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New York weather by month

New York runs from about 1°C in January to 26°C in July, with March the wettest month at 226 mm.

warmest month

July

26°C

coolest month

January

1°C

wettest month

March

226 mm

worst air month

February

23 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for New York
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January1°C153 mm145 h13
February2°C67 mm228 h23
March7°C226 mm245 h14
April11°C103 mm267 h11
May17°C101 mm295 h13
June23°C106 mm373 h14
July26°C117 mm358 h17
August23°C201 mm338 h16
September20°C29 mm257 h14
October15°C8 mm316 h8
November10°C80 mm232 h12
December2°C101 mm197 h12

About 3,251 hours of sun a year. Roughly 130 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.