New York City Weather in 1970

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 22
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	77 °F	September 23
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	February 10
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	35.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1970 was 94 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 22
1	94 °F	Aug 15
1	94 °F	Aug 13
1	94 °F	Jul 28
5	93 °F	Sep 23
5	93 °F	Aug 16
5	93 °F	May 10
8	92 °F	Sep 16
8	92 °F	Aug 28
8	92 °F	Aug 14
8	92 °F	Aug 2

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1970 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 9
2	5 °F	January 22
2	5 °F	January 8
4	6 °F	January 21
5	8 °F	January 10
6	9 °F	February 26
7	10 °F	February 4
8	11 °F	January 15
9	12 °F	February 5
9	12 °F	January 23
9	12 °F	January 19

January 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	25	0.04	0.0
January 4	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	25	0.03	0.3
January 7	25	20	0.13	2.0
January 8	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 9	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	23	0.14	2.6
January 13	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	47	32	0.02	0.0
January 18	42	20	0.02	0.0
January 19	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 20	21	14	0.16	2.0
January 21	19	6	0.09	1.0
January 22	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	22	0.03	0.5
January 26	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 27	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 28	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 29	51	42	0.00	0.0
January 30	46	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	19	0.00	0.0

February 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	51	33	0.00	0.0
February 2	56	41	0.37	0.0
February 3	56	20	0.89	0.5
February 4	20	10	0.10	2.1
February 5	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	33	0.02	0.4
February 7	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	33	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	35	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	35	2.63	0.0
February 11	44	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 14	25	15	0.13	1.1
February 15	32	23	0.38	2.3
February 16	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	46	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	57	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	54	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	54	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	29	0.00	0.0

March 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 2	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	35	0.38	0.0
March 5	52	36	0.01	0.0
March 6	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	31	0.35	0.0
March 13	39	35	0.12	0.0
March 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	41	34	0.44	0.0
March 19	51	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	37	0.48	0.0
March 21	50	36	0.02	0.0
March 22	46	37	0.66	0.0
March 23	48	37	0.07	0.0
March 24	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	56	38	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	44	0.39	0.0
March 27	54	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	54	40	0.00	0.0
March 29	47	27	1.07	4.0
March 30	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	38	33	0.19	0.0

April 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	47	34	0.03
April 2	56	37	1.93
April 3	53	40	0.00
April 4	56	40	0.00
April 5	50	35	0.00
April 6	51	36	0.00
April 7	58	37	0.00
April 8	69	42	0.00
April 9	76	51	0.00
April 10	55	36	0.00
April 11	50	31	0.00
April 12	60	34	0.00
April 13	61	42	0.00
April 14	49	42	0.08
April 15	62	44	0.17
April 16	64	47	0.00
April 17	61	48	0.00
April 18	62	47	0.00
April 19	61	41	0.00
April 20	50	40	0.90
April 21	47	43	0.00
April 22	67	46	0.00
April 23	55	45	0.02
April 24	60	44	0.35
April 25	74	48	0.00
April 26	82	58	0.00
April 27	73	57	0.00
April 28	78	56	0.00
April 29	79	52	0.00
April 30	57	49	0.00

May 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	50	0.00
May 2	80	61	0.00
May 3	63	51	0.04
May 4	62	51	0.00
May 5	77	51	0.00
May 6	55	42	0.00
May 7	63	38	0.00
May 8	72	50	0.03
May 9	90	56	0.00
May 10	93	70	0.00
May 11	88	69	0.00
May 12	85	66	0.53
May 13	85	61	0.36
May 14	73	56	0.05
May 15	70	52	0.00
May 16	62	52	0.02
May 17	64	54	0.56
May 18	66	53	0.10
May 19	64	52	0.11
May 20	84	56	0.02
May 21	79	57	0.00
May 22	84	57	0.39
May 23	78	59	0.04
May 24	64	57	0.03
May 25	59	54	0.13
May 26	76	56	0.93
May 27	69	54	0.00
May 28	74	50	0.00
May 29	74	54	0.00
May 30	68	50	0.00
May 31	81	55	0.00

June 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	65	0.00
June 2	88	69	0.00
June 3	87	66	0.10
June 4	66	60	0.15
June 5	69	60	0.17
June 6	67	61	0.28
June 7	72	59	0.01
June 8	84	60	0.00
June 9	82	66	0.00
June 10	83	67	0.00
June 11	91	67	0.00
June 12	85	70	0.06
June 13	79	62	0.00
June 14	76	57	0.00
June 15	74	60	0.01
June 16	68	64	0.05
June 17	79	66	0.00
June 18	86	67	0.65
June 19	85	66	0.00
June 20	76	59	0.00
June 21	65	58	0.45
June 22	72	61	0.00
June 23	84	60	0.00
June 24	83	65	0.00
June 25	83	66	0.00
June 26	73	63	0.34
June 27	72	60	0.00
June 28	80	57	0.00
June 29	82	59	0.00
June 30	85	68	0.00

