New York City Weather in 1878

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1878 based on NOAA data.

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1878 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 18
Lowest temperature	7 °F	February 3
Highest daily low	81 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	17 °F	January 7
Most daily precipitation	3.3 inches	August 6
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	48.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1878?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1878 was 94 °F which happened on July 18.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1878

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 18
2	93 °F	Jul 19
3	92 °F	Jul 8
4	91 °F	Jul 10
4	91 °F	Jul 3
4	91 °F	Jul 2
7	90 °F	Sep 1
7	90 °F	Aug 9
7	90 °F	Jul 20
7	90 °F	Jul 9
7	90 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1878?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1878 was 7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1878

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	February 3
1	7 °F	January 3
3	9 °F	January 23
3	9 °F	January 8
5	11 °F	February 19
5	11 °F	February 4
5	11 °F	February 2
5	11 °F	January 24
5	11 °F	January 7
5	11 °F	January 4

January 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	11	0.92	1.0
January 5	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	15	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 9	35	20	0.01	0.0
January 10	42	33	0.60	0.0
January 11	43	35	0.07	0.0
January 12	47	35	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	31	0.14	0.0
January 14	48	37	1.13	0.0
January 15	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	25	0.01	0.1
January 19	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 20	48	36	0.39	0.0
January 21	48	41	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	41	0.01	0.0
January 23	41	9	0.05	0.0
January 24	31	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	44	30	0.05	0.0
January 26	51	37	0.50	0.0
January 27	44	37	0.08	0.0
January 28	41	13	0.19	0.0
January 29	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	21	0.31	5.0

February 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	22	0.49	2.0
February 2	24	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	11	0.00	0.0
February 5	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	31	0.34	0.0
February 9	40	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	33	0.44	0.0
February 11	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	30	0.00	0.0
February 14	32	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	34	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	29	0.03	0.0
February 21	44	35	0.05	0.0
February 22	40	35	2.39	0.0
February 23	40	37	0.01	0.0
February 24	43	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 26	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	56	41	0.00	0.0

March 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	45	32	0.00
March 2	48	34	0.13
March 3	60	47	0.14
March 4	48	29	0.00
March 5	46	29	0.00
March 6	54	37	0.00
March 7	69	40	0.02
March 8	65	47	0.00
March 9	60	41	0.00
March 10	68	41	0.00
March 11	58	35	0.02
March 12	37	35	0.98
March 13	55	36	0.57
March 14	53	45	0.38
March 15	51	37	0.00
March 16	53	35	0.00
March 17	40	38	0.75
March 18	47	38	0.09
March 19	56	41	0.00
March 20	47	37	0.00
March 21	42	31	0.00
March 22	48	34	0.00
March 23	60	38	0.00
March 24	52	20	0.04
March 25	30	13	0.00
March 26	48	28	0.00
March 27	56	37	0.01
March 28	57	46	0.04
March 29	53	41	0.00
March 30	53	38	0.00
March 31	58	43	0.10

April 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	42	0.01
April 2	62	45	0.00
April 3	62	42	0.00
April 4	49	42	0.00
April 5	54	42	0.00
April 6	61	43	0.00
April 7	52	46	0.00
April 8	61	45	0.00
April 9	53	43	0.00
April 10	51	43	0.20
April 11	58	49	0.59
April 12	65	51	0.02
April 13	60	49	0.00
April 14	64	47	0.00
April 15	61	43	0.00
April 16	55	47	0.00
April 17	56	42	0.00
April 18	63	42	0.00
April 19	70	49	0.00
April 20	61	53	0.01
April 21	76	52	0.00
April 22	66	51	0.00
April 23	53	48	0.24
April 24	63	47	0.00
April 25	61	56	0.42
April 26	60	56	0.00
April 27	58	50	0.01
April 28	58	52	0.47
April 29	65	52	0.00
April 30	65	51	0.00

May 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	50	0.00
May 2	76	51	0.00
May 3	84	55	0.00
May 4	77	65	0.06
May 5	65	53	0.54
May 6	69	51	0.00
May 7	65	51	0.00
May 8	74	54	0.01
May 9	58	54	0.61
May 10	66	49	0.02
May 11	54	44	0.00
May 12	54	42	0.00
May 13	54	41	0.00
May 14	57	40	0.00
May 15	50	44	0.00
May 16	62	42	0.00
May 17	67	51	0.00
May 18	72	50	0.00
May 19	74	54	0.00
May 20	58	52	0.13
May 21	74	52	0.32
May 22	66	52	0.00
May 23	71	49	0.00
May 24	66	51	0.00
May 25	75	59	0.00
May 26	80	66	0.00
May 27	75	62	0.00
May 28	74	59	0.00
May 29	72	55	0.00
May 30	62	54	0.31
May 31	57	53	1.19

June 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	63	55	0.06
June 2	65	59	0.24
June 3	73	58	0.03
June 4	73	58	0.00
June 5	76	52	0.00
June 6	69	49	0.00
June 7	68	50	0.00
June 8	65	58	0.08
June 9	70	58	0.00
June 10	61	51	0.56
June 11	65	50	0.18
June 12	72	53	0.00
June 13	72	55	0.00
June 14	77	58	0.00
June 15	80	62	0.00
June 16	81	64	0.00
June 17	77	67	0.00
June 18	70	60	0.54
June 19	76	58	0.00
June 20	82	61	0.00
June 21	78	66	0.00
June 22	73	64	1.20
June 23	76	64	0.00
June 24	78	64	0.19
June 25	79	65	0.00
June 26	83	65	0.00
June 27	87	69	0.00
June 28	87	70	0.00
June 29	89	71	0.00
June 30	89	70	0.00

