Today in New York Weather History: March 24

 

1885 (Tuesday)

This was the eighth day in a row with a low temperature in the teens or colder.  The average low during this stretch was just 13°, twenty degrees below average.  (March 1885 is the third coldest March on record).

 

1912 (Sunday)

The high today and of the previous three days was as follows: 34° (3/21); 35° (3/22); 36° (yesterday); and 37° (today).  All were well below the average high, which is around 50°.

 

1940 (Sunday)

With a high/low of 31°/17°, this is the only Easter Sunday to be completely below freezing.  This came three years after Easter had a high/low of 35°/28°.

 

 

1953 (Tuesday)

Today had the fourth rainstorm of an inch or more in the past three weeks.  This one was a quick mover, beginning shortly after daybreak and ending in the early afternoon.  Half of the 1.04" that fell poured down between 11 AM and noon.  At the time, March 1953, with 8.76" of precipitation, was the second wettest March on record (it's since fallen to sixth place).

 

1956 (Saturday)

The 1.2" of snow that fell late this morning brought the month's snowfall above 20" (21.1").  This was the fifth, and last time, that more than twenty inches of snow was reported in March (thru 2025).

 

1988 (Thursday)

After a nippy low of 17° two days earlier, today's high was a record-setting 76°.  These readings were also the temperature extremes for the month.

 

1989 (Friday)

Beginning at daybreak and continuing until midnight, 2.05" of rain fell, a record for the date.  It was a cold rain, as the high was only 40°.

 

1990 (Saturday)

Today's high of 39° was thirty degrees colder than yesterday's.  This was also the fourth high in the 30s this month - one more than in January.

 

1993 (Wednesday)

This was the 15th consecutive day with below-average temperatures.  The average high/low during these days was 41°/26°, nine degrees colder than normal.  It was also a very wet period, with precipitation falling on seven days, amounting to 4.66". 

 

2011 (Thursday)

An inch of snow fell overnight, the final accumulating snow of the winter.  The winter's snowfall total was 61.9", and most of it, 56", fell in less than five weeks, between December 26 and January 27.  This was New York's third snowiest winter, behind the winters of 1996 (75.6") and  1948 (63.3").

 

 

2012 (Saturday)

Today was the eighth day in a row with temperatures ten degrees or more milder than average.  During these days the high/low averaged 70°/52°, seventeen degrees above average, and more typical of mid-May.

 

2015 (Tuesday)

The National Weather Service announced that it had increased New York's winter snowfall by 3.3" (as measured in Central Park).  Specifically, snowfall was adjusted on three dates: Jan. 6 (from 0.5" to 1.0"); Jan. 24 (from 2.5" to 3.6"); and Feb. 2 (from 3.3" to 5.0").

 

2019 (Sunday)

Following the coastal storm of 3/21-22, the humidity dropped significantly, bottoming out at 18% yesterday evening and down even further today, dropping to 13% at 2 PM (average reading in the afternoon during March is around 50%).  This was the lowest humidity level since April 22 of last year when it also dropped to 13% (the lowest reading in the years since 2000 is 6%, on March 30, 2007).

 

 

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

February 2025 - NYC's Third Consecutive Month With Colder Than Average Temperatures

 

 

On the heels of New York's two mildest years on record, February 2025 was the third month in a row that was colder than average, the longest such below-average streak since another one of three months seven years ago (Nov. 2017 thru Jan. 2018).

 

The month was 0.8 degrees colder than average (average high/low of 41°/29°), but up until 2/22 it was 3.3 degrees colder than average. (A similar mild stretch at the end of January moderated its average temperature as well.).  And while the average low was just 0.2 degrees below average,  the average high was 1.4 degrees below average.

 

The month's coldest reading was 17°; only 14 other Februarys have had a coldest temperature milder than 17°.  Four days had highs of 32° or colder, four had lows in the teens. Four days were ten degrees+ colder than average, three days were ten degrees+ milder than average. 

 

The mildest reading was 57°.  Jan-Feb had no days with highs 60° or warmer (joining six other Jan-Feb combos this century with no highs of 60+ (in the 19th century {1869-1899}, 80% of the years had no highs of 60+ in Jan-Feb.)

 

The coldest period in February was a six-day stretch (Feb. 17-22) that was 10 degrees below average (high/low of 33°/20°).  This was followed by the mildest stretch of the month (Feb. 23-28), which was 8 degrees milder than average (high/low of 52°/41°).

