New York City Weather in 1879

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1879 based on NOAA data.

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1879 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 3
Most daily precipitation	4.0 inches	August 18
Most daily snow	13.0 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	39.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1879?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1879 was 98 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1879

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 16
2	95 °F	Jul 15
3	94 °F	Jul 4
4	92 °F	Aug 2
4	92 °F	Jun 1
6	91 °F	Jun 28
7	90 °F	Aug 3
7	90 °F	Jul 14
7	90 °F	Jul 3
7	90 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1879?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1879 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1879

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 3
2	3 °F	January 2
3	6 °F	January 21
3	6 °F	January 4
5	9 °F	February 28
5	9 °F	February 15
7	10 °F	December 27
7	10 °F	January 20
9	11 °F	December 26
9	11 °F	December 22
9	11 °F	December 21
9	11 °F	February 22

January 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	25	0.07	1.0
January 2	33	3	0.15	2.0
January 3	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 4	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	25	0.12	1.0
January 9	38	21	1.15	0.0
January 10	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	13	0.07	0.0
January 16	20	13	1.05	13.0
January 17	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	22	0.01	0.3
January 19	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 22	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	49	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 26	n/a	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	52	41	0.01	0.0
January 29	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	41	29	0.00	0.0

February 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	29	0.42	3.0
February 6	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	34	0.44	0.0
February 12	50	36	0.25	0.0
February 13	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	28	0.19	0.0
February 18	30	25	0.12	3.0
February 19	25	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	21	0.09	1.5
February 21	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	11	0.11	1.3
February 23	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	31	20	0.00	0.3
February 25	29	23	0.17	1.3
February 26	52	27	0.17	0.0
February 27	40	15	0.06	1.0
February 28	22	9	0.00	0.0

March 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	44	29	0.06	0.0
March 5	50	32	0.04	0.0
March 6	42	27	0.04	0.0
March 7	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	22	0.14	0.0
March 9	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 10	69	36	0.02	0.0
March 11	66	41	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	32	0.67	0.5
March 18	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	37	0.13	0.0
March 22	43	33	0.55	0.0
March 23	44	33	0.65	0.0
March 24	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	29	0.04	1.0
March 27	49	36	0.57	0.0
March 28	54	39	0.01	0.0
March 29	45	40	0.33	0.0
March 30	54	40	0.16	0.0
March 31	41	33	0.00	0.0

April 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	57	36	0.00
April 2	47	37	0.00
April 3	51	30	0.02
April 4	32	26	0.00
April 5	32	25	0.00
April 6	49	26	0.00
April 7	56	40	0.01
April 8	54	36	0.00
April 9	69	43	0.00
April 10	59	39	1.16
April 11	42	36	0.04
April 12	50	34	0.00
April 13	56	38	0.00
April 14	60	43	0.01
April 15	55	43	0.17
April 16	64	44	0.00
April 17	49	41	0.52
April 18	42	38	1.31
April 19	43	38	0.08
April 20	59	40	0.00
April 21	67	44	0.00
April 22	72	50	0.00
April 23	70	54	0.00
April 24	67	55	0.00
April 25	61	50	0.00
April 26	67	48	0.00
April 27	61	47	0.00
April 28	67	49	0.80
April 29	69	57	0.21
April 30	76	55	0.00

May 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	46	0.00
May 2	51	44	0.00
May 3	62	42	0.00
May 4	62	51	0.01
May 5	75	57	0.00
May 6	70	53	0.04
May 7	70	50	0.00
May 8	69	49	0.00
May 9	69	49	0.00
May 10	69	49	0.00
May 11	70	47	0.00
May 12	77	52	0.00
May 13	83	64	0.00
May 14	79	63	0.00
May 15	78	61	0.07
May 16	78	64	0.22
May 17	67	57	0.10
May 18	76	62	0.00
May 19	75	61	1.26
May 20	74	62	0.00
May 21	78	61	0.06
May 22	65	54	0.00
May 23	61	50	0.00
May 24	70	46	0.00
May 25	74	58	0.24
May 26	66	54	0.00
May 27	65	49	0.02
May 28	73	54	0.00
May 29	78	57	0.00
May 30	77	62	0.00
May 31	86	65	0.00

June 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	71	0.00
June 2	82	68	0.19
June 3	68	59	0.62
June 4	73	59	0.49
June 5	81	64	0.17
June 6	80	52	0.09
June 7	64	47	0.00
June 8	73	53	0.00
June 9	73	58	0.00
June 10	87	61	0.00
June 11	83	70	0.00
June 12	75	67	0.07
June 13	76	62	0.00
June 14	77	56	0.00
June 15	85	68	1.04
June 16	78	60	0.00
June 17	66	55	0.00
June 18	68	53	0.06
June 19	70	54	0.00
June 20	76	53	0.00
June 21	77	61	0.00
June 22	68	62	0.02
June 23	85	62	0.00
June 24	85	66	0.00
June 25	75	66	0.01
June 26	84	66	0.04
June 27	90	72	0.10
June 28	91	74	0.02
June 29	83	66	0.16
June 30	77	63	0.07

