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New York City sees frequent, heavy rainfall. Precipitation averages 49.9 in (1,267 mm) annually. Spring is the wettest season. February is the driest month. Every single month in the city's recorded history has reported some rainfall, showing the variability of the climate.
The annual average temperature across the state ranges from around 39 °F (4 °C) over the Adirondack Mountains to near 53 °F (12 °C) across the Hudson Valley and Long Island, to around 56 °F (13 °C) within New York City. Weather in New York is heavily influenced by two air masses: a warm, humid one from the southwest and a cold, dry one ...
National Weather Service Forecast Office, Kansas City/Pleasant Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2016. ^ "NOWData: Las Vegas Area monthly summarized data, 1981–2010, mean of monthly average temperatures". National Weather Service Forecast Office, Las Vegas, NV.
The climate of New York City shapes the environment with its cool, wet winters and hot, humid summers with plentiful rainfall all year round. As of 2020, New York City held 44,509 acres of urban tree canopy with 24% of its land covered in trees. As of 2020, the population of New York City numbered 8.8 million human beings.
A house almost completely buried in snow in Tonawanda, New York (January 30, 1977) The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year. Daily peak wind gusts ranging from 46 to 69 mph (74 to 111 km/h) were recorded by the National Weather Service in Buffalo, with snowfall as high as 100 in ...
Temperatures vary tremendously in the springtime; at 100 °F (38 °C), March is the month with the greatest span between the record high and low. At O'Hare, temperatures as low as 7 °F (−14 °C) and 31 °F (−1 °C) have been recorded as late as April 7 and May 21, respectively.
January 1: Michael Bloomberg becomes the 108th Mayor of New York. January: New York City is put in a "Drought Warning" after a warm and dry winter. That is upgraded to a "Drought Emergency" in March until the Fall. March 11: The Tribute in Light memorial is unveiled and lit up every day for the next month.
The New York Times has identified climate change as a contributing factor in the city's increasing level of rat infestation, stating that " [m]ilder winters — the result of climate change — make it easier for rats to survive and reproduce". [6] Wildfire smoke causing severe health risks in 2023. In June 2019 NYC made a climate emergency ...