 

With 2.59” of precipitation, this February was somewhat drier than average (3.19") and drier than two-thirds of all Februarys. (February tends to be Central Park's driest month.)  Just 0.01” of the month’s precipitation fell during the last 12 days of the month. 

 

January-February 2025 was the driest since 2002, and the sixth driest combo on record.

 

7.1" of snow fell during the month, which was the most snow in February since 2021 (which had 26.0”).  Still, this was three inches below average. The biggest snowfall was 3.1” on Feb. 8-9 (0.1” less than last winter’s biggest accumulation [on Feb. 13]).

 

Although the amount of snow that fell in February was less than average, there were eight days that reported measurable snow, double the average number. It joined 15 other Februarys with eight or more days of measurable snow.  However, these other years all had significantly more snow, averaging 17.6". 

 

Finally, winter 2025 (meteorological winter) was the coldest in ten years and the 10th coldest winter of this century.  Its coldest reading was 10° in on 1/22, the mildest reading was 60° on 12/11 and 12/29.  There was 12.9" of snow, about 11 inches less than average. (However, four winters since 2019 had less snow.) 

 

Here are February recaps from previous years.

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2015

 

2025 Weather Highlights in New York

 

 

JANUARY 

9 - Today and the previous two days, NYC was buffeted by high winds gusting between 35-45 mph each day.  Although there was no precipitation to contend with, temperatures were seven degrees colder than average, with highs/lows of 33°/19°, 30°/23°, and 33°/22° (today).   

18 - Until today the only precipitation that had fallen this month was snow, but when 0.09" of rain fell this afternoon, it was the deepest into January for its first measurable rainfall since 1896 (when the month's first rain fell on 1/24).

31 - This was just the fifth day this month to have measurable rain.  The 0.16” that fell, mostly after dark, brought the month’s paltry total to 0.61”, finishing with just 0.03” more than Central Park’s driest January on record, in 1981.

 

FEBRUARY

6 - Although today's accumulation of snow/ice (before dawn) was just 0.5", this was the first accumulating snow to fall on 2/6 in Central Park since 2004 (when 0.7" "piled" up). Despite this lengthy hiatus, Feb. 6 is tied with Jan. 27 as the second most likely date to report measurable snowfall. (Feb. 3 is ranked #1, having had 30 years w/snow, one more than Feb. 6 and Jan. 27.)

 

MARCH

1 - Today' s high of 64° was the first reading in the 60s this year (about a month later than usual) and the mildest reading since 11/18.  (This rise into the 60s was a surprise as the predicted high was mid-50s). This touch of spring lasted just a few hours as an Arctic front moved through after 2 PM, dropping the temperature to the upper 20s as midnight approached (on the way to a low of 19° at daybreak on 3/2).  This 36-degree slide in temperature was the greatest drop during a calendar date since a drop of 50 degrees on Dec. 23, 2022 (from 58° to 8°).

5 - A rainstorm lashed the area between 4-11:30 PM, producing 1.71" of rain; this was 0.10" below the record amount for the date in 1920.  Between 6-7 PM 0.63" poured down, which was more than what fell in all of January.   This was Central Park's biggest daily rainfall since 8/18, when 2.29" was measured.

7 - Just two days after a soaking rain, the humidity dropped to 16% this evening.  This was the lowest humidity reading since last April (15% on 4/26).  It was also the tenth day this year with very low humidity (a reading of 25% or lower), the most by this date of any year this century (on average, there are three by 3/7).

 

 

2025 Starts With A Cold & Dry January

 

 

January 2025 was 2.5 degrees colder than average, with an average high of 36.5° (three degrees below average) and an average low of 25.9° (two degrees below average).  This was the most below average month in three years (since January 2022).  From Jan. 4 through Jan. 25, temperatures were five degrees below average, with the coldest period being  Jan. 20-23, which was fourteen degrees below average (including the month's coldest reading of 10° on the 22nd). 

 

The end of January (the 26th through the 31st) saw somewhat of a thaw as temperatures were four degrees above average (including the mildest reading of the month, 52°, on the 29th).  

 

This was the second driest January on record, with just 0.61" measured.  Just five days had measurable precipitation. Up until the evening of 1/31, the month was set to become the driest January, but then showers dropped enough rain into Central Park's rain gauge to bring the month's total 0.03" above January 1981's total. 