July 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	60	0.00
July 2	87	63	0.00
July 3	90	70	0.00
July 4	94	75	0.46
July 5	75	61	0.00
July 6	74	58	0.00
July 7	74	63	0.00
July 8	84	69	0.44
July 9	83	67	0.00
July 10	87	70	0.06
July 11	85	71	0.06
July 12	80	68	0.01
July 13	82	65	0.00
July 14	90	68	0.00
July 15	95	72	0.00
July 16	98	74	0.49
July 17	79	64	0.12
July 18	75	62	0.00
July 19	73	61	0.00
July 20	77	61	0.00
July 21	77	64	0.00
July 22	88	67	0.00
July 23	83	72	0.00
July 24	83	70	0.01
July 25	77	65	0.84
July 26	72	63	1.03
July 27	87	68	0.06
July 28	85	71	0.00
July 29	86	73	0.00
July 30	82	74	0.00
July 31	84	72	0.00

August 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	72	0.00
August 2	92	75	0.00
August 3	90	76	0.00
August 4	83	69	0.65
August 5	87	70	0.00
August 6	86	74	0.00
August 7	74	69	0.00
August 8	79	68	0.55
August 9	68	61	0.00
August 10	73	55	0.00
August 11	80	57	0.00
August 12	84	66	0.00
August 13	82	67	0.00
August 14	84	67	0.07
August 15	77	66	0.00
August 16	69	63	0.72
August 17	71	64	0.64
August 18	70	61	3.95
August 19	78	61	0.00
August 20	78	62	0.00
August 21	81	64	0.00
August 22	85	69	0.00
August 23	85	72	0.00
August 24	79	71	0.04
August 25	71	60	1.00
August 26	67	61	0.33
August 27	68	58	0.00
August 28	73	57	0.00
August 29	82	62	0.00
August 30	76	66	0.00
August 31	81	61	0.00

September 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	68	0.00
September 2	82	71	0.00
September 3	74	69	1.11
September 4	80	69	0.02
September 5	73	61	0.00
September 6	75	56	0.00
September 7	80	67	0.19
September 8	75	60	0.02
September 9	68	56	0.00
September 10	66	53	0.00
September 11	68	56	0.00
September 12	71	55	0.00
September 13	68	60	0.35
September 14	65	58	0.49
September 15	71	55	0.00
September 16	67	55	0.00
September 17	71	59	0.00
September 18	71	55	0.00
September 19	65	57	0.00
September 20	66	53	0.00
September 21	61	51	0.00
September 22	60	54	0.00
September 23	71	51	0.00
September 24	71	51	0.03
September 25	53	44	0.00
September 26	60	43	0.00
September 27	64	46	0.00
September 28	68	49	0.16
September 29	63	56	0.00
September 30	78	58	0.00

October 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	85	61	0.00
October 2	78	66	0.00
October 3	85	65	0.00
October 4	73	58	0.00
October 5	79	58	0.00
October 6	70	60	0.00
October 7	68	60	0.00
October 8	76	60	0.00
October 9	82	68	0.00
October 10	74	65	0.00
October 11	65	61	0.00
October 12	72	61	0.01
October 13	74	58	0.00
October 14	72	49	0.00
October 15	76	54	0.00
October 16	83	65	0.00
October 17	73	64	0.00
October 18	73	63	0.01
October 19	64	44	0.06
October 20	60	39	0.02
October 21	61	48	0.02
October 22	66	58	0.04
October 23	71	51	0.01
October 24	51	33	0.00
October 25	40	29	0.00
October 26	52	30	0.00
October 27	51	40	0.00
October 28	61	46	0.26
October 29	61	46	0.00
October 30	58	45	0.00
October 31	47	38	0.00

November 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	44	32	0.03	0.0
November 3	37	30	0.12	0.0
November 4	35	25	0.00	0.0
November 5	35	23	0.06	0.0
November 6	40	27	0.25	2.5
November 7	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 8	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 9	68	54	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	52	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	46	0.37	0.0
November 12	76	50	0.01	0.0
November 13	69	51	0.00	0.0
November 14	61	50	0.08	0.0
November 15	73	58	0.00	0.0
November 16	61	48	0.00	0.0
November 17	56	42	0.00	0.0
November 18	49	38	0.44	0.0
November 19	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	35	22	0.01	0.0
November 21	24	16	0.00	0.0
November 22	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 23	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 24	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	48	35	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	35	0.00	0.0
November 27	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 28	60	44	0.22	0.0
November 29	60	32	0.61	0.0
November 30	33	26	0.00	0.0

December 1879 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	55	44	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	41	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	59	43	0.90	0.0
December 7	58	50	0.14	0.0
December 8	53	44	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	38	0.00	0.0
December 10	59	42	0.00	0.0
December 11	64	45	0.12	0.0
December 12	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	31	1.44	0.0
December 15	48	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 16	n/a	30	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	28	0.14	0.3
December 20	40	31	0.02	0.1
December 21	36	11	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	11	0.66	3.0
December 23	36	32	0.90	0.0
December 24	40	33	0.01	0.0
December 25	40	21	0.32	0.5
December 26	22	11	0.00	0.0
December 27	27	10	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	49	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	17	0.29	1.5

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location