Weather

Generally the nicest and most temperate time to visit New York is from mid-September to mid-November, along with all of May and early June. Unfortunately, as these months are popular with tourists, hotel prices are scaled accordingly. Long periods of wet weather are common in November and April, with freezing rain and often snow from December to February. In summer, humidity reigns supreme to make a unique, quintessentially New York kind of soupy heat that drives everyone to despair. This is perhaps the time to explore further afield and leave the city to its temper.

Summary of average yearly weather data for New York City

  Low temp (°C) High temp (°C) Sunshine (hours) Rainfall (mm) Humidity (am) Humidity (pm)
Jan-435947260
Feb-436977058
Mar-177917055
Apr7147816853
May8208817054
Jun102510847458
Jul1928101077758
Aug192791097960
Sep16268867961
Oct9217897657
Nov3116767560
Dec-255917361
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