Ideal weather days in New York
The best time to visit New York for warm, dry weather is August, September and October, with 19 to 23 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at New York's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in August, September and October.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in New York, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too cold156
- Too wet100
- Too windy79
- Too hot18
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), New York averaged 129 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in the United States, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in June, July and August (up to 8 a month, 40 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in October (up to 9 a month, 23 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too cold (a high under 18 °C): 156 a year, mostly in November to March. Another 100 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in December to September. A day can fail more than one test.
New York weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 °C 45 °F | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 of 31 |
| February | 9 °C 47 °F | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 of 28 |
| March | 13 °C 55 °F | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 of 31 |
| April | 20 °C 68 °F | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 of 30 |
| May | 24 °C 75 °F | 10 | 5 | 6 | 17 of 31 |
| June | 29 °C 83 °F | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 of 30 |
| July | 32 °C 89 °F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 of 31 |
| August | 30 °C 85 °F | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 of 31 |
| September | 25 °C 77 °F | 9 | 4 | 7 | 19 of 30 |
| October | 22 °C 71 °F | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 of 31 |
| November | 15 °C 58 °F | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 of 30 |
| December | 10 °C 49 °F | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 of 31 |
| Year | 113 | 79 | 63 | 129 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 127 warm, dry days
- 2024 135 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit New York for good weather?
The best time to visit New York for warm, dry weather is August, September and October, with 19 to 23 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in June, July and August (up to 8 a month, 40 a year). Counted from measured days at Laguardia Airport station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in New York?
On average 113 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was December (13 rain days), the driest October (5).
How many sunny days does New York get a year?
About 63 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in October (9).
How warm does New York get?
The median daily high ranged from 7 °C (45 °F) in January to 32 °C (89 °F) in July.
Nearby
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Where is the best climate in the United States?
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Source: Laguardia Airport weather station (72503014732), 13 km from the centre of New York, 3 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 89% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.