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New York Weather & climate

Use current conditions together with recent historical climate signals. Placeivo keeps live weather separate from annual context so a single day is never presented as the city climate.

6 city indicators 1 source Fresh evidence freshness 6/6 confidence recorded
Every figure below keeps its source, data date and verification freshness visible.

At a glance

Weather & climate indicators for New York

This page uses city-specific evidence only for the main indicators. US context is shown separately when available.

Current temperatureFresh
25.6 °C
Open-Meteo Data date September 16, 2026Checked September 16, 2026 · recent Confidence 85%
Current precipitationFresh
0 mm
Open-Meteo Data date September 16, 2026Checked September 16, 2026 · recent Confidence 85%
Current wind speedFresh
12.6 km/h
Open-Meteo Data date September 16, 2026Checked September 16, 2026 · recent Confidence 85%

How to read it

Current weather is not the same as climate

The live temperature, precipitation and wind readings describe conditions around the latest check. They are useful for immediate orientation, but they should not be treated as a description of a typical year in New York.

For that reason, Placeivo keeps recent annual climate indicators in a separate section. Looking at both layers helps distinguish “what is happening now” from “what recent historical conditions looked like.” The page does not turn those signals into a single comfort or liveability score.

Recent context

Historical context for New York

These values describe a recent historical period rather than the current moment. They are shown separately to prevent live and historical observations being mixed together.

Previous-year mean temperatureFresh
12.53 °C
Open-Meteo Data date December 31, 2025Checked September 13, 2026 · recent Confidence 85%
Previous-year precipitationFresh
1,122 mm
Open-Meteo Data date December 31, 2025Checked September 13, 2026 · recent Confidence 86%
Previous-year mean daily max windFresh
16.24 km/h
Open-Meteo Data date December 31, 2025Checked September 13, 2026 · recent Confidence 85%

Seasonality

New York monthly climate pattern, 2021–2025

These month-level values aggregate 5 complete calendar years from the same Open-Meteo archive used for Placeivo's annual climate evidence. Temperature is the mean of daily mean temperatures, precipitation is the average monthly total across that period, and wind is the mean of daily maximum wind speeds.

Warmest monthJul25.4 °C mean
Coolest monthJan0.5 °C mean
Wettest monthJul141.2 mm average
Driest monthNov64.6 mm average
Monthly mean temperature2021–2025 recent five-year profile
28.4° 13.0° -2.5° Jan: 0.5 °C Jan Feb: 1.3 °C Feb Mar: 6.2 °C Mar Apr: 11.3 °C Apr May: 16.3 °C May Jun: 22.0 °C Jun Jul: 25.4 °C Jul Aug: 23.8 °C Aug Sep: 20.2 °C Sep Oct: 14.6 °C Oct Nov: 8.1 °C Nov Dec: 2.8 °C Dec
Average monthly precipitationMean monthly total across 5 complete years
New York monthly climate evidence, 2021–2025
MonthMean temperatureAverage precipitationMean daily max wind
Jan 0.5 °C 97.3 mm 21.7 km/h
Feb 1.3 °C 87.0 mm 21.8 km/h
Mar 6.2 °C 133.3 mm 23.9 km/h
Apr 11.3 °C 117.1 mm 23.0 km/h
May 16.3 °C 115.8 mm 20.2 km/h
Jun 22.0 °C 80.4 mm 20.5 km/h
Jul 25.4 °C 141.2 mm 19.0 km/h
Aug 23.8 °C 117.0 mm 18.8 km/h
Sep 20.2 °C 140.0 mm 18.0 km/h
Oct 14.6 °C 141.2 mm 19.1 km/h
Nov 8.1 °C 64.6 mm 19.9 km/h
Dec 2.8 °C 110.2 mm 18.6 km/h

Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API. Recent 5-year aggregates are Placeivo calculations from daily source values; they are not long-term climate normals.

Evidence interpretation

What the latest New York evidence says

At the latest recorded check, New York was 25.6 °C, with 0.0 mm of precipitation and wind speed of 12.6 km/h. Those values describe the latest observation only.

The stored 2025 climate context reports a mean temperature of 12.53 °C, total precipitation of 1,122.0 mm and mean daily maximum wind speed of 16.24 km/h.

The latest temperature is 13.1 °C above the 2025 annual mean. This is a snapshot-to-annual comparison, not evidence that the current weather is unusual for the date or season.

Evidence & methodology

Where these weather & climate figures come from

Placeivo keeps source attribution, the date represented by the observation, the latest verification check and confidence metadata separate. This makes it possible to inspect the evidence instead of relying on an unexplained score.

Open-Meteo 6 observations Latest check September 16, 2026

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Put this evidence in context

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