 

Despite the cold conditions, not much snow fell as three snowfalls produced just 3.0": 0.9" on  1/6; 0.5" on 1/11; and 1.6" on 1/19. (Interestingly, despite January 1981's bone-dry conditions, it had significantly more snow than this January, with 8.0" measured from six days with snow.)

 

Despite snowfall being well below the January average of 8.8", there have been ten Januarys since 2000 with even smaller amounts.  But focusing on cold Januarys since 1869, just a handful have had even more paltry amounts of snow than Jan. 2025.

 

In addition to eight days with highs of 32° or colder this January (one more than average), there were six days with highs of 33°(well above the January average of one).  The 14 days with highs of 33° or colder was the most since Jan. 2014.

 

  Here are recaps of previous Januarys:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2015

2014

 

 

2024 Ranks As New York's 2nd Warmest Year on Record

 

 

Although three of the last five months of 2024 had temperatures slightly below average, the first seven months of the year were so above average that 2024 ended up being New York City's second warmest year on record; the warmest year, 2023, held on to its #1 position by the skin of its teeth.  (However, for average high, 2024 ranked third, 2023 fourth.)

 

 

The biggest story of 2024, however, was drought.  During the fall, Central Park suffered through its second longest streak, with 29 days of no measurable precipitation (behind a 36-day streak in 1924).  And October, with just 0.01" of rain, became the driest month on record (passing July 1949, which had 0.02").  Furthermore, the 52-day period from Sept. 30 until Nov. 20 had just 0.19" of rain (a period when seven inches is the norm).

 

Despite these drought conditions (a drought warning was issued for the region on 11/20), and three other months with less than 2.06" of precipitation, the year was just three inches below average (46.37").  Since 2000, ten years have had less precipitation than 2024.

 

WARM-TEMPERATURE HIGHLIGHTS:

>    2024 had the 4th warmest winter (includes Dec. 2023); 4th warmest spring; 12th warmest summer; and the 7th warmest fall.

>    A 22-day streak with above average temperatures from Jan. 23 to Feb. 13 was the longest such streak since January 2023.

>    A 38-day streak with highs of 80+ (including every day in July) was the sixth longest on record

>    A high of 80° on 11/6 was the third latest date for a reading in the 80s.  (And the high of 81° on Halloween tied the record high from 1946.)

>    Through Aug. 6, 20 days had highs in the 90s; they were concentrated in a 7-week period that began 6/20.  (After that, there was just one more 90-degree reading, on 8/28.) Looking at meteorological summer, 2024 ranked 16th for number of days of 90+. 

>     The hottest reading of the year was 95°, which happened on 7/8 and 8/1; but 7/8 had the hottest mean temperature as its low was one degree warmer than 8/1's.

>    The summer had four heat waves, three that were four days long, and one of three days.

 

The nine months that were warmer than average all rank among the 25 mildest of their respective months. Six of them were three or more degrees above average.

• January: 25th mildest (3.3 degrees above average)
• February: 10th mildest (+4.2)
• March: 8th mildest (+5.1)
• April: 11th mildest (+1.9)
• May: 24th mildest (+1.8)
• June: 4th hottest (+3.1)
• July: 11th hottest (+2.1)
• October: 12th mildest (+3.1)
  
• November: 17th mildest (+3.4)

 

And here are the three months that were cooler than average:

• August (1.0 degree below average)
• September (-0.4)
• December (-0.9)

 

AND FURTHERMORE ...

There was a record number of days with low humidity (25% or lower at some point in the day).  With 43, this was one more than 2023.

The year's coldest day was in December as the high/low was 21°/13° on 12/22. (The previous coldest reading was 24°/17° on 1/17.)

June's coolest reading was 59°, which is the mildest reading to have this distinction in June.  Then August had its first reading in the 50s since 2013; at 57°. it was the coolest August reading since 2007.

Looking at calendar years, only eight had less snow than 2024 (10.3").  This followed 2023, which had the least amount of snow (2.3").  2024's biggest snowfall was 3.2" on 2/13.

 

 

February not only had its mildest coldest high on record for that month (36°), it also had the mildest coldest low (23°).  And March would have the mildest coldest high on record for March (43°).

December's 17 days with measurable precipitation was the most for a month since July 2021.  And seven of these days were consecutive, which was the longest streak since May 2019.

Finally, 2024 ended with the first white Christmas since 2009; then, during the night of New Year's Eve, a thunderstorm with vivid lightning, swept through the City.

