New York City Weather in 1888

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1888 based on NOAA data.

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1888 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 24
Lowest temperature	0 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	4.2 inches	August 21
Most daily snow	16.5 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	53.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	37.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1888?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1888 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 24
1	96 °F	Jun 23
3	94 °F	Aug 16
3	94 °F	Aug 4
5	93 °F	Jun 22
6	90 °F	Jun 18
7	89 °F	Aug 9
7	89 °F	Jul 7
7	89 °F	Jun 25
7	89 °F	Jun 20
7	89 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1888?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1888 was 0 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	January 22
2	1 °F	February 16
2	1 °F	January 21
4	3 °F	February 15
4	3 °F	January 28
4	3 °F	January 25
7	4 °F	January 27
8	5 °F	February 10
9	6 °F	March 13
10	7 °F	February 9
10	7 °F	January 29
10	7 °F	January 24
10	7 °F	January 23

January 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	54	31	2.05	0.0
January 2	50	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	17	0.26	0.5
January 7	42	29	0.02	0.0
January 8	41	26	0.02	0.0
January 9	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	27	0.14	1.3
January 11	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	22	1.11	2.5
January 14	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	13	0.37	3.5
January 18	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	16	1	0.00	0.0
January 22	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 25	35	3	0.85	1.3
January 26	34	14	0.05	0.0
January 27	14	4	0.00	0.0
January 28	10	3	0.00	0.0
January 29	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	24	0.09	2.0

February 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 4	45	24	0.25	0.0
February 5	45	36	0.01	0.0
February 6	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	24	0.21	0.0
February 8	36	21	0.06	0.0
February 9	21	7	0.00	0.0
February 10	17	5	0.13	2.0
February 11	30	17	0.58	0.0
February 12	29	20	0.06	1.0
February 13	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	3	0.00	0.0
February 16	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	43	30	0.01	0.0
February 19	41	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	52	36	0.53	0.0
February 21	51	35	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	36	1.56	0.0
February 26	42	31	0.09	0.0
February 27	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 28	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 29	29	17	0.00	0.0

March 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	37	15	0.05	0.0
March 4	24	12	0.00	0.0
March 5	22	12	0.01	0.3
March 6	23	10	0.00	0.0
March 7	30	17	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	33	0.65	0.0
March 12	33	8	1.45	16.5
March 13	12	6	0.00	3.0
March 14	37	12	0.02	1.4
March 15	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 18	33	13	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	49	37	0.06	0.0
March 21	54	36	0.73	0.0
March 22	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 23	20	14	0.00	0.0
March 24	26	12	0.00	0.0
March 25	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 26	36	29	1.10	1.0
March 27	42	34	0.24	0.0
March 28	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	43	38	0.31	0.0
March 30	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	57	38	0.00	0.0

April 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	34	0.01
April 2	59	38	0.00
April 3	44	33	0.00
April 4	52	34	0.00
April 5	49	41	1.11
April 6	60	48	0.23
April 7	52	34	0.00
April 8	41	28	0.00
April 9	51	30	0.00
April 10	46	36	1.10
April 11	53	44	0.00
April 12	48	34	0.06
April 13	45	28	0.00
April 14	49	40	0.07
April 15	47	38	0.00
April 16	50	37	0.12
April 17	50	34	0.00
April 18	53	45	0.00
April 19	57	42	0.00
April 20	47	37	0.15
April 21	45	35	0.00
April 22	50	34	0.00
April 23	51	38	0.04
April 24	45	33	0.00
April 25	56	31	0.00
April 26	65	40	0.00
April 27	65	44	0.00
April 28	76	46	0.00
April 29	83	59	0.00
April 30	74	52	0.00

May 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	46	0.08
May 2	49	43	0.00
May 3	54	41	0.00
May 4	52	45	0.05
May 5	75	51	0.09
May 6	67	51	0.00
May 7	71	53	0.00
May 8	57	51	0.00
May 9	73	50	0.02
May 10	77	63	0.19
May 11	67	62	1.63
May 12	73	57	0.08
May 13	63	55	0.05
May 14	66	51	0.44
May 15	51	45	0.17
May 16	52	44	0.00
May 17	58	40	0.00
May 18	58	50	0.06
May 19	67	50	0.50
May 20	61	49	0.00
May 21	70	45	0.00
May 22	69	48	0.00
May 23	60	49	0.01
May 24	62	54	0.36
May 25	63	57	0.11
May 26	58	55	0.16
May 27	70	57	0.00
May 28	63	56	0.26
May 29	84	59	1.15
May 30	77	67	0.17
May 31	72	65	0.04

June 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	56	0.00
June 2	72	52	0.00
June 3	69	51	0.00
June 4	75	51	0.00
June 5	80	57	0.00
June 6	87	61	0.00
June 7	75	60	0.00
June 8	80	60	0.00
June 9	80	59	0.00
June 10	82	59	0.02
June 11	78	59	0.00
June 12	75	56	0.00
June 13	72	57	0.00
June 14	82	59	0.00
June 15	89	68	0.26
June 16	83	70	0.00
June 17	88	68	0.00
June 18	90	68	0.00
June 19	83	65	0.00
June 20	89	63	0.00
June 21	87	65	0.00
June 22	93	66	0.00
June 23	96	77	0.16
June 24	96	74	0.05
June 25	89	73	0.00
June 26	83	71	0.99
June 27	76	64	0.00
June 28	68	54	1.03
June 29	67	52	0.04
June 30	79	57	0.05

