New York City Weather in 1988

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 14
Lowest temperature	5 °F	December 12
Highest daily low	81 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	17 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	November 20
Most daily snow	5.2 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	44.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1988 was 99 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 14
1	99 °F	Jul 10
3	98 °F	Jul 30
3	98 °F	Jul 11
3	98 °F	Jun 22
6	97 °F	Aug 15
6	97 °F	Jul 8
6	97 °F	Jun 21
9	96 °F	Aug 13
9	96 °F	Jul 18
9	96 °F	Jul 16
9	96 °F	Jun 15
9	96 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1988 was 5 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	December 12
1	5 °F	January 15
1	5 °F	January 14
4	8 °F	January 6
5	9 °F	February 7
6	11 °F	January 5
7	12 °F	December 11
8	13 °F	January 7
9	14 °F	February 6
10	15 °F	January 11
10	15 °F	January 8

January 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	35	0.04	0.0
January 2	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	22	0.15	1.8
January 4	39	23	0.57	4.0
January 5	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	23	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	15	0.52	5.2
January 9	32	25	0.05	0.2
January 10	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	17	0.01	0.0
January 14	17	5	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	38	0.55	0.0
January 19	48	39	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	36	0.70	0.0
January 21	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 22	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	47	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	33	0.80	2.1
January 26	35	19	0.25	0.6
January 27	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	53	41	0.00	0.0

February 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	62	50	0.00	0.0
February 2	59	34	0.43	0.0
February 3	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	22	0.74	0.0
February 5	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	14	0.00	0.0
February 7	25	9	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	29	1.53	0.9
February 13	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	31	0.27	0.0
February 16	46	32	0.08	0.0
February 17	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	39	0.00	0.0
February 19	45	35	0.53	0.0
February 20	50	42	0.12	0.0
February 21	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	62	40	0.02	0.0
February 24	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	30	0.19	0.6
February 28	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 29	45	31	0.00	0.0

March 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	41	27	0.00
March 2	52	25	0.00
March 3	50	40	0.21
March 4	40	33	0.82
March 5	43	26	0.00
March 6	50	31	0.00
March 7	59	36	0.00
March 8	55	37	0.00
March 9	64	40	0.04
March 10	53	35	0.01
March 11	50	32	0.00
March 12	56	38	0.00
March 13	64	43	0.00
March 14	47	33	0.07
March 15	43	30	0.00
March 16	43	29	0.00
March 17	48	33	0.00
March 18	45	33	0.00
March 19	45	34	0.00
March 20	41	26	0.04
March 21	33	21	0.00
March 22	43	17	0.00
March 23	49	30	0.00
March 24	76	46	0.00
March 25	70	49	0.00
March 26	59	50	0.91
March 27	58	42	0.00
March 28	56	39	0.00
March 29	61	43	0.00
March 30	57	42	0.00
March 31	67	44	0.00

April 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	45	0.02
April 2	63	45	0.00
April 3	54	48	0.00
April 4	69	53	0.06
April 5	73	55	0.00
April 6	55	43	0.00
April 7	46	41	0.59
April 8	54	44	0.01
April 9	66	43	0.02
April 10	65	42	0.00
April 11	56	43	0.00
April 12	56	40	0.00
April 13	54	37	0.00
April 14	53	38	0.00
April 15	53	39	0.25
April 16	49	35	0.00
April 17	68	37	0.00
April 18	65	44	0.12
April 19	50	36	0.00
April 20	57	37	0.00
April 21	60	41	0.00
April 22	62	39	0.00
April 23	56	43	0.12
April 24	59	46	0.00
April 25	63	45	0.00
April 26	61	45	0.00
April 27	68	50	0.33
April 28	67	47	0.53
April 29	61	45	0.05
April 30	62	44	0.10

May 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	45	0.00
May 2	56	44	0.03
May 3	62	44	0.00
May 4	70	47	0.00
May 5	57	53	1.11
May 6	58	52	0.39
May 7	78	52	0.00
May 8	65	49	0.00
May 9	61	47	0.01
May 10	67	50	0.00
May 11	73	53	0.26
May 12	74	49	0.00
May 13	78	55	0.11
May 14	73	52	0.00
May 15	72	48	0.00
May 16	74	56	0.00
May 17	64	58	0.50
May 18	61	57	1.80
May 19	60	55	0.55
May 20	73	56	0.00
May 21	70	57	0.00
May 22	75	58	0.00
May 23	83	58	0.24
May 24	83	63	0.06
May 25	63	51	0.21
May 26	72	49	0.00
May 27	81	55	0.00
May 28	84	62	0.00
May 29	88	61	0.00
May 30	87	63	0.00
May 31	91	72	0.00

June 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	58	0.40
June 2	63	51	0.00
June 3	66	50	0.14
June 4	67	50	0.15
June 5	82	54	0.00
June 6	81	65	0.00
June 7	77	62	0.00
June 8	75	59	0.00
June 9	65	52	0.10
June 10	71	50	0.00
June 11	78	52	0.00
June 12	90	61	0.00
June 13	93	69	0.00
June 14	96	71	0.00
June 15	96	74	0.00
June 16	92	69	0.09
June 17	74	65	0.05
June 18	85	65	0.00
June 19	86	66	0.00
June 20	87	68	0.00
June 21	97	76	0.00
June 22	98	75	0.00
June 23	87	65	0.00
June 24	81	61	0.00
June 25	76	61	0.00
June 26	82	63	0.34
June 27	83	58	0.00
June 28	86	61	0.00
June 29	80	60	0.02
June 30	78	55	0.00