 

Here are recaps of the years since 2015:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

 

 

 

 

Recap of December 2024: Biting Cold Prevails In a Battle Between Cold Snaps & Mild Spells

 

 

December 2024 started out cold and dry and ended mild and wet.  Overall, the month was 0.9 degrees colder than average, it received an average amount of precipitation, and snowfall was below average. The month's coldest reading was 13° - which was also the coldest reading of the entire year.  Its mildest reading was 60°. 

 

On average, December is close to six degrees milder than January, but this year it appeared it might be the colder of the two months. However, this possibility went out the window when the last four days of the month had temperatures 16 degrees milder than average.  As a result, Dec. 2024 ended up being 1.2 degrees milder than January (38.2° v 37.0°).

 

The month experienced three cold periods and three mild ones.  The cold periods covered 17 days and were eight degrees below average, while the mild periods covered 11 days and were eleven degrees above average.  

 

 

The month had an equitable distribution of days that were either 10 or more degrees below average or 10+ above average, with there being seven of each.  (It's unusual for a month to have so many days that are well below and well above  average.)

 

   

This was the fifth December in a row that ended with temperatures that were well above average:

 

Dec. 28-31, 2024 - 16 degrees above average

Dec. 24-31, 2023 - 11 degrees above average

Dec. 29-31, 2022 - 15 degrees above average

Dec. 28-31, 2021 - 10 degrees above average

Dec. 28-31, 2020 - 6 degrees above average

 

Although December's 4.53" of precipitation was an average amount, there were 17 days with measurable precipitation, which was the most in any month since July 2021 (which had 18).  Among these 17 days were seven in a row (12/15-12/21), making this the longest streak since one of eight days in May 2019.  The month's precipitation was concentrated among a handful of days, with a little more than half falling on three days: 0.85" on 12/11; 0.91" on 12/16; and 0.56" on 12/28.

 

Although December's precipitation was an average amount, it was nearly as much as what fell in the three preceding months (4.94" in Sept-Oct-Nov, versus 4.53" in December).

 

There were two days with measurable snowfall, totaling 2.8": 1.8" on 12/21, 1.0" on 12/24.  (The average amount in December is 4.9".)  Despite it being a below average amount, this was the snowiest December since 2020 (when 10.5" fell from one storm).  Because the two snowfalls were just a few days apart, enough snow remained on the ground to provide Central Park with its first "white Christmas" since 2009.

 

As mentioned earlier, the month’s coldest temperature was 13° (on consecutive days), which was also the coldest reading of the entire year (besting a reading of 17° in January) .  The two days with lows of 13° also had sub-freezing high readings.  One of them, 12/22, had a high/low of 21°/13°, making it the coldest day of the year (and with winds gusting between 35-45 mph, wind chills were in the single digits).  Lastly, the month's mildest reading, 60°, also occurred on two days (but not consecutive). 

 

Here are links to past December recaps:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

November 2024 Weather Recap: Warm Start, Rainy Finish

 

November 2024 was 3.4 degrees above average (the sixth month this year that was three degrees or more warmer than average).  The month started off well above average, as the first eight days were nine degrees warmer than the typical first week of November (high/low of 68°/52°).  Then the middle twelve days of the month were three above average, and the last ten days were at seasonable levels.  The average high was 4.2 degrees above average, the average low was +2.6. 

 

The last day of the month, with an unseasonably cold high/low of 39°/30° (nine degrees below average), prevented the month from placing among the ten mildest Novembers, ending up as twelfth mildest (just a smidge behind Nov. 1902).

 

On 11/6 the high reached 80°, the first time since 1993 that a day in November reached the 80s. (And the high on 11/1 was 79°.)  Besides these two Novembers, highs in the 80s have also occurred in Nov. 1974 and Nov. 1950 (which had two days that warm).

 

Just 0.18” of rain fell in the first 20 days of the month (last November saw even less rain in the first 20 days - 0.07").  Then 3.17” fell between 11/21 and 11/28, including 1.58” that fell on the 21st, which was a record amount for the date.  And on the 28th, which was Thanksgiving Day, 0.86" was measured in Central Park, making this the rainiest Turkey Day since 2006. 

 

November's total precipitation of 3.35" was slightly below average, but more than double the combined amount of September (1.58") and October (0.01").

 

When significant rain fell on 11/21, it ended a 52-day period in which just 0.19” of rain was measured in Central Park.  Because of this extended dry spell a drought warning was issued a few days before 11/21's rainfall.  

