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Weather extremes
How extreme does New York City's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days New York City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days New York City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 19°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in New York City (typical high near 85°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 30°F colder than a normal January night in New York City (typical low near 28°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than New York City usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 4.1 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (New York City averages about 9 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
New York City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 19°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at NY City Cntrl Park (NOAA GHCN station USW00094728), about 8 km from the city centre.