NOAA NCEI Climate Normals 1991–2020
New York Weather by Month
Temperature, rain and the hurricane season at 125 New York stations, month by month.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
The median station records 43.5 inches of precipitation a year; Platte Clove, NY records the most, 67.8 inches, and Dansville Municipal Airport, NY the least, 29.2 (2.3 times as much). July is the hottest month at the median station (average high 81°F); the hottest July is at Mineola, NY, 87°F. January is the coldest (average low 16°F); the coldest January nights are at Saranac Regional Airport, NY, 2°F. Highs reach 90°F on 6 days a year at the median station and on 23 at Bronx, NY, the most. Snowfall is heaviest at Perrysburg, NY, 208.3 inches a year.
This page compares the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals of 125 New York weather stations, each the nearest station with full normals to at least one of the 806 New York cities on this site that have one within 25 miles.
At the median station, June is the wettest month (4.2 inches) and February the driest (2.5). Station by station, the wettest month is June at 36, October at 27 and July at 24 of the 125, and the driest February at 110, January at 7 and March at 4. The gap between the wettest and driest station is widest in December: 5.4 inches.
Month by month across New York
High, low and precipitation are the median of the 125 stations; the station columns name the station with the highest average high, the lowest average low, and the most and least precipitation that month, each linked to the city page it serves. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Hurricane season in New York
June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation at the median station, from 49% at Shirley Brookhaven Airport, NY to 64% at Plattsburgh International Airport, NY. Since 1851, 102 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of a New York city on this site, 24 of them at hurricane strength at their closest point to one; September has brought the most (41), then August (21). 2 came outside June to November.
| Month | Tropical systems | At hurricane strength | Median precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| May | 2 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Jun | 9 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Jul | 7 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Aug | 21 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Sep | 41 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Oct | 20 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Nov | 2 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Tropical systems from NOAA NHC HURDAT2 that passed within 75 miles of a New York city on this site, each counted once, in the month of its first such pass; hurricane strength is the track's wind at its closest point to a city.
Coastal water temperature by month
Across 6 NOAA tide stations, the water is warmest in August (median 74°F, up to 77°F at Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY) and coolest in February (median 37°F, down to 34°F at Alexandria Bay, NY). No month averages 80°F at the median station.
| Station | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Bay, NY | 37 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 52 | 42 |
| Buffalo, NY | 36 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 40 |
| Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY | 35 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 62 | 49 | 38 |
| Montauk, NY | 40 | 39 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 45 |
| Kings Point, NY | 40 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 54 | 44 |
| The Battery, NY | 41 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 56 | 46 |
°F, average of hourly readings 2021–2025; a month counts when at least three years have half their hours on record. Source: NOAA Tides & Currents; the newest readings are preliminary.
New York cities and their stations
| City | Station | Miles | Hottest month high °F | Coldest month low °F | Year precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | Rochester Gtr International Airport, NY | 5 | 83 | 19 | 35.3 |
| Long Island City | New York Cntrl Pk Twr, NY | 4 | 85 | 28 | 49.6 |
| Lake Grove | Islip Li Macarthur Airport, NY | 4 | 83 | 25 | 46.1 |
| Lowville | Lowville, NY | <1 | 78 | 8 | 42.0 |
| East Moriches | Shirley Brookhaven Airport, NY | 6 | 83 | 24 | 44.3 |
How stations are matched to cities and what normals are: methodology · other states by month