New York City Weather in 1872

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1872 based on NOAA data.

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1872 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	3 °F	March 5
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 2
Lowest daily high	10 °F	March 5
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	July 26
Most daily snow	18.0 inches	December 26
Total annual precipitation	42.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1872?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1872 was 96 °F which happened on July 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1872

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 2
2	95 °F	Jul 1
3	94 °F	Jul 4
3	94 °F	Jul 3
5	93 °F	Sep 8
5	93 °F	Aug 22
5	93 °F	Aug 14
5	93 °F	Jul 5
5	93 °F	Jun 30
10	92 °F	Aug 19
10	92 °F	Aug 12
10	92 °F	Jul 14
10	92 °F	Jul 11
10	92 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1872?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1872 was 3 °F which happened on Mar 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1872

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	March 5
2	4 °F	December 25
2	4 °F	December 22
4	5 °F	March 6
5	6 °F	December 27
5	6 °F	December 26
5	6 °F	March 4
8	7 °F	December 24
8	7 °F	January 30
8	7 °F	January 29

January 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	27	0.75	0.0
January 4	41	35	0.50	0.0
January 5	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 6	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 8	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 10	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 11	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	35	0.00	0.0
January 13	50	38	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	22	0.03	0.3
January 17	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	44	28	0.48	0.3
January 20	44	37	0.02	0.0
January 21	41	33	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	18	0.00	0.0
January 26	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	26	0.10	1.3
January 29	30	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 31	22	8	0.00	0.0

February 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	22	0.37	3.0
February 4	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 5	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	31	0.04	0.0
February 7	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	34	0.06	0.0
February 12	53	36	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	33	0.74	0.0
February 14	36	14	0.04	0.0
February 15	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 17	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 19	46	21	0.00	0.0
February 20	53	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	48	35	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 24	57	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	n/a	0.04	0.0
February 26	n/a	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 29	40	21	0.00	0.0

March 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	13	0.00	0.0
March 2	23	17	0.03	0.3
March 3	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 4	38	6	0.03	0.3
March 5	10	3	0.00	0.0
March 6	22	5	0.00	0.0
March 7	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 8	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	25	0.06	0.1
March 10	38	32	1.11	0.0
March 11	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	24	0.14	2.0
March 13	45	17	0.00	0.0
March 14	51	32	0.24	0.0
March 15	35	17	0.07	0.0
March 16	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	38	28	0.03	0.0
March 18	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	30	14	0.00	0.0
March 21	27	14	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	28	0.01	0.3
March 24	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	27	0.74	2.3
March 26	35	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	62	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	51	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	40	34	1.27	0.0

April 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	42	35	0.00
April 2	53	33	0.00
April 3	51	35	0.00
April 4	48	32	0.00
April 5	56	31	0.00
April 6	62	38	0.00
April 7	53	40	1.13
April 8	56	40	0.11
April 9	54	41	0.40
April 10	63	44	0.07
April 11	64	40	0.00
April 12	60	43	0.00
April 13	67	51	0.15
April 14	55	38	0.00
April 15	48	34	0.12
April 16	39	32	0.00
April 17	53	35	0.00
April 18	55	36	0.15
April 19	58	39	0.08
April 20	64	45	0.00
April 21	64	48	0.00
April 22	56	35	0.00
April 23	52	29	0.08
April 24	70	43	0.00
April 25	80	52	0.00
April 26	83	57	0.00
April 27	69	51	0.00
April 28	68	49	0.00
April 29	65	43	0.00
April 30	60	43	0.00

May 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	45	0.00
May 2	72	55	0.62
May 3	60	46	0.00
May 4	51	43	0.05
May 5	60	41	0.00
May 6	68	48	0.00
May 7	80	47	0.00
May 8	85	66	0.00
May 9	88	62	0.00
May 10	89	64	0.11
May 11	64	47	0.00
May 12	74	50	0.00
May 13	72	52	0.00
May 14	71	48	0.00
May 15	72	54	0.00
May 16	69	52	0.00
May 17	70	47	0.00
May 18	66	50	0.00
May 19	66	56	0.42
May 20	72	58	0.04
May 21	71	54	0.00
May 22	74	57	0.33
May 23	76	62	0.01
May 24	74	59	0.00
May 25	76	61	0.00
May 26	71	57	0.00
May 27	72	56	0.34
May 28	72	54	0.00
May 29	73	50	0.00
May 30	60	55	0.76
May 31	68	53	0.00

June 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	55	0.07
June 2	74	52	0.00
June 3	73	55	0.00
June 4	66	55	0.21
June 5	58	52	0.29
June 6	73	55	0.00
June 7	68	58	0.20
June 8	83	57	0.61
June 9	85	64	0.00
June 10	79	66	0.11
June 11	84	62	0.00
June 12	89	67	0.01
June 13	82	68	0.00
June 14	86	60	0.39
June 15	75	60	0.00
June 16	79	64	0.00
June 17	83	64	0.00
June 18	87	65	0.00
June 19	87	67	0.00
June 20	90	68	0.00
June 21	92	73	0.00
June 22	87	68	0.00
June 23	84	67	0.00
June 24	74	65	0.00
June 25	69	64	1.00
June 26	74	64	0.03
June 27	85	66	0.00
June 28	91	69	0.00
June 29	90	74	0.01
June 30	93	75	0.00

