New York City Weather in 1871

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1871 based on NOAA data.

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1871 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	May 30
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	December 21
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	9 °F	December 21
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	October 6
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	January 27
Total annual precipitation	51.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1871?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1871 was 92 °F which happened on May 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1871

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	May 30
2	91 °F	Jul 13
3	90 °F	Jun 4
3	90 °F	Jun 3
5	89 °F	Aug 27
5	89 °F	Aug 16
5	89 °F	Aug 6
5	89 °F	Jul 12
9	88 °F	Aug 12
9	88 °F	Aug 5
9	88 °F	Jul 9

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1871?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1871 was -2 °F which happened on Dec 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1871

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	December 21
2	0 °F	February 6
2	0 °F	January 23
4	2 °F	February 5
4	2 °F	January 26
6	3 °F	January 10
7	5 °F	December 22
7	5 °F	January 24
9	9 °F	December 20
9	9 °F	February 4
9	9 °F	January 9

January 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	32	0.11	0.0
January 7	32	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 8	n/a	14	0.01	0.0
January 9	18	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	46	34	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 15	48	30	0.09	0.0
January 16	50	30	0.39	0.0
January 17	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	45	30	0.21	0.4
January 22	38	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	11	0	0.17	0.0
January 24	20	5	0.03	3.0
January 25	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	14	2	0.72	0.0
January 27	31	13	0.02	9.0
January 28	24	19	0.08	3.0
January 29	36	20	0.07	0.5
January 30	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	27	0.17	0.0

February 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	35	0.02	0.0
February 2	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	34	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	11	2	0.00	0.0
February 6	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 7	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 8	32	22	0.11	0.1
February 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 12	27	21	0.40	5.0
February 13	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	18	0.37	7.0
February 15	37	14	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	50	35	0.95	0.0
February 19	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	45	35	0.06	0.0
February 21	42	19	0.16	0.0
February 22	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	15	0.00	0.0
February 24	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	42	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	33	0.52	0.0
February 27	46	34	0.15	0.0
February 28	40	27	0.00	0.0

March 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	52	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	63	36	0.14	0.0
March 4	42	34	0.12	0.1
March 5	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 6	49	40	0.17	0.0
March 7	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	32	0.02	0.0
March 9	60	40	0.02	0.0
March 10	62	48	0.15	0.0
March 11	55	40	0.14	0.0
March 12	54	40	0.44	0.0
March 13	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	51	36	0.02	0.0
March 15	44	34	0.55	0.0
March 16	39	37	0.02	0.0
March 17	52	37	0.31	0.0
March 18	53	41	0.33	0.0
March 19	65	42	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	36	0.36	0.0
March 21	49	37	1.97	0.0
March 22	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	49	33	0.26	0.0
March 27	45	33	0.41	0.0
March 28	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	41	0.11	0.0
March 31	52	40	0.00	0.0

April 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	41	34	0.55	0.0
April 2	47	33	0.06	2.0
April 3	52	38	0.00	0.0
April 4	62	41	0.55	0.0
April 5	55	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	61	43	0.00	0.0
April 8	85	46	0.00	0.0
April 9	83	62	0.00	0.0
April 10	80	55	0.00	0.0
April 11	64	45	0.35	0.0
April 12	58	45	0.00	0.0
April 13	64	47	0.01	0.0
April 14	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 15	61	43	0.01	0.0
April 16	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	63	40	0.00	0.0
April 19	57	49	0.01	0.0
April 20	63	46	0.14	0.0
April 21	70	54	0.06	0.0
April 22	57	47	0.00	0.0
April 23	55	43	0.00	0.0
April 24	62	42	0.00	0.0
April 25	66	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	69	n/a	0.00	0.0
April 27	n/a	42	1.02	0.0
April 28	51	42	0.27	0.0
April 29	63	47	0.00	0.0
April 30	71	52	0.00	0.0

May 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	51	0.00
May 2	70	50	0.00
May 3	60	48	0.15
May 4	48	45	0.90
May 5	49	44	1.33
May 6	54	45	0.58
May 7	60	46	0.29
May 8	56	42	0.00
May 9	54	46	0.00
May 10	63	44	0.00
May 11	63	43	0.00
May 12	68	48	0.00
May 13	73	46	0.00
May 14	62	41	0.00
May 15	68	49	0.00
May 16	69	49	0.15
May 17	70	52	0.00
May 18	70	46	0.00
May 19	77	50	0.00
May 20	78	59	0.00
May 21	76	57	0.00
May 22	75	57	0.00
May 23	71	56	0.00
May 24	75	51	0.00
May 25	76	52	0.00
May 26	85	65	0.00
May 27	83	60	0.00
May 28	74	57	0.00
May 29	83	60	0.00
May 30	92	69	0.00
May 31	81	62	0.64

June 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	62	0.00
June 2	80	59	0.00
June 3	90	68	0.00
June 4	90	65	0.31
June 5	86	64	0.00
June 6	77	59	0.00
June 7	82	67	1.87
June 8	79	70	0.00
June 9	74	59	0.00
June 10	73	55	0.00
June 11	78	64	0.06
June 12	72	69	0.52
June 13	81	59	0.10
June 14	76	56	0.00
June 15	73	59	0.45
June 16	71	55	0.00
June 17	72	54	0.00
June 18	73	61	2.33
June 19	79	58	0.00
June 20	87	63	0.28
June 21	74	57	0.00
June 22	74	57	0.00
June 23	80	63	0.00
June 24	71	58	0.88
June 25	76	57	0.00
June 26	81	59	0.00
June 27	71	68	0.00
June 28	80	65	0.25
June 29	74	58	0.00
June 30	74	54	0.00

