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).

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