All-time weather records — Head of the Harbor, NY

Record high
100.0°F
July 6, 2010
Record low
-11.0°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
14.00 in
February 5, 2016

Climate change signal in Head of the Harbor

6.6%

of Head of the Harbor's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1880s
3
17
1890s
19
25
1900s
9
37
1910s
11
38
1920s
16
23
1930s
14
15
1940s
47
16
1950s
20
11
1960s
19
50
1970s
34
36
1980s
18
34
1990s
59
34
2000s
61
24
2010s
36
6

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1888, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1885-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 30, 2002 -4.0°F — Jan 18, 1982 3.75 in — Jan 21, 1979
February 71.1°F — Feb 21, 2018 -11.0°F — Feb 9, 1934 14.00 in — Feb 5, 2016
March 82.9°F — Mar 29, 1945 7.0°F — Mar 1, 1980 3.75 in — Mar 13, 1888
April 95.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 15.1°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.97 in — Apr 16, 1996
May 98.1°F — May 31, 2016 30.0°F — May 1, 2008 3.00 in — May 26, 1898
June 96.1°F — Jun 7, 1999 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1967 4.16 in — Jun 5, 1982
July 100.0°F — Jul 6, 2010 48.0°F — Jul 13, 1990 11.15 in — Jul 6, 2011
August 100.0°F — Aug 9, 2001 44.1°F — Aug 30, 1965 7.58 in — Aug 12, 1955
September 99.0°F — Sep 9, 2016 36.0°F — Sep 25, 1963 5.30 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 5, 1941 26.1°F — Oct 31, 1966 6.37 in — Oct 20, 1906
November 82.0°F — Nov 12, 1982 14.0°F — Nov 27, 1932 3.80 in — Nov 2, 1885
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -7.1°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.53 in — Dec 14, 1954

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Head of the Harbor.