New York, New York climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records

What is the weather like in New York each month?

July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.60 in), the least in February (3.19 in).

Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

When is the best weather to visit New York?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).

That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.

When is the last frost in New York?

In New York, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 20 in half of years and before November 6 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

March 301 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 14

First autumn frost, half of years before

November 201 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 6

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 236 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 257 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 19 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New York in zone 7b across its 171 ZIP code areas (7b in 10314, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, New York's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (30 complete years).

Frost dates for every NOAA station in New York · Frost dates by ZIP code

What hardiness zone is each New York ZIP code in?

The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. New York's 171 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.

How hot and how cold does it get in New York?

In a normal year in New York, 17 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 67 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

17a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

1a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

67a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

16high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

125a normal year

Days with 1 inch of snow or more

7a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1869) is 106°F, on July 9, 1936; the lowest is −15°F, on February 9, 1934.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 80.56 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 75.6 inches.

How sunny is New York?

Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around New York, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (66%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 304th (with 25 others) in sunshine.

How much heating and cooling does New York need?

A normal year in New York brings 4,553 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,222 cooling degree days, 35% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,867 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Has New York been warmer than normal lately?

2025 averaged 55.6°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 55.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.

Over 154 complete years from 1845 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.

Which places near New York share this climate record?

41 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.

• Jersey City, NJalso near: Harrison (5 mi, 54.8°F a year); Newark (6 mi, 55.5°F a year)302,824 people · 7 mi SW
• Clifton, NJalso near: Little Falls (4 mi, 53.1°F a year); Teterboro (5 mi, 55.4°F a year)90,322 people · 12 mi NW
• Passaic, NJalso near: Teterboro (4 mi, 55.4°F a year); Little Falls (5 mi, 53.1°F a year)70,722 people · 10 mi NW
• Union City, NJalso near: Teterboro (6 mi, 55.4°F a year); Harrison (6 mi, 54.8°F a year)66,918 people · 3 mi W
• Hoboken, NJalso near: Harrison (6 mi, 54.8°F a year); Teterboro (7 mi, 55.4°F a year)59,149 people · 4 mi SW
• West New York, NJalso near: Teterboro (5 mi, 55.4°F a year); Harrison (8 mi, 54.8°F a year)52,975 people · 2 mi W
• Hackensack, NJ46,630 people · 9 mi NW
• Kearny, NJ40,866 people · 8 mi W
• Fort Lee, NJ40,566 people · 5 mi N
• Fair Lawn, NJ36,489 people · 13 mi NW
• Garfield, NJ33,530 people · 10 mi NW
• Paramus, NJ26,786 people · 13 mi NW
• Lodi, NJ26,358 people · 9 mi NW
• Cliffside Park, NJ26,183 people · 3 mi N
• Secaucus, NJ22,710 people · 5 mi W
• Elmwood Park, NJ21,680 people · 12 mi NW
• Palisades Park, NJ20,520 people · 5 mi N
• Rutherford, NJ19,214 people · 8 mi W
• North Arlington, NJ16,694 people · 8 mi W
• Fairview, NJ15,606 people · 3 mi NW
• Edgewater, NJ15,116 people · 3 mi N
• Ridgefield Park, NJ13,400 people · 6 mi NW
• Glen Rock, NJ12,346 people · 15 mi NW
• Hasbrouck Heights, NJ12,253 people · 8 mi NW
• River Edge, NJ12,235 people · 11 mi N
• Wallington, NJ12,060 people · 9 mi NW
• Guttenberg, NJ11,945 people · 2 mi NW
• Ridgefield, NJ11,666 people · 4 mi NW
• Little Ferry, NJ11,137 people · 6 mi NW
• East Rutherford, NJ10,624 people · 7 mi NW
• Wood-Ridge, NJ10,397 people · 8 mi NW
• Maywood, NJ10,221 people · 10 mi NW
• Brookdale, NJ10,044 people · 12 mi W
• Bogota, NJ9,799 people · 7 mi NW
• Leonia, NJ9,492 people · 6 mi N
• Glen Ridge, NJ8,204 people · 12 mi W
• Watsessing, NJ7,944 people · 12 mi W
• Carlstadt, NJ6,454 people · 6 mi NW
• Ampere North, NJ4,968 people · 12 mi W
• Silver Lake, NJ4,034 people · 11 mi W
• Moonachie, NJ3,168 people · 6 mi NW

What do New York's other NOAA stations record?

2 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near New York. This page uses New York Central Park Tower; the others differ by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:

Nearby and next

• New York in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
• New York climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Teterboro, NJ7 miles from this station, 55.4°F a year
• Bronx, NY7 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
• Harrison, NJ10 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
• Newark, NJ12 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
• Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side

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