July 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	57	0.00
July 2	80	63	0.00
July 3	77	68	0.55
July 4	80	65	0.00
July 5	85	69	0.00
July 6	84	70	0.05
July 7	85	70	0.11
July 8	84	64	0.00
July 9	88	68	0.27
July 10	87	71	0.01
July 11	85	70	0.21
July 12	89	72	0.03
July 13	91	72	0.00
July 14	87	70	0.00
July 15	86	70	0.02
July 16	85	64	1.50
July 17	78	67	0.18
July 18	80	61	0.00
July 19	71	66	0.10
July 20	76	60	0.26
July 21	76	62	0.06
July 22	72	58	0.02
July 23	80	58	0.00
July 24	77	60	0.00
July 25	69	60	0.59
July 26	75	61	0.59
July 27	83	66	0.19
July 28	82	67	0.60
July 29	72	66	0.04
July 30	81	67	0.00
July 31	77	65	0.19

August 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	65	0.00
August 2	84	65	0.00
August 3	87	68	0.00
August 4	84	72	0.07
August 5	88	71	0.37
August 6	89	69	0.00
August 7	86	70	0.00
August 8	84	74	0.45
August 9	81	70	0.00
August 10	81	64	0.00
August 11	83	63	0.00
August 12	88	69	0.00
August 13	80	67	0.00
August 14	76	69	0.00
August 15	85	74	0.00
August 16	89	72	0.86
August 17	78	71	0.00
August 18	84	64	0.00
August 19	74	63	0.00
August 20	76	56	0.00
August 21	78	63	0.00
August 22	72	63	0.00
August 23	72	58	0.46
August 24	84	71	0.19
August 25	77	69	1.08
August 26	83	69	1.00
August 27	89	71	0.31
August 28	80	69	0.16
August 29	83	70	0.11
August 30	75	67	0.54
August 31	74	62	0.00

September 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	58	0.00
September 2	78	59	0.00
September 3	82	59	0.00
September 4	79	64	0.00
September 5	83	63	0.00
September 6	83	65	0.00
September 7	72	59	0.00
September 8	65	52	0.00
September 9	72	53	0.00
September 10	77	58	0.00
September 11	70	56	0.00
September 12	69	59	0.00
September 13	68	62	0.20
September 14	61	52	0.00
September 15	62	52	1.02
September 16	68	55	0.02
September 17	72	54	0.00
September 18	62	46	0.00
September 19	66	50	0.00
September 20	63	45	0.03
September 21	56	40	0.00
September 22	62	42	0.00
September 23	71	46	0.00
September 24	77	57	0.00
September 25	67	55	0.00
September 26	64	52	1.07
September 27	64	47	0.00
September 28	60	47	0.00
September 29	56	44	0.00
September 30	61	42	0.00

October 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	45	0.00
October 2	74	52	0.00
October 3	62	51	0.06
October 4	69	55	0.00
October 5	70	51	0.00
October 6	70	59	2.70
October 7	64	47	0.02
October 8	66	43	0.00
October 9	75	50	0.00
October 10	70	57	2.44
October 11	70	57	0.21
October 12	57	48	0.00
October 13	60	44	0.00
October 14	64	50	0.00
October 15	75	54	0.00
October 16	62	51	0.00
October 17	65	46	0.00
October 18	55	40	0.00
October 19	56	38	0.00
October 20	52	36	0.00
October 21	58	31	0.00
October 22	69	47	0.00
October 23	76	55	0.00
October 24	63	50	0.08
October 25	54	49	0.26
October 26	58	49	0.41
October 27	63	52	1.32
October 28	55	39	0.00
October 29	50	38	0.00
October 30	54	36	0.00
October 31	60	46	0.00

November 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	44	0.47	0.0
November 2	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	31	0.00	0.0
November 6	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	45	38	0.75	0.0
November 11	43	38	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 14	53	35	1.13	0.0
November 15	54	36	0.02	0.0
November 16	36	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	47	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	43	34	0.00	0.0
November 19	40	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	40	0.44	0.0
November 21	51	39	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	33	0.16	0.0
November 23	38	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	54	31	0.46	0.0
November 25	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	50	32	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	24	0.22	0.0
November 28	24	16	0.00	0.0
November 29	25	15	0.01	0.3
November 30	22	15	0.00	0.0

December 1871 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	28	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	38	29	0.14	0.0
December 4	44	29	0.04	0.0
December 5	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 6	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	23	0.01	0.4
December 8	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	28	0.34	0.0
December 14	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	25	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	36	31	0.01	0.1
December 18	42	31	0.10	0.0
December 19	34	25	0.08	3.0
December 20	25	9	0.01	0.0
December 21	9	-2	0.00	0.0
December 22	21	5	0.09	0.0
December 23	55	21	0.71	0.0
December 24	54	45	0.00	0.0
December 25	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	35	0.14	0.0
December 27	42	19	0.04	0.0
December 28	22	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	29	20	0.17	0.4
December 30	34	27	0.22	0.0
December 31	39	34	0.14	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location