 

There were seven days with humidity of 25% or lower, the most of any November in the years since 2000.  (October also had seven low-humidity days.)  These readings were concentrated among the first seventeen days of the month.   

 

Here are recaps of past Novembers:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Today in New York Weather History: November 7

 

1938 (Monday)

This was the third day in a row with very mild temperatures, with highs/lows of 74°/63°, 70°/64°, and 78°/63°.  Today's high of 78° was a record (which still stands).

 

1963 (Thursday)

Beginning late on Nov. 5 and continuing through early afternoon today, a nor'easter dumped 4.30" of rain, with nearly three inches falling today (a record for the date, which still stands).  This deluge followed a near rain-free October (at the time its 0.14" made it the second driest month on record; it's now ranked third).  Furthermore, the amount of rain from this storm was greater than what fell in any month in 1963, and it prevented this year from becoming the driest on record.

 

 

1977 (Monday)

One of New York's greatest rainstorms began in the morning and continued through the afternoon of Nov. 8.  The first wave of rain that moved through today, largely between 9 AM and 5 PM, amounted to 1.79".  However, the steady downpours that made this a historical storm would fall tomorrow.

 

1995 (Tuesday)

The 0.68" of rain that fell between noon and 10 PM was the first rain on this date in 15 years.

 

2012 (Wednesday)

Just nine days after the region was raked by hurricane Sandy's high winds and record storm surge, a nor'easter lashed the area.  It moved far enough off the coast to pull cold air into the region, changing the rain to snow by 2 PM.  4.7" accumulated (4.3" of it today), making this the earliest 4-inch snowfall on record (the previous record was in 1989 when 4.7" fell on Nov. 22-23).  This was just the fifth snowfall of one-inch or more to occur in November in the past 40 years - and the first since 1997.  It would also be the largest accumulation of the calendar year, topping the 4.3" that fell on Jan. 21. 

 

 

2015 (Saturday)

The day's high temperature was reached shortly before 2 AM - 72°.  This made it the fifth day in a row with a high in the 70s - at the time, the longest streak of highs in the 70s of any November (later broken in 2020 by a six-day streak).  The temperature then fell slowly, but it was still a relatively mild 53° at midnight.  During the first week of November the high/low averaged 70°/56° - 11 degrees milder than average and more typical of late September.

 

2021 (Sunday)

Today was the 50th running of the NYC Marathon, and conditions were close to optimal for runners as temperatures were in the mid-40s to lower-50s range, there was little wind to speak of, afternoon humidity was on the low side, and skies were fair (transitioning from clear in the morning to hazy during the afternoon).  High temperatures today and the previous three days: 53° (today)-52°-51°-50° (average high in the first week of November is in the upper-50s).

 

   

2022 (Monday)

This was the fourth day in a row with a high in the 70s, and at 77° it was the warmest of them all.  The average high during this streak was 74.5°, which was 17 degrees above average.  Today also featured clear skies and humidity that dropped sharply in the afternoon, bottoming out at 15% at 6 PM; this was the second lowest reading in November in the years since 2000 (lowest was 13% on 11/16 in 2019).

The morning low of 68° would have been the mildest low on record in November but chillier air moved in after 8 PM, dropping the temperature to 54° by midnight (still 10 degrees above the average low for the date).

 

Save

Save

October 2024 Weather Recap - The Month That Rain Forgot

 

 

2024 already experienced two dry months as June and September each had less than two inches of rain (and February had 2.05").  Then came October, which became Central Park's driest month on record as just 0.01" of rain fell, passing June 1949, which had 0.02".  The rain fell in the early afternoon on 10/29, breaking a dry streak that began on 9/30.  This 29-day streak is the second longest on record.  (The longest was 100 years ago, when there was one of 36 days.) 

 

 

The metro area's three airports were equally parched as Newark reported no measurable rain, while LaGuardia and JFK, like Central Park, had just 0.01".

   

After an August and September that were slightly cooler than average, October was 3.0 degrees milder, ranking as the 17th mildest October on record.  The average high was 4.2 degrees above average, while the average low was 1.7 above average. 

 

The last 12 days of the month were seven degrees above average and had the month's warmest readings, 81° on 10/22 and on Halloween (the warmest Halloween in 50 years).  Only three other years have had a high in the 80s after 10/31.

