New York Laguardia, NY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from New York Laguardia's primary NOAA station, NEW YORK LAGUARDIA AP.
The climate verdict for New York Laguardia
Water is the standout signal in New York Laguardia, New York: 45.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 57°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.3"
- annual precipitation · 30" snow
- 244 days
- growing season, frost-free days
New York Laguardia: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00014732 · New York Laguardia, NY 57°F mean · 45.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dalhart
- PRCP-MID 45.3"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,376 HDD
- STN-1 USW00014732
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dalhart Muni, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NY station list.
- New York Laguar… (this station) 57°F
- Cold Joplin, MO 57°F
- Hot JT Myers Locks…, IN 57°F
- Near Dalhart, TX 57°F
- Near Monett, MO 57°F
Climate Living Index · New York Laguardia
New York Laguardia: 68/100 · grade C
New York Laguardia publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for New York Laguardia, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 62 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 244 days/year | 86/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.8°F · 10.7° from 67.5°F | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 45.3 in · 10.3 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 62.0°F mean dew point | 49/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 29.8 inches/year | 39/100 · F |
New York Laguardia · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
New York Laguardia is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.4°F and warmest-month mean 79.2°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 34.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where New York Laguardia sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for New York Laguardia's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 66th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 69th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How New York Laguardia compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
New York Laguardia's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
New York Laguardia's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 77 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2025, NEW YORK LAGUARDIA AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- New York Laguardia primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 8.6" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.9" | 9.8" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.0" | 5.4" | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 0.4" | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 3.1" | 0.3" | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.1" | 5.2" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 62 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 28°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 26, then returns to freezing around December 27, covering 62 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 21, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 10 at 27%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 122 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 16°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for New York Laguardia.
Where New York Laguardia Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 16°F.
New York Laguardia earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 8.6"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
11.2 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
11.5 days with precipitation
New York Laguardia spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. New York Laguardia has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 4.4" and February 2.9". The three wettest months together take 28% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in New York Laguardia, it arrives in quantity
45.3" of precipitation falls across only about 122 wet days here, averaging 0.37 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 122 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.37 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to New York Laguardia
New York Laguardia averages 29.8 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 14 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 29.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 14 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 7% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
244 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,376
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,408
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 12.3 | 19% | 34% |
| February | 56% | 12.6 | 15% | 39% |
| March | 54% | 12.0 | 17% | 36% |
| April | 55% | 10.7 | 13% | 33% |
| May | 61% | 10.2 | 11% | 31% |
| June | 60% | 9.6 | 13% | 21% |
| July | 62% | 9.2 | 13% | 20% |
| August | 62% | 9.6 | 17% | 19% |
| September | 65% | 10.2 | 22% | 26% |
| October | 60% | 11.3 | 19% | 29% |
| November | 60% | 11.7 | 15% | 34% |
| December | 60% | 12.4 | 16% | 36% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NY closest to New York Laguardia on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (57°F here).
- Advance, MO 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Andrews, NC 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Bardstown, KY 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Byrdstown, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ozark, MO 45.3" · 0.0" off
- Ashland, VA 45.3" · 0.0" off
- Pawhuska, OK 45.3" · 0.0" off
- Buffalo, MO 45.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define New York Laguardia
heating led · wet · mid swing
New York Laguardia's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,376 annual heating degree days against 1,408 for cooling. Its 44.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
The frost-free window extends for about 244 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
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1. New York Laguardia coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 34°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. New York Laguardia typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. New York Laguardia snow peak
February
New York Laguardia averages 29.8 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from New York Laguardia's primary station: NEW YORK LAGUARDIA AP (USW00014732). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for New York Laguardia; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for New York Laguardia comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.