New York City Weather in 1881

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1881 based on NOAA data.

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1881 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	September 7
Lowest temperature	-3 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	79 °F	September 7
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 2
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	March 19
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	January 5
Total annual precipitation	36.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1881?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1881 was 101 °F which happened on September 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1881

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Sep 7
2	97 °F	Sep 6
3	96 °F	Aug 13
4	93 °F	Aug 31
4	93 °F	May 12
6	91 °F	Sep 26
6	91 °F	Aug 6
6	91 °F	Aug 5
6	91 °F	Aug 4
10	90 °F	Jul 13
10	90 °F	May 11

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1881?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1881 was -3 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1881

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-3 °F	February 2
2	1 °F	February 3
2	1 °F	January 1
4	3 °F	February 1
5	6 °F	February 4
6	7 °F	January 15
7	8 °F	February 24
7	8 °F	January 25
9	9 °F	February 5
10	10 °F	January 2

January 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	1	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 3	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	25	0.21	0.0
January 5	34	26	0.15	6.5
January 6	37	32	0.57	0.0
January 7	40	26	0.00	0.0
January 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	17	0.40	3.0
January 10	41	32	1.72	0.0
January 11	33	20	0.01	0.3
January 12	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	41	12	0.22	0.1
January 15	14	7	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	14	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	26	1.33	0.0
January 22	34	25	0.09	0.5
January 23	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 25	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 27	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	16	0.10	1.1
January 31	29	21	0.00	0.0

February 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	3	0.10	1.8
February 2	9	-3	0.00	0.0
February 3	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 4	23	6	0.00	0.0
February 5	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	39	0.30	0.0
February 11	52	37	0.00	0.0
February 12	53	36	1.48	0.0
February 13	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	27	0.18	1.3
February 17	37	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	30	0.11	0.0
February 19	43	27	0.98	0.0
February 20	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	32	0.28	1.5
February 22	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	12	0.08	0.3
February 24	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	16	0.21	4.0
February 26	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	26	0.40	0.0
February 28	52	40	0.81	0.0

March 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	24	0.20	1.5
March 2	29	22	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	33	0.89	0.5
March 5	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	37	0.99	0.0
March 10	49	40	0.12	0.0
March 11	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	33	26	0.42	0.3
March 13	38	32	0.10	0.0
March 14	42	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	34	0.10	0.0
March 18	39	34	0.01	0.0
March 19	37	34	2.19	0.0
March 20	40	35	0.04	0.0
March 21	45	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	39	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 26	n/a	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	42	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	38	32	0.71	0.0
March 31	38	31	0.04	0.0

April 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	41	35	0.00
April 2	39	31	0.00
April 3	39	26	0.00
April 4	39	25	0.00
April 5	30	21	0.00
April 6	31	23	0.00
April 7	49	23	0.00
April 8	53	34	0.00
April 9	56	37	0.00
April 10	60	40	0.00
April 11	61	42	0.00
April 12	46	35	0.20
April 13	49	36	0.54
April 14	46	36	0.04
April 15	56	40	0.03
April 16	59	41	0.00
April 17	58	42	0.00
April 18	57	43	0.00
April 19	59	37	0.00
April 20	53	40	0.00
April 21	66	37	0.00
April 22	59	42	0.00
April 23	64	40	0.00
April 24	81	47	0.00
April 25	72	49	0.00
April 26	68	45	0.14
April 27	64	52	0.00
April 28	74	51	0.00
April 29	68	50	0.00
April 30	62	45	0.00

May 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	39	0.00
May 2	61	51	0.06
May 3	58	47	0.00
May 4	59	42	0.00
May 5	58	44	0.00
May 6	55	46	0.78
May 7	63	50	0.00
May 8	76	50	0.00
May 9	78	53	0.00
May 10	85	62	0.00
May 11	90	66	0.00
May 12	93	63	0.03
May 13	81	56	0.00
May 14	71	54	0.00
May 15	78	58	0.29
May 16	63	52	0.24
May 17	52	47	0.00
May 18	53	46	0.21
May 19	62	49	0.00
May 20	57	52	0.18
May 21	65	51	0.00
May 22	70	53	1.25
May 23	65	54	0.00
May 24	72	56	0.00
May 25	75	55	0.00
May 26	71	55	0.00
May 27	87	55	0.00
May 28	74	67	0.00
May 29	83	61	0.00
May 30	87	67	0.00
May 31	83	70	0.16

June 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	62	0.13
June 2	71	59	0.01
June 3	59	52	0.35
June 4	71	49	0.03
June 5	73	58	0.06
June 6	68	55	0.00
June 7	64	52	0.62
June 8	70	58	0.33
June 9	65	54	0.78
June 10	55	49	2.07
June 11	65	50	0.02
June 12	78	56	0.00
June 13	66	56	0.00
June 14	64	56	0.48
June 15	76	59	0.00
June 16	72	55	0.00
June 17	66	58	0.05
June 18	84	62	0.00
June 19	88	67	0.00
June 20	80	64	0.00
June 21	73	57	0.00
June 22	71	53	0.00
June 23	70	56	0.00
June 24	72	52	0.00
June 25	75	58	0.00
June 26	75	62	0.00
June 27	68	60	0.34
June 28	86	66	0.08
June 29	87	71	0.00
June 30	80	68	0.00

