New York City Weather in 1959

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	7 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	79 °F	June 30
Lowest daily high	22 °F	February 20
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	July 20
Most daily snow	10.3 inches	December 22
Total annual precipitation	38.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1959 was 97 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 29
2	94 °F	Aug 28
2	94 °F	Aug 15
2	94 °F	Jun 9
2	94 °F	May 28
6	93 °F	Sep 9
6	93 °F	Aug 21
6	93 °F	Aug 20
6	93 °F	Aug 17
6	93 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1959 was 7 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	February 2
2	8 °F	February 20
3	9 °F	December 23
4	11 °F	February 19
5	12 °F	February 1
6	14 °F	January 18
6	14 °F	January 6
6	14 °F	January 5
9	15 °F	January 17
10	16 °F	February 21
10	16 °F	January 7

January 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	27	0.42	0.0
January 2	49	36	0.83	0.0
January 3	46	35	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	33	0.01	0.1
January 14	39	29	0.02	0.0
January 15	45	34	0.04	0.0
January 16	48	23	0.38	0.2
January 17	24	15	0.01	0.1
January 18	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 20	37	34	0.39	0.1
January 21	54	34	0.08	0.0
January 22	61	26	0.08	0.0
January 23	30	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	30	21	0.01	0.1
January 27	32	25	0.06	0.9
January 28	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 29	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	56	38	0.01	0.0
January 31	38	20	0.00	0.0

February 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 3	40	18	0.05	0.0
February 4	48	37	0.48	0.0
February 5	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	19	0.16	0.4
February 10	44	33	0.50	0.0
February 11	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	50	31	0.07	0.0
February 14	39	34	0.34	0.0
February 15	44	30	0.02	0.0
February 16	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	50	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	44	33	0.02	0.0
February 19	33	11	0.00	0.0
February 20	22	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	29	0.05	0.0
February 24	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	52	33	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	32	0.00	0.0

March 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	47	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	52	34	0.01	0.0
March 4	48	35	0.20	0.0
March 5	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	60	36	1.35	0.0
March 7	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	30	0.06	0.6
March 11	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	28	0.78	5.5
March 13	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	54	35	0.08	0.0
March 16	49	38	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	32	0.11	0.0
March 18	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	71	43	0.00	0.0
March 21	69	34	0.22	0.0
March 22	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 23	47	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	57	43	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	42	0.00	0.0
March 27	43	29	0.26	0.4
March 28	40	25	0.02	0.2
March 29	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	41	35	0.68	0.0
March 31	54	40	0.00	0.0

April 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	57	43	0.00	0.0
April 2	56	42	0.51	0.0
April 3	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	44	0.02	0.0
April 5	63	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	55	45	0.01	0.0
April 7	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 8	83	53	0.00	0.0
April 9	71	52	0.00	0.0
April 10	56	45	0.16	0.0
April 11	53	45	0.20	0.0
April 12	46	34	0.12	0.6
April 13	53	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 15	73	46	0.00	0.0
April 16	77	54	0.00	0.0
April 17	80	60	0.00	0.0
April 18	65	48	0.00	0.0
April 19	72	48	0.00	0.0
April 20	59	47	0.13	0.0
April 21	60	44	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 23	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	43	0.00	0.0
April 25	74	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	67	56	0.09	0.0
April 27	56	44	0.32	0.0
April 28	49	42	0.29	0.0
April 29	67	42	0.06	0.0
April 30	53	45	0.00	0.0

May 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	47	0.20
May 2	57	48	0.02
May 3	76	50	0.04
May 4	76	52	0.00
May 5	70	47	0.00
May 6	84	55	0.00
May 7	74	55	0.05
May 8	71	52	0.00
May 9	67	47	0.00
May 10	70	50	0.00
May 11	82	62	0.00
May 12	88	67	0.00
May 13	72	56	0.49
May 14	67	51	0.06
May 15	57	45	0.00
May 16	64	43	0.00
May 17	67	46	0.00
May 18	73	54	0.00
May 19	71	60	0.03
May 20	91	67	0.00
May 21	89	71	0.00
May 22	91	72	0.44
May 23	79	57	0.00
May 24	74	55	0.00
May 25	81	51	0.00
May 26	75	55	0.00
May 27	86	66	0.00
May 28	94	73	0.00
May 29	85	67	0.00
May 30	89	64	0.00
May 31	82	59	0.00

June 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	56	0.00
June 2	65	62	1.06
June 3	80	61	0.03
June 4	85	63	0.00
June 5	82	66	0.00
June 6	87	63	0.29
June 7	83	63	0.00
June 8	91	66	0.00
June 9	94	72	0.00
June 10	92	75	0.00
June 11	80	61	0.00
June 12	77	60	0.06
June 13	80	60	0.96
June 14	65	53	0.00
June 15	74	54	0.00
June 16	65	57	0.00
June 17	61	53	0.00
June 18	69	53	0.00
June 19	67	57	0.14
June 20	85	56	0.22
June 21	84	65	0.00
June 22	83	69	0.82
June 23	82	67	0.12
June 24	81	63	0.00
June 25	70	66	0.44
June 26	88	67	0.06
June 27	83	66	0.00
June 28	77	65	0.00
June 29	97	69	0.00
June 30	93	79	0.00

