New York Weather Records
The official all-time extremes for New York, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 108°F at Troy to -52°F at Old Forge.
Maximum Temperature
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108°F | July 22, 1926 | Troy | 308597 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Minimum Temperature
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -52°F | February 18, 1979 | Old Forge | 306184 | E1 |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.57 inches | August 12, 2014 to August 13, 2014 | Long Island MacArthur Airport | 04781 |
Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 inches | February 1, 1966 | Camden | 301110 | NA |
An unofficial but widely accepted 24-hr snow fall observation of 54 inches was recorded at Barnes Corner (Tug Hill Plateau) in January 1976. In February 2020, the 50-inch value at Camden in 1966, already present in the record, but flagged as invalid, was determined by the SCEC to be valid. It was established as the record, replacing the previously accepted record of 49 inches, at Watertown on 14-15 November 1900. View the report from the associated investigation. In November 2022, significant and persistent lake effect snowfall impacted several areas east of lakes Erie and Ontario, but no new record was determined. A report was released to highlight the details from this investigation.
Maximum Snow Depth
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 inches | April 20, 1943 | Whiteface Mountain | 309383 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
A snow depth value of 130 inches at Richland on 5 March 1947 was reviewed and rejected as a potential record. View the report associated with this investigation.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.