New York, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NY AVE V BROOKLYN, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
New York has an annual average temperature of 55.5°F with about 47.1 inches of precipitation per year and 24.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.85 in) and February the driest (2.97 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
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All-time records →0 of 366 (0%) of New York's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 70 | |
| 1970s | 79 | |
| 1980s | 66 | |
| 1990s | 73 | |
| 2000s | 49 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39.7°F | 27.5°F | 33.6°F | 3.53 in | 6.5 in | 11 |
| February | 42.4°F | 29.1°F | 35.7°F | 2.97 in | 8.5 in | 9 |
| March | 49.7°F | 35.2°F | 42.5°F | 4.37 in | 4.4 in | 11 |
| April | 60.5°F | 44.8°F | 52.7°F | 3.85 in | 0.6 in | 12 |
| May | 70.5°F | 54.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.03 in | — | 11 |
| June | 79.3°F | 64.0°F | 71.6°F | 4.44 in | — | 10 |
| July | 84.8°F | 70.3°F | 77.5°F | 4.85 in | — | 10 |
| August | 83.3°F | 68.9°F | 76.1°F | 3.92 in | — | 9 |
| September | 76.5°F | 62.4°F | 69.5°F | 3.92 in | — | 9 |
| October | 65.0°F | 51.2°F | 58.1°F | 4.02 in | — | 9 |
| November | 54.3°F | 41.4°F | 47.9°F | 3.23 in | 0.2 in | 9 |
| December | 44.5°F | 33.2°F | 38.9°F | 4.00 in | 4.3 in | 10 |
Climate twins of New York
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