July 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	71	0.00
July 2	91	74	0.00
July 3	91	75	0.00
July 4	89	75	0.00
July 5	89	73	0.00
July 6	84	72	0.00
July 7	88	65	0.00
July 8	92	72	0.12
July 9	90	76	0.52
July 10	91	76	0.45
July 11	84	73	0.00
July 12	75	68	1.63
July 13	81	68	0.02
July 14	86	68	0.00
July 15	89	68	0.00
July 16	77	65	0.00
July 17	80	69	0.00
July 18	94	76	0.09
July 19	93	81	0.00
July 20	90	77	0.00
July 21	83	74	0.68
July 22	76	65	0.00
July 23	84	63	0.00
July 24	83	67	0.00
July 25	86	70	0.00
July 26	85	73	0.00
July 27	82	71	0.00
July 28	86	68	0.00
July 29	83	69	0.35
July 30	72	65	0.76
July 31	72	63	0.00

August 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	69	2.85
August 2	85	67	0.05
August 3	88	72	0.00
August 4	86	73	0.01
August 5	81	73	0.00
August 6	80	68	3.31
August 7	83	67	0.00
August 8	87	72	0.00
August 9	90	74	0.00
August 10	80	72	0.05
August 11	82	71	0.01
August 12	81	69	0.00
August 13	83	69	0.00
August 14	83	70	0.00
August 15	78	70	0.00
August 16	77	73	1.06
August 17	82	73	0.04
August 18	83	74	0.02
August 19	81	68	0.00
August 20	82	66	0.00
August 21	80	68	0.26
August 22	72	65	0.05
August 23	75	61	0.00
August 24	77	59	0.00
August 25	75	65	0.26
August 26	76	59	0.00
August 27	79	63	0.00
August 28	78	64	0.00
August 29	78	63	0.00
August 30	82	66	0.00
August 31	78	67	0.00

September 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	75	0.51
September 2	88	76	0.00
September 3	85	75	0.08
September 4	75	69	0.35
September 5	72	67	2.45
September 6	78	68	0.00
September 7	71	62	0.00
September 8	69	59	0.00
September 9	72	59	0.00
September 10	73	65	0.00
September 11	78	69	0.00
September 12	77	70	0.00
September 13	79	67	0.07
September 14	72	60	0.00
September 15	72	60	0.00
September 16	67	54	0.00
September 17	75	55	0.00
September 18	82	63	0.00
September 19	80	67	0.00
September 20	84	67	0.00
September 21	78	64	0.00
September 22	65	53	0.00
September 23	66	49	0.00
September 24	69	58	0.19
September 25	77	65	0.00
September 26	80	57	0.40
September 27	65	51	0.00
September 28	59	45	0.00
September 29	66	50	0.00
September 30	68	59	0.00

October 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	57	0.00
October 2	79	64	0.00
October 3	80	64	0.00
October 4	76	60	0.00
October 5	66	54	0.00
October 6	62	50	0.00
October 7	61	47	0.10
October 8	68	54	0.00
October 9	80	59	0.18
October 10	66	50	0.00
October 11	58	47	0.00
October 12	58	51	0.00
October 13	69	50	0.00
October 14	68	52	0.00
October 15	74	60	0.00
October 16	74	60	0.00
October 17	77	65	0.00
October 18	69	49	0.96
October 19	54	45	0.00
October 20	63	43	0.00
October 21	73	50	0.00
October 22	63	48	0.00
October 23	67	58	0.73
October 24	61	49	0.00
October 25	58	47	0.00
October 26	61	45	0.00
October 27	63	54	0.03
October 28	54	41	0.03
October 29	52	39	0.00
October 30	59	46	0.40
October 31	55	40	0.00

November 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	48	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 6	38	33	0.12	0.0
November 7	44	34	0.07	0.1
November 8	39	31	0.01	0.0
November 9	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	51	41	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	43	0.00	0.0
November 12	59	49	0.08	0.0
November 13	54	41	0.01	0.0
November 14	45	36	0.00	0.0
November 15	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	49	45	0.41	0.0
November 18	48	44	0.13	0.0
November 19	56	43	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	43	0.10	0.0
November 21	53	47	0.11	0.0
November 22	56	48	2.03	0.0
November 23	48	43	0.00	0.0
November 24	53	40	0.00	0.0
November 25	51	40	0.00	0.0
November 26	51	35	0.00	0.0
November 27	57	33	1.66	0.0
November 28	57	43	0.00	0.0
November 29	49	41	0.00	0.0
November 30	47	37	0.00	0.0

December 1878 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 2	60	42	1.00	0.0
December 3	48	42	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	39	0.20	0.0
December 5	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	46	33	0.63	0.5
December 10	60	46	1.62	0.0
December 11	46	40	0.02	0.0
December 12	40	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	33	0.21	0.0
December 16	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	49	25	1.39	3.0
December 22	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	22	14	0.00	0.0
December 25	20	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	23	0.07	2.0
December 31	29	19	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location