July 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	68	0.00
July 2	74	66	0.11
July 3	79	67	0.00
July 4	85	70	0.02
July 5	80	68	0.00
July 6	84	65	0.00
July 7	86	67	0.00
July 8	85	70	0.00
July 9	83	69	0.00
July 10	82	69	1.06
July 11	85	68	0.09
July 12	86	68	0.00
July 13	83	66	0.00
July 14	79	68	0.00
July 15	77	70	0.00
July 16	89	71	0.13
July 17	87	66	0.00
July 18	91	71	0.00
July 19	85	71	0.00
July 20	83	70	0.00
July 21	82	67	0.00
July 22	83	68	0.00
July 23	84	69	0.00
July 24	88	72	0.00
July 25	89	73	0.35
July 26	85	73	0.00
July 27	91	74	0.00
July 28	94	74	0.00
July 29	90	73	0.38
July 30	85	72	0.00
July 31	84	73	0.05

August 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	74	0.09
August 2	92	73	0.00
August 3	88	69	0.00
August 4	83	66	0.00
August 5	79	67	0.01
August 6	85	64	0.00
August 7	85	67	0.04
August 8	89	69	0.00
August 9	87	70	0.00
August 10	85	69	0.00
August 11	80	70	0.01
August 12	90	68	0.00
August 13	94	73	0.00
August 14	92	73	0.00
August 15	94	74	0.00
August 16	93	75	0.00
August 17	88	74	0.06
August 18	88	68	0.00
August 19	85	66	0.00
August 20	83	70	0.19
August 21	85	71	0.00
August 22	85	62	0.00
August 23	79	68	1.95
August 24	82	63	0.00
August 25	84	62	0.00
August 26	86	68	0.00
August 27	91	69	0.03
August 28	92	70	0.00
August 29	88	72	0.00
August 30	79	69	0.02
August 31	79	64	0.07

September 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	57	0.00
September 2	78	56	0.00
September 3	77	64	0.05
September 4	90	73	0.01
September 5	90	73	0.00
September 6	80	62	0.00
September 7	79	62	0.00
September 8	72	61	0.00
September 9	70	64	0.14
September 10	82	69	0.34
September 11	77	63	0.00
September 12	78	58	0.00
September 13	80	58	0.00
September 14	72	58	0.00
September 15	74	58	0.00
September 16	92	61	0.00
September 17	76	60	0.00
September 18	75	67	0.39
September 19	75	63	0.00
September 20	78	59	0.00
September 21	82	64	0.00
September 22	94	72	0.00
September 23	93	77	0.00
September 24	87	74	0.00
September 25	90	71	0.00
September 26	91	72	0.00
September 27	76	54	0.81
September 28	66	52	0.00
September 29	60	48	0.00
September 30	62	47	0.00

October 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	51	0.00
October 2	68	55	0.00
October 3	80	57	0.42
October 4	62	50	0.00
October 5	66	45	0.00
October 6	72	52	0.00
October 7	79	58	0.00
October 8	79	61	0.00
October 9	73	61	0.00
October 10	76	61	0.00
October 11	71	61	0.00
October 12	75	61	0.00
October 13	72	62	0.00
October 14	74	64	0.00
October 15	70	61	1.10
October 16	61	41	0.00
October 17	47	36	0.00
October 18	66	38	0.00
October 19	63	46	0.00
October 20	62	43	0.00
October 21	63	53	0.12
October 22	66	59	0.66
October 23	69	60	0.07
October 24	70	57	0.00
October 25	60	54	0.11
October 26	56	50	0.00
October 27	53	42	0.00
October 28	55	38	0.00
October 29	59	40	0.00
October 30	55	45	0.00
October 31	56	45	0.00

November 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	49	0.00
November 2	57	51	0.01
November 3	67	49	0.10
November 4	56	49	0.60
November 5	54	42	0.00
November 6	54	39	0.00
November 7	64	45	0.00
November 8	57	47	0.00
November 9	55	44	0.00
November 10	61	51	0.26
November 11	62	57	0.52
November 12	57	52	0.27
November 13	52	47	1.66
November 14	56	48	0.05
November 15	50	47	0.69
November 16	48	37	0.00
November 17	49	34	0.00
November 18	50	40	0.00
November 19	58	46	0.17
November 20	55	46	0.68
November 21	54	44	0.00
November 22	56	41	0.00
November 23	56	24	0.00
November 24	35	21	0.00
November 25	36	26	0.00
November 26	46	32	0.00
November 27	52	44	0.00
November 28	57	49	0.00
November 29	49	41	0.13
November 30	57	41	0.00

December 1970 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	38	0.00	0.0
December 2	66	49	0.00	0.0
December 3	64	49	0.07	0.0
December 4	58	29	0.04	0.0
December 5	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	35	0.01	0.0
December 10	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	32	0.25	0.0
December 12	33	30	0.74	0.0
December 13	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	30	0.05	0.3
December 16	38	28	0.31	0.0
December 17	41	34	0.73	0.0
December 18	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	30	0.05	0.3
December 22	32	23	0.24	1.8
December 23	32	28	0.21	0.0
December 24	33	30	0.12	0.0
December 25	32	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	19	0.00	0.0

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