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When to go to New York
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What the averages say
On these averages, New York has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): December to March.
- The warmest month is July (26°C) and the coolest January (4°C). The wettest is December (133 mm) and the driest February (95 mm); about 1,313 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayCool
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovCool
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in New York
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | -1°C | 99 mm | 82% | 62% | 1.9 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 4°C | -1°C | 95 mm | 81% | 60% | 2.8 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 7°C | 1°C | 113 mm | 81% | 60% | 3.7 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 12°C | 6°C | 107 mm | 82% | 61% | 4.9 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 17°C | 12°C | 101 mm | 84% | 63% | 5.4 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 23°C | 17°C | 115 mm | 83% | 59% | 6 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 26°C | 21°C | 114 mm | 80% | 54% | 6 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 26°C | 21°C | 114 mm | 78% | 53% | 5.2 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 23°C | 18°C | 97 mm | 77% | 51% | 4.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 18°C | 12°C | 124 mm | 78% | 55% | 3 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 12°C | 7°C | 101 mm | 79% | 57% | 2.2 | 29°C | Cool |
| December | 7°C | 2°C | 133 mm | 82% | 63% | 1.6 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Newark14 kmGood for going: May to October
- New Haven112 kmGood for going: May to September
- Allentown126 kmGood for going: May to October
- Philadelphia130 kmGood for going: May to October
- Atlantic City154 kmGood for going: May to October
- Scranton159 kmGood for going: May to September
- Hartford161 kmGood for going: May to September
- Wilmington169 kmGood for going: May to October
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