The Hamptons in August
sweet spot busy · one of the best months to go
The year in The Hamptons
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- JanJThe Hamptons in January: avoid
- FebFThe Hamptons in February: avoid
- MarMThe Hamptons in March: ok
- AprAThe Hamptons in April: good
- MayMThe Hamptons in May: good, busy
- JunJThe Hamptons in June: sweet spot
- JulJThe Hamptons in July: good, busy
- AugAThe Hamptons in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSThe Hamptons in September: sweet spot
- OctOThe Hamptons in October: sweet spot
- NovNThe Hamptons in November: ok
- DecDThe Hamptons in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 26°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 20°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 28°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 7 · 101 mm |
| Humidity | 77% |
| Sunshine | 11.0 h/day |
| Daylight | 13.8 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 21 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea not measured |
| Crowds | 65 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at East Hampton: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
The Hamptons in pictures
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Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- A packable rain jacket for the 7 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 77%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in The Hamptons: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
August elsewhere
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