 

The vast majority of days, 24, had clear or sunny skies, including 14 days in a row from 10/15 thru 10/28. 

 

Before October 2024 there had been only two days in October (since 2000) that had humidity drop to 25% or lower.  This October, by contrast, had seven (all from 10/12 thru 10/27).

 

Finally, the month's coolest reading was 43°.  Only four other Octobers have had a milder temperature as the chilliest reading (including last October and Oct. 2021.)

 

Here are recaps of previous Octobers:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

 

 

   

September 2024 Recap: Seasonable Temperatures, Below Average Rainfall

Through 9/26, September 2024 appeared likely to become the third driest September on record as just 0.36" of rain had fallen in Central Park.  Then, from 9/27-29, outer bands of showers from the remnants of Hurricane Helene produced 1.22" of rain.  Although the month was still a dry one, the driest since March 2023, it ended up ranking 23rd among all Septembers.  (By contrast, last September had 14.25" of rain, making it the second wettest September on record.) 

 

Temperature-wise, the month ended up a wee bit below average (-0.4 degrees).  Thru 9/11 temperatures were four degrees cooler than average, but the rest of the month was two degrees above average.  This followed a cooler than average August (-1.0 degree).  The last time Central Park experienced back-to-back months with below average temperatures was in May and June of last year.    

 

The month's warmest reading was just 84° (on 9/19), which was the coolest reading to have this distinction in September since 2009.  The coolest reading was 55° (on 9/8 and 9/9); only three other September have had a milder reading as their coolest temperature: Sept. 1910 (57°); Sept. 1921 (56°), and Sept. 2015 (56°).

 

In a typical September the difference between the coolest and warmest temperature is 38 degrees (51° and 89°, respectively).  This year's gap was just 29 degrees (55° and 84°), making it the smallest gap since another 29-degree difference in September 1908 (51° and 80°).

 

Although there were no readings in the 90s, 9/1 had a low of 73°, the only day of the month with a low in the 70s. Only eight days had lows in the 50s, and they were all in the 55°-59° range.  Additionally, there was an unusual concentration of lows in the 59° to 63° range - 20 of them.  A typical September has nine. 

 

Finally, during the three-week period from 9/2 to 9/22, the City enjoyed sixteen days with either clear or sunny skies, including nine days in a row.  Then, at the end of the month, there was a 5-day streak with overcast skies.  Another streak of note was one of 15 days with no rain, which was Central Park's longest dry streak in three-and-a-half years.

 

Here are recaps of previous Septembers:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

 

Recap of August 2024: First Month of 2024 To Be Cooler Than Average

 

 

Despite starting with highs in the 90s on five of the first days of the month, August 2024 was the first month since November 2023 with a cooler than average monthly temperature (1.0 degree below average).  This was also the first August since 2013 to have a low temperature chillier than 60°.  And the low of 57° on 8/21 was the chilliest August reading since 2007.  It was also the first August since 2008 with two lows in the 50s.

 

This was the second rainiest month of 2024, with 7.02” measured (March had 9.06").  Two days picked up more than two inches (2.08" on 8/6, 2.29" on 8/18).  Among all Augusts, August 2024 ranks as 27th wettest (out of 156 going back to 1869).

 

Five of the first six days of the month had highs in the 90s (8/1 had the hottest high of the month, 95°) and those days were five degrees warmer than average.  Then the rest of the months was two-and-a-half degrees below average (8/28 was an outlier, with a high of 91°).

 

August 2024 and August 2023 had similar average temperatures (75.1° and 75.0°, respectively) and similar rainfall, but there was a big difference in the range between each month's coolest and hottest temperatures (38 degrees vs. 25 degrees, respectively). 

 

  

On average, August is 4.1 degrees warmer than June, but this year both had the same temperature.  This was the 13th year in which both months had very similar temperatures.

 

 

The sixth longest streak of highs of 80+, 38 days, ended on 8/6.  This was the longest such streak since the summer of 2015, which had the longest on record (62 days).

 

After 31 of 38 days had lows in the 70s between June 30-Aug. 6, only five of the next 25 days (thru Aug. 31) had lows that warm.

 

After June-July 2024 was the third warmest on record, meteorological summer 2024 had a shot at being hottest of all time, but with August being one degree below average, the summer ended up as New York's 15th hottest (still a very high rank).  If August had an average temperature, it would have made 2024's meteorological summer the third hottest. 

 

Here are recaps of previous Augusts:

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015