April
April · November · October
United States · 1991–2020
April leads for comfortable weather in Central Park: typically 24.2°C by day, 15.2°C at night, with 72 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
April · November · October
May · September · June
November · March · February
The weakest month is August, scoring 36 against April’s 92 — days average 31.6°C, 8° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights stay at 24.1°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C | 6.5°C | 80 mm | 6.4 | 14.8°C | 10 h 19 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| February | 17.8°C | 8.2°C | 70 mm | 6.4 | 14.5°C | 11 h 02 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.9°C | 11.4°C | 83 mm | 6 | 16.4°C | 11 h 54 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.2°C | 15.2°C | 72 mm | 5.6 | 19.8°C | 12 h 54 | 92 | Strong coverage |
| May | 28°C | 19.7°C | 58 mm | 5.3 | 23.8°C | 13 h 43 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.8°C | 23°C | 146 mm | 9.4 | 27.0°C | 14 h 10 | 42 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.3°C | 24.2°C | 106 mm | 8.3 | 28.2°C | 13 h 59 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.6°C | 24.1°C | 147 mm | 10.9 | 28.5°C | 13 h 17 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.5°C | 22.4°C | 153 mm | 9 | 27.8°C | 12 h 19 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| October | 25.7°C | 17.3°C | 119 mm | 5.9 | 24.6°C | 11 h 21 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| November | 21.1°C | 11.7°C | 49 mm | 4.3 | 20.3°C | 10 h 32 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| December | 17.6°C | 8.2°C | 70 mm | 6.4 | 16.8°C | 10 h 08 | 59 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C30 Jan 2023 | -14.4°C21 Jan 1985 | 99 mm21 Jan 1983 | 238 mm1991 · driest 5 mm in 1950 | 81 |
| February | 31.1°C23 Feb 2023 | -8.9°C5 Feb 1996 | 100 mm18 Feb 1981 | 216 mm1998 · driest 18 mm in 2001 | 81 |
| March | 32.2°C27 Mar 2023 | -5.6°C3 Mar 1980 | 108 mm27 Mar 1984 | 272 mm1983 · driest 2 mm in 1945 | 81 |
| April | 34.4°C27 Apr 1986 | 2.2°C7 Apr 1950 | 135 mm3 Apr 1973 | 235 mm1973 · driest 5 mm in 2002 | 81 |
| May | 37.8°C26 May 1953 | 7.8°C2 May 1963 | 84 mm20 May 1959 | 262 mm1979 · driest 3 mm in 1996 | 82 |
| June | 39.4°C23 Jun 2022 | 11.1°C1 Jun 1984 | 208 mm19 Jun 1972 | 400 mm1999 · driest 19 mm in 1970 | 82 |
| July | 40.0°C20 Jul 1986 | 17.8°C5 Jul 1947 | 147 mm3 Jul 1974 | 315 mm1944 · driest 26 mm in 1988 | 82 |
| August | 38.9°C8 Aug 2023 | 16.7°C25 Aug 1957 | 314 mm22 Aug 1969 | 461 mm1969 · driest 30 mm in 1980 | 81 |
| September | 36.7°C5 Sep 1944 | 9.4°C30 Sep 1967 | 234 mm6 Sep 1950 | 507 mm1953 · driest 2 mm in 1981 | 81 |
| October | 35.0°C5 Oct 1986 | 2.8°C28 Oct 1957 | 286 mm19 Oct 1944 | 447 mm2005 · driest 0 mm in 1974 | 81 |
| November | 31.7°C1 Nov 1961 | -6.1°C25 Nov 1950 | 149 mm30 Nov 1962 | 188 mm1962 · driest 1 mm in 2016 | 81 |
| December | 28.9°C15 Dec 1972 | -11.1°C25 Dec 1983 | 102 mm22 Dec 2019 | 219 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 2023 | 81 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| March | 6 | <1 | <1 | 3 |
| April | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| May | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| June | 30 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 31 | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 29 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| October | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 6 | 0 | <1 | 2 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20% | 21% | 8% | 19% | 13.7–19.2°C |
| February | 28% | 23% | 9% | 21% | 14.8–20.3°C |
| March | 49% | 21% | 10% | 18% | 18.3–23.2°C |
| April | 74% | 18% | 7% | 13% | 22.8–25.9°C |
| May | 80% | 19% | 7% | 19% | 26.6–29.2°C |
| June | 71% | 29% | 12% | 36% | 29.2–32.5°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 39% | 31.1–33.1°C |
| August | 66% | 33% | 14% | 45% | 30.6–32.4°C |
| September | 68% | 32% | 16% | 38% | 28.2–30.6°C |
| October | 77% | 18% | 7% | 15% | 23.8–26.7°C |
| November | 54% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 19.4–22.9°C |
| December | 26% | 20% | 8% | 18% | 15.3–19.8°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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