July 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	53	0.00
July 2	80	58	0.00
July 3	88	61	0.00
July 4	88	65	0.00
July 5	88	66	0.00
July 6	92	68	0.00
July 7	93	68	0.00
July 8	97	73	0.00
July 9	88	71	0.23
July 10	99	72	0.09
July 11	98	79	0.00
July 12	84	72	0.37
July 13	90	73	0.00
July 14	90	69	0.00
July 15	93	72	0.14
July 16	96	72	0.42
July 17	94	71	1.21
July 18	96	71	0.00
July 19	89	75	0.94
July 20	83	73	1.28
July 21	89	72	1.71
July 22	78	70	0.04
July 23	83	69	0.27
July 24	84	71	0.40
July 25	89	68	0.00
July 26	87	68	0.65
July 27	85	69	0.05
July 28	85	69	0.33
July 29	92	72	0.00
July 30	98	79	0.00
July 31	87	75	0.01

August 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	73	0.00
August 2	91	75	0.00
August 3	89	76	0.00
August 4	89	76	0.00
August 5	89	76	0.00
August 6	89	75	0.00
August 7	91	77	0.00
August 8	88	72	0.00
August 9	93	73	0.00
August 10	93	76	0.00
August 11	95	77	0.00
August 12	94	80	0.00
August 13	96	79	0.00
August 14	99	80	0.00
August 15	97	81	0.00
August 16	86	74	0.00
August 17	89	74	0.14
August 18	82	70	0.00
August 19	82	63	0.00
August 20	77	62	0.00
August 21	88	62	0.00
August 22	80	56	0.00
August 23	75	61	0.06
August 24	75	62	1.60
August 25	83	62	0.05
August 26	88	68	0.09
August 27	84	67	0.00
August 28	88	71	0.00
August 29	78	67	0.25
August 30	77	63	0.00
August 31	82	59	0.00

September 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	60	0.00
September 2	82	62	0.00
September 3	82	63	0.00
September 4	73	64	1.25
September 5	80	56	0.01
September 6	71	50	0.00
September 7	74	53	0.00
September 8	75	55	0.00
September 9	84	64	0.00
September 10	84	67	0.00
September 11	72	60	0.00
September 12	76	56	0.00
September 13	79	60	0.94
September 14	76	55	0.00
September 15	71	56	0.00
September 16	71	49	0.00
September 17	68	55	0.14
September 18	76	61	0.00
September 19	84	64	0.00
September 20	82	69	0.00
September 21	77	64	0.00
September 22	73	61	0.00
September 23	82	63	0.00
September 24	75	59	0.00
September 25	69	59	0.00
September 26	78	55	0.00
September 27	74	54	0.00
September 28	80	55	0.00
September 29	67	49	0.00
September 30	72	58	0.00

October 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	60	0.00
October 2	79	63	0.52
October 3	66	56	0.01
October 4	59	55	0.00
October 5	65	48	0.00
October 6	60	45	0.00
October 7	55	43	0.61
October 8	45	37	0.29
October 9	59	37	0.00
October 10	67	49	0.00
October 11	65	48	0.00
October 12	56	41	0.00
October 13	53	37	0.00
October 14	59	37	0.00
October 15	69	46	0.00
October 16	68	52	0.00
October 17	74	58	0.00
October 18	67	55	0.00
October 19	59	44	0.00
October 20	58	39	0.00
October 21	55	42	1.53
October 22	56	44	0.58
October 23	57	43	0.00
October 24	63	48	0.02
October 25	53	44	0.00
October 26	53	41	0.00
October 27	54	37	0.00
October 28	61	45	0.00
October 29	55	40	0.00
October 30	51	36	0.00
October 31	48	31	0.00

November 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	47	44	1.69
November 2	49	44	0.00
November 3	56	41	0.00
November 4	65	45	0.00
November 5	63	55	0.70
November 6	67	53	0.00
November 7	57	44	0.00
November 8	56	43	0.00
November 9	55	46	0.00
November 10	62	45	0.02
November 11	57	41	0.00
November 12	50	36	0.00
November 13	57	44	0.57
November 14	63	44	0.00
November 15	59	45	0.00
November 16	62	47	0.00
November 17	63	44	1.08
November 18	54	39	0.00
November 19	45	39	0.01
November 20	61	44	3.37
November 21	58	40	0.00
November 22	50	35	0.00
November 23	51	36	0.00
November 24	45	32	0.00
November 25	54	33	0.00
November 26	66	41	0.00
November 27	64	52	0.41
November 28	61	39	1.05
November 29	47	37	0.00
November 30	52	39	0.00

December 1988 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	60	41	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 9	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	12	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	5	0.00	0.0
December 13	29	16	0.00	0.3
December 14	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	56	38	0.00	0.0
December 21	53	39	0.20	0.0
December 22	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	29	0.38	0.0
December 24	56	36	0.30	0.0
December 25	53	37	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	59	34	0.25	0.0
December 29	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	32	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1869–2024	Central Park	location