July 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	75	0.00
July 2	96	78	0.00
July 3	94	70	0.00
July 4	94	73	1.20
July 5	93	72	0.28
July 6	86	70	0.00
July 7	88	70	0.00
July 8	86	71	0.00
July 9	87	70	0.00
July 10	86	72	0.13
July 11	92	72	0.02
July 12	81	73	0.01
July 13	84	69	0.00
July 14	92	69	0.00
July 15	88	76	1.57
July 16	87	76	0.03
July 17	88	77	0.00
July 18	85	75	0.02
July 19	85	70	0.00
July 20	86	65	0.00
July 21	80	67	0.00
July 22	82	66	1.12
July 23	78	64	0.00
July 24	79	67	0.23
July 25	84	65	0.00
July 26	80	66	2.91
July 27	81	65	0.00
July 28	84	68	0.00
July 29	85	69	0.00
July 30	78	70	0.00
July 31	72	62	0.31

August 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	62	0.00
August 2	73	67	0.01
August 3	83	68	0.00
August 4	79	69	0.60
August 5	82	65	0.00
August 6	78	69	0.00
August 7	87	72	0.00
August 8	87	70	0.00
August 9	87	69	0.00
August 10	87	69	0.54
August 11	90	72	0.00
August 12	92	74	0.35
August 13	90	74	0.20
August 14	93	75	0.00
August 15	88	71	0.39
August 16	78	70	1.25
August 17	87	75	0.07
August 18	91	72	0.00
August 19	92	75	0.15
August 20	81	73	0.06
August 21	84	75	0.00
August 22	93	71	0.30
August 23	83	70	0.00
August 24	89	70	0.00
August 25	84	71	0.00
August 26	89	71	0.00
August 27	83	69	0.00
August 28	74	63	0.00
August 29	71	60	0.50
August 30	72	55	1.87
August 31	66	53	0.00

September 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	57	0.00
September 2	79	62	0.02
September 3	65	51	0.00
September 4	67	47	0.00
September 5	67	57	0.00
September 6	74	63	0.00
September 7	82	66	0.00
September 8	93	70	0.00
September 9	88	69	0.18
September 10	70	64	0.00
September 11	75	64	0.00
September 12	78	67	0.00
September 13	75	67	0.48
September 14	68	59	0.00
September 15	61	53	0.13
September 16	60	53	0.09
September 17	66	55	0.00
September 18	73	61	0.00
September 19	72	56	0.25
September 20	65	53	0.00
September 21	75	50	0.00
September 22	89	61	0.00
September 23	82	65	0.00
September 24	78	64	0.00
September 25	71	64	0.00
September 26	71	65	0.41
September 27	69	59	0.90
September 28	69	54	0.49
September 29	66	55	0.00
September 30	70	59	0.00

October 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	53	0.06
October 2	60	48	0.02
October 3	64	52	0.00
October 4	66	50	0.00
October 5	64	50	0.00
October 6	76	63	0.00
October 7	71	61	0.17
October 8	64	51	0.07
October 9	66	46	0.00
October 10	74	48	0.03
October 11	52	40	0.00
October 12	54	37	0.00
October 13	52	46	0.00
October 14	51	42	0.00
October 15	52	42	0.00
October 16	64	46	0.00
October 17	59	41	0.00
October 18	59	49	0.44
October 19	57	48	0.00
October 20	55	36	0.00
October 21	68	44	0.00
October 22	68	50	0.00
October 23	65	47	0.06
October 24	49	43	0.44
October 25	54	48	0.34
October 26	62	53	1.56
October 27	64	53	0.06
October 28	53	42	0.10
October 29	50	39	0.00
October 30	51	38	0.00
October 31	50	40	0.00

November 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	56	42	0.00	0.0
November 3	51	43	0.10	0.0
November 4	51	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	53	39	0.00	0.0
November 6	55	50	0.83	0.0
November 7	55	47	1.61	0.0
November 8	50	43	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	40	0.00	0.0
November 10	55	37	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	40	0.02	0.0
November 12	60	41	0.42	0.0
November 13	58	39	0.00	0.0
November 14	55	43	0.13	0.0
November 15	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	30	0.08	1.0
November 17	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	37	24	0.00	0.0
November 22	39	34	0.37	0.0
November 23	43	34	0.00	0.0
November 24	51	35	0.00	0.0
November 25	51	40	0.00	0.0
November 26	43	33	0.26	0.0
November 27	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	15	0.26	2.5
November 30	24	14	0.00	0.0

December 1872 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	16	0.01	0.0
December 2	45	34	0.15	0.0
December 3	44	38	0.00	0.0
December 4	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	45	30	0.14	0.0
December 9	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 10	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	27	0.24	1.0
December 17	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	26	0.34	2.3
December 19	38	24	0.01	0.0
December 20	43	28	1.38	2.0
December 21	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	4	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 24	13	7	0.00	0.0
December 25	15	4	0.00	0.0
December 26	12	6	0.65	18.0
December 27	15	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	21	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	25	16	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	14	0.03	1.5
December 31	38	21	0.23	2.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location