 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 5%
    22. 9 PM 72° Partly Cloudy 5%
    23. 10 PM 70° Partly Cloudy 5%
    24. 11 PM 68° Partly Cloudy 5%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Tue 8/18 Cloudy 3% 79° · 58°
  2. Wed 8/19 Drizzle 14% 78° · 63°
  3. Thu 8/20 Cloudy 24% 68° · 59°
  4. Fri 8/21 Drizzle 24% 77° · 60°
  5. Sat 8/22 Rain Showers 16% 95° · 68°
  6. Sun 8/23 Cloudy 32% 78° · 62°
  7. Mon 8/24 Cloudy 20% 71° · 58°
  8. Tue 8/25 Drizzle 23% 76° · 54°
  9. Wed 8/26 Mostly Sunny 19% 67° · 55°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Friday, 8/14

Sunny, 75° / 57°

  1. Tomorrow82°62°
  2. Thu80°61°
  3. Fri75°57°
  4. Sat75°57°
  5. Sun79°63°
  6. Mon78°61°

Best time to head outside

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Climate normals

What weather to expect in Rochester

Rochester in August typically averages 78° highs and 63° lows, with about 18 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 82°); the coldest is January (average low 18°). January is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan28°18°25
Feb31°19°19
Mar48°30°19
Apr56°39°20
May63°48°20
Jun76°60°17
Jul82°67°16
Aug78°63°18
Sep73°57°11
Oct61°47°12
Nov48°37°20
Dec36°24°23

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

This Afternoon
Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind around 9 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 75. North wind 5 to 9 mph.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
BUF 77,65
Radar station
KBUF
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
43.157, -77.609