July 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	59	0.01
July 2	74	56	0.00
July 3	82	59	0.00
July 4	85	62	0.00
July 5	87	66	0.12
July 6	83	67	0.00
July 7	89	69	0.00
July 8	80	63	0.00
July 9	69	63	0.31
July 10	77	62	0.06
July 11	85	62	0.00
July 12	78	58	0.01
July 13	70	54	0.00
July 14	80	58	0.00
July 15	80	59	0.00
July 16	80	60	0.00
July 17	78	61	0.00
July 18	76	59	0.00
July 19	74	65	0.70
July 20	78	68	0.06
July 21	79	64	0.00
July 22	79	68	0.00
July 23	87	68	0.00
July 24	86	67	0.00
July 25	81	61	0.00
July 26	82	63	0.00
July 27	72	65	0.18
July 28	82	62	0.00
July 29	75	60	0.00
July 30	78	63	0.04
July 31	84	67	0.04

August 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	70	0.54
August 2	80	61	0.00
August 3	85	66	0.00
August 4	94	71	2.24
August 5	88	73	0.01
August 6	82	73	0.00
August 7	87	70	0.00
August 8	80	74	0.02
August 9	89	71	0.00
August 10	79	64	0.00
August 11	76	61	0.00
August 12	72	66	0.47
August 13	72	59	0.02
August 14	77	57	0.00
August 15	84	64	0.00
August 16	94	74	0.00
August 17	87	77	0.03
August 18	81	73	0.00
August 19	83	69	0.00
August 20	84	67	0.00
August 21	72	63	4.19
August 22	70	56	0.13
August 23	70	53	0.00
August 24	80	59	0.00
August 25	84	64	0.00
August 26	84	65	0.00
August 27	80	57	0.01
August 28	70	53	0.00
August 29	76	54	0.00
August 30	83	61	0.00
August 31	79	66	0.00

September 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	70	0.13
September 2	76	63	0.00
September 3	74	60	0.00
September 4	70	62	0.00
September 5	74	57	0.00
September 6	57	49	0.00
September 7	63	46	0.00
September 8	76	56	1.67
September 9	71	68	0.80
September 10	74	64	0.25
September 11	69	58	0.97
September 12	80	59	0.10
September 13	70	55	0.72
September 14	69	49	0.00
September 15	72	52	0.00
September 16	72	59	0.16
September 17	73	70	1.14
September 18	76	66	0.29
September 19	70	64	0.00
September 20	74	65	0.45
September 21	71	59	1.30
September 22	66	56	0.00
September 23	65	56	0.00
September 24	69	53	0.00
September 25	58	49	0.06
September 26	70	54	0.12
September 27	70	57	0.00
September 28	59	46	0.00
September 29	53	42	0.00
September 30	52	40	0.00

October 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	45	0.03
October 2	63	44	0.01
October 3	47	38	0.00
October 4	55	37	0.00
October 5	66	48	0.00
October 6	62	55	2.05
October 7	62	47	0.00
October 8	56	41	0.00
October 9	43	37	0.00
October 10	52	35	0.00
October 11	49	36	0.00
October 12	55	48	0.21
October 13	57	46	0.01
October 14	49	44	0.02
October 15	54	39	0.00
October 16	59	47	0.06
October 17	56	47	0.27
October 18	53	42	0.00
October 19	56	37	0.35
October 20	54	43	0.05
October 21	43	34	0.00
October 22	48	33	0.00
October 23	52	43	0.16
October 24	57	46	0.23
October 25	62	42	0.00
October 26	55	45	0.00
October 27	59	49	0.74
October 28	59	43	0.14
October 29	52	42	0.00
October 30	46	38	0.00
October 31	59	37	0.00

November 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	48	0.00	0.0
November 2	72	53	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	44	0.04	0.0
November 4	59	43	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	48	0.00	0.0
November 6	68	56	0.01	0.0
November 7	61	47	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	45	0.10	0.0
November 9	68	50	0.31	0.0
November 10	67	51	1.44	0.0
November 11	51	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	52	36	0.00	0.0
November 14	56	43	0.00	0.0
November 15	55	49	1.21	0.0
November 16	59	40	0.01	0.0
November 17	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	57	43	0.50	0.0
November 20	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	22	0.00	0.0
November 22	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 23	33	17	0.00	0.0
November 24	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	28	0.12	1.5
November 26	41	29	0.28	0.0
November 27	46	39	0.01	0.0
November 28	45	38	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	38	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	38	0.01	0.0

December 1888 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	42	33	0.00
December 2	44	31	0.00
December 3	38	32	0.00
December 4	39	32	0.00
December 5	47	35	0.00
December 6	43	27	0.06
December 7	40	27	0.00
December 8	47	36	0.00
December 9	43	37	0.26
December 10	42	32	0.00
December 11	40	36	0.31
December 12	37	28	0.00
December 13	30	19	0.00
December 14	22	15	0.00
December 15	34	20	0.00
December 16	50	29	0.00
December 17	55	50	2.28
December 18	52	29	0.05
December 19	29	17	0.00
December 20	27	17	0.00
December 21	33	16	0.00
December 22	21	9	0.00
December 23	36	19	0.00
December 24	47	29	0.00
December 25	51	34	0.00
December 26	54	40	0.04
December 27	54	34	0.37
December 28	38	32	0.00
December 29	38	30	0.00
December 30	45	30	0.00
December 31	43	38	0.05

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location