The largest population center in the United States, New York City has a climate with relatively cold and snowy winters plus warm and often humid summers.
Details below are for the NYC station in Central Park. Other primary city climate locations include LGA and JFK. The most recent climate data isĀ available on weather.gov.
Key climate data
Average daily temperatures
New York Cityās average high runs from a low of 39 in January to a high of 85 in July. Similarly, its lowest normal of 27 occurs in the first month of the year, while a low of 70 dominates most of July into August.
Record daily temperatures
It has been as hot as 106 and as cold as minus-15 during the modern record in New York City.
Record daily precipitation
The most rain in the city on one day fell in 1882 on Sept. 23. It tallied 8.28 inches.
Average monthly precipitation
Precipitation is relatively steady across much of the year. 49.52 inches falls annually with the wettest months typically happening during the summer.
Average monthly snowfall
A majority of the 29.8-inch average snowfall in New York City falls during January and February. The city has a snow average beginning October and ending April.
Annual temperature
The annual average temperature in New York City is about 56 degrees. Both 2023 and 2024 are the warmest years on record for the city at 58 degrees.
Annual precipitation
The record year for precipitation in the city is 1983 with 80.56 inches. In 1965, only 26.09 inches fell.
Winter snowfall
The winter of 1995-1996 is tops for New York City, with 75.6 inches of snow recorded. In 2022-2023, only 2.3 inches fell.
High temperature days
Both 1991 and 1993 witnessed 39 days at or above 90 degrees, tied for the most in a year. In 1902 there was only one. As recently as 2004 there was two. Nice day seasons occur in fall in spring, with fall's often shorter but more intensely pleasant.
Low temperature days
New York City last fell below 0 degrees in 2015-2016, which also featured fewer than typical cold weather nights.
Average monthly nice days
September is the nicest month of the year on average, although May is also frequently of the category and even midsummer averages more than a week of nice days in July.
Raw data (csv)
NY Central ParkĀ (1869). norms:Ā month,Ā day
NY KennedyĀ (1948). norms:Ā month,Ā day
NY LaGuardiaĀ (1939). norms:Ā month,Ā day
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