All-time weather records — New York, NY

Record high
105.1°F
July 3, 1966
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.54 in
June 24, 1962

Climate change signal in New York

0%

of New York's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1940s
·
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1950s
29
50
1960s
70
122
1970s
79
79
1980s
66
60
1990s
73
39
2000s
49
16

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 1953, the latest in 2007. Period of observation: 1948-2007.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 6, 2007 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.13 in — Jan 3, 1999
February 73.0°F — Feb 24, 1985 -2.0°F — Feb 8, 1963 2.39 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 82.9°F — Mar 13, 1990 10.0°F — Mar 1, 1980 2.92 in — Mar 13, 1993
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 19.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 5.46 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1969 36.0°F — May 10, 1966 3.73 in — May 29, 1968
June 99.0°F — Jun 30, 1964 46.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 6.54 in — Jun 24, 1962
July 105.1°F — Jul 3, 1966 54.0°F — Jul 6, 1979 4.62 in — Jul 31, 1996
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 1975 50.0°F — Aug 29, 1965 5.50 in — Aug 12, 1955
September 98.1°F — Sep 10, 1983 41.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 5.60 in — Sep 21, 1966
October 86.0°F — Oct 5, 1967 30.0°F — Oct 27, 1976 4.29 in — Oct 19, 1996
November 80.1°F — Nov 1, 1974 17.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 5.03 in — Nov 8, 1977
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -0.9°F — Dec 25, 1980 2.81 in — Dec 16, 1974

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