July 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	63	0.00
July 2	80	62	0.00
July 3	87	65	0.00
July 4	85	70	0.80
July 5	85	68	0.00
July 6	88	74	0.04
July 7	83	70	0.00
July 8	71	64	0.06
July 9	80	63	0.00
July 10	82	66	0.00
July 11	80	65	0.11
July 12	76	63	0.00
July 13	90	68	0.01
July 14	86	75	0.00
July 15	82	70	0.00
July 16	83	69	0.00
July 17	81	64	0.00
July 18	74	62	0.00
July 19	84	66	0.00
July 20	83	69	0.00
July 21	87	69	0.00
July 22	77	66	0.00
July 23	79	65	0.00
July 24	85	65	0.00
July 25	86	71	0.00
July 26	81	71	0.00
July 27	80	65	0.00
July 28	78	63	0.00
July 29	72	64	0.00
July 30	68	64	0.20
July 31	73	63	0.03

August 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	68	0.00
August 2	81	70	0.00
August 3	85	67	0.00
August 4	91	70	0.00
August 5	91	75	0.07
August 6	91	78	0.00
August 7	79	67	0.74
August 8	78	61	0.00
August 9	81	62	0.01
August 10	86	64	0.00
August 11	78	59	0.00
August 12	81	62	0.00
August 13	96	70	0.00
August 14	78	66	0.00
August 15	76	63	0.00
August 16	71	59	0.00
August 17	67	56	0.01
August 18	67	57	0.00
August 19	70	64	0.02
August 20	81	66	0.00
August 21	85	68	0.01
August 22	81	67	0.00
August 23	83	61	0.00
August 24	82	63	0.00
August 25	76	65	0.00
August 26	82	63	0.00
August 27	78	66	0.00
August 28	89	67	0.00
August 29	86	67	0.00
August 30	85	70	0.00
August 31	93	72	0.00

September 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	75	0.00
September 2	78	68	0.05
September 3	74	66	0.00
September 4	71	65	0.00
September 5	82	68	0.00
September 6	97	74	0.00
September 7	101	79	0.00
September 8	89	69	0.00
September 9	78	68	0.00
September 10	75	66	0.09
September 11	78	64	0.04
September 12	77	61	0.62
September 13	79	58	0.00
September 14	76	58	0.00
September 15	74	63	0.00
September 16	70	61	0.13
September 17	70	56	0.00
September 18	78	53	0.00
September 19	84	64	0.00
September 20	83	63	0.00
September 21	73	62	0.00
September 22	70	60	0.00
September 23	85	67	0.00
September 24	85	68	0.04
September 25	89	71	0.00
September 26	91	73	0.00
September 27	86	75	0.00
September 28	88	71	0.00
September 29	75	64	0.00
September 30	82	64	0.00

October 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	87	72	0.00
October 2	75	63	0.00
October 3	82	63	0.33
October 4	77	n/a	0.00
October 5	n/a	35	0.00
October 6	60	36	0.00
October 7	70	48	0.00
October 8	80	59	0.00
October 9	71	55	0.19
October 10	64	41	0.00
October 11	51	37	0.00
October 12	57	41	0.09
October 13	73	55	0.00
October 14	60	45	0.00
October 15	69	50	0.00
October 16	76	62	0.00
October 17	66	59	0.00
October 18	78	51	0.00
October 19	55	45	0.00
October 20	56	47	0.00
October 21	61	44	0.00
October 22	67	46	0.00
October 23	69	51	0.00
October 24	61	54	0.20
October 25	64	52	0.00
October 26	55	38	0.00
October 27	59	34	0.00
October 28	56	44	0.00
October 29	62	54	0.37
October 30	70	62	0.11
October 31	69	62	0.31

November 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	55	0.07
November 2	57	53	0.00
November 3	61	47	0.23
November 4	47	38	0.29
November 5	56	36	0.00
November 6	60	46	0.00
November 7	51	42	0.04
November 8	62	50	0.20
November 9	68	n/a	0.15
November 10	n/a	43	0.00
November 11	46	39	0.00
November 12	60	42	0.65
November 13	59	42	0.00
November 14	53	40	0.00
November 15	46	36	0.00
November 16	45	33	0.00
November 17	55	37	0.00
November 18	61	52	0.00
November 19	61	45	0.05
November 20	45	35	0.00
November 21	43	35	0.00
November 22	41	26	0.01
November 23	35	25	0.59
November 24	38	25	0.07
November 25	30	23	0.00
November 26	43	29	0.00
November 27	50	35	0.00
November 28	48	27	0.00
November 29	49	28	0.00
November 30	54	37	0.01

December 1881 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	56	43	0.51	0.0
December 2	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	40	35	0.01	0.0
December 4	39	35	0.50	0.0
December 5	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	35	0.20	0.0
December 8	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	29	0.03	0.0
December 13	59	41	0.00	0.0
December 14	67	40	0.40	0.0
December 15	40	26	0.40	1.3
December 16	29	18	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 20	47	38	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	38	0.01	0.0
December 22	53	39	0.53	0.0
December 23	55	25	0.21	0.0
December 24	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	48	37	0.00	0.0
December 27	55	44	0.69	0.0
December 28	48	45	0.00	0.0
December 29	52	45	0.69	0.0
December 30	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	24	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location