July 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	67	0.00
July 2	88	66	0.00
July 3	85	62	0.00
July 4	85	65	0.00
July 5	80	66	0.00
July 6	82	68	0.00
July 7	82	64	0.00
July 8	86	65	0.00
July 9	86	66	0.00
July 10	78	69	0.41
July 11	90	68	0.11
July 12	78	72	0.02
July 13	84	72	0.00
July 14	74	68	0.30
July 15	72	67	0.17
July 16	74	66	0.06
July 17	87	66	0.00
July 18	82	68	0.00
July 19	89	73	0.22
July 20	80	72	1.80
July 21	87	72	0.00
July 22	85	74	0.06
July 23	89	72	0.15
July 24	90	72	0.98
July 25	84	69	0.00
July 26	87	64	0.00
July 27	87	70	0.00
July 28	90	70	0.00
July 29	89	72	0.00
July 30	84	72	0.00
July 31	85	76	0.00

August 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	73	0.00
August 2	78	64	0.00
August 3	82	61	0.00
August 4	80	64	0.00
August 5	70	61	1.25
August 6	72	61	0.00
August 7	83	64	0.00
August 8	75	67	0.70
August 9	77	67	1.13
August 10	84	68	0.00
August 11	86	68	0.00
August 12	90	69	0.00
August 13	91	73	0.00
August 14	88	75	0.00
August 15	94	74	0.00
August 16	92	75	0.00
August 17	93	75	0.06
August 18	87	74	0.01
August 19	89	71	0.00
August 20	93	72	0.00
August 21	93	73	0.00
August 22	88	72	0.02
August 23	71	66	0.00
August 24	72	67	0.06
August 25	91	70	0.00
August 26	92	68	0.00
August 27	92	74	0.00
August 28	94	75	0.00
August 29	90	74	0.73
August 30	85	73	0.00
August 31	82	72	0.49

September 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	74	0.41
September 2	84	74	0.04
September 3	87	75	0.25
September 4	88	72	0.00
September 5	90	67	0.00
September 6	88	68	0.00
September 7	85	68	0.00
September 8	88	71	0.00
September 9	93	74	0.00
September 10	83	73	0.00
September 11	77	60	0.04
September 12	77	56	0.00
September 13	78	59	0.00
September 14	73	56	0.00
September 15	79	55	0.00
September 16	63	52	0.00
September 17	65	46	0.00
September 18	65	48	0.00
September 19	71	48	0.00
September 20	75	53	0.00
September 21	82	58	0.00
September 22	89	64	0.00
September 23	90	69	0.00
September 24	89	69	0.00
September 25	79	64	0.00
September 26	77	61	0.00
September 27	81	63	0.00
September 28	83	70	0.35
September 29	83	72	0.02
September 30	82	70	0.00

October 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	70	0.49
October 2	73	60	0.00
October 3	72	57	0.00
October 4	86	62	0.00
October 5	82	68	0.00
October 6	88	65	0.00
October 7	75	65	1.08
October 8	78	66	0.14
October 9	84	67	0.45
October 10	74	64	0.00
October 11	72	62	0.00
October 12	64	52	0.00
October 13	60	48	0.17
October 14	50	48	0.28
October 15	60	49	0.00
October 16	63	44	0.00
October 17	72	51	0.00
October 18	64	42	0.00
October 19	54	37	0.00
October 20	69	44	0.00
October 21	56	42	0.00
October 22	54	43	0.06
October 23	70	54	0.27
October 24	68	61	1.43
October 25	66	55	0.12
October 26	61	50	0.00
October 27	55	48	0.19
October 28	50	39	0.00
October 29	55	36	0.00
October 30	57	41	0.00
October 31	59	49	0.15

November 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	50	0.11	0.0
November 2	52	38	0.01	0.0
November 3	49	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	46	0.04	0.0
November 5	72	61	0.00	0.0
November 6	73	46	0.67	0.0
November 7	46	36	0.82	0.0
November 8	42	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 11	57	43	0.00	0.0
November 12	59	47	0.00	0.0
November 13	55	41	0.01	0.0
November 14	67	50	0.62	0.0
November 15	50	41	0.00	0.0
November 16	50	39	0.00	0.0
November 17	51	26	0.38	0.0
November 18	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	50	39	0.00	0.0
November 22	53	39	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	40	0.00	0.0
November 24	61	51	1.10	0.0
November 25	59	35	0.28	0.0
November 26	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 27	60	41	0.00	0.0
November 28	62	37	0.13	0.0
November 29	37	27	0.05	0.5
November 30	38	26	0.00	0.0

December 1959 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	35	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	55	39	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	41	0.00	0.0
December 5	51	43	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	43	0.76	0.0
December 7	51	32	0.58	0.3
December 8	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 9	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	37	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	55	45	1.15	0.0
December 13	57	35	0.20	0.0
December 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 16	56	41	0.00	0.0
December 17	53	43	0.00	0.0
December 18	43	37	0.06	0.0
December 19	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	23	0.25	3.4
December 22	28	17	0.71	10.3
December 23	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	45	34	0.02	0.0
December 27	40	36	0.07	0.0
December 28	43	36	0.57	0.0
December 29	37	33	0.27	1.8
December 30	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	29	0.00	0.0

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