Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in New York

New York has had days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 158 years, most in 1983 with 55. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for New York

New York has had days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 158 years, 5,885 days in all.
The most in one year was 55 days in 1983.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 25 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1869.
The latest last date in a year was 31 December 1936.
The longest run inside a single year was 5 days in 1975.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

158 years, 5,885 days

Days per year in New York with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 55 in 1983. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	42	42
1870	36	35.7
1871	43	35.7
1872	35	35.7
1873	38	35.7
1874	34	35.7
1875	34	35.7
1876	26	35.7
1877	36	35.7
1878	40	35.7
1879	35	35.7
1880	36	35.7
1881	32	35.7
1882	31	35.7
1883	31	35.7
1884	44	35.7
1885	31	35.7
1886	34	35.7
1887	35	35.7
1888	36	35.7
1889	47	35.7
1890	39	35.9
1891	39	35.9
1892	36	35.9
1893	37	35.9
1894	34	35.9
1895	27	35.9
1896	36	35.9
1897	37	35.9
1898	41	35.9
1899	33	35.9
1900	36	35.1
1901	36	35.1
1902	46	35.1
1903	44	35.1
1904	33	35.1
1905	30	35.1
1906	33	35.1
1907	37	35.1
1908	29	35.1
1909	27	35.1
1910	25	35.7
1911	39	35.7
1912	37	35.7
1913	44	35.7
1914	32	35.7
1915	37	35.7
1916	29	35.7
1917	37	35.7
1918	31	35.7
1919	46	35.7
1920	46	38.8
1921	29	38.8
1922	44	38.8
1923	34	38.8
1924	31	38.8
1925	40	38.8
1926	44	38.8
1927	43	38.8
1928	41	38.8
1929	36	38.8
1930	32	35.8
1931	33	35.8
1932	38	35.8
1933	40	35.8
1934	40	35.8
1935	30	35.8
1936	38	35.8
1937	39	35.8
1938	38	35.8
1939	30	35.8
1940	35	34.8
1941	29	34.8
1942	41	34.8
1943	31	34.8
1944	36	34.8
1945	37	34.8
1946	27	34.8
1947	35	34.8
1948	43	34.8
1949	34	34.8
1950	32	35.2
1951	37	35.2
1952	38	35.2
1953	42	35.2
1954	30	35.2
1955	29	35.2
1956	32	35.2
1957	36	35.2
1958	40	35.2
1959	36	35.2
1960	36	33
1961	37	33
1962	33	33
1963	23	33
1964	33	33
1965	24	33
1966	30	33
1967	40	33
1968	37	33
1969	37	33
1970	26	39.8
1971	43	39.8
1972	51	39.8
1973	42	39.8
1974	40	39.8
1975	50	39.8
1976	32	39.8
1977	39	39.8
1978	40	39.8
1979	35	39.8
1980	36	40.4
1981	36	40.4
1982	37	40.4
1983	55	40.4
1984	42	40.4
1985	27	40.4
1986	41	40.4
1987	43	40.4
1988	39	40.4
1989	48	40.4
1990	47	39.7
1991	33	39.7
1992	36	39.7
1993	39	39.7
1994	52	39.7
1995	35	39.7
1996	47	39.7
1997	40	39.7
1998	37	39.7
1999	31	39.7
2000	38	40.8
2001	30	40.8
2002	32	40.8
2003	52	40.8
2004	40	40.8
2005	40	40.8
2006	47	40.8
2007	37	40.8
2008	41	40.8
2009	51	40.8
2010	37	40.9
2011	54	40.9
2012	29	40.9
2013	39	40.9
2014	37	40.9
2015	32	40.9
2016	38	40.9
2017	35	40.9
2018	55	40.9
2019	53	40.9
2020	41	38.6
2021	43	38.6
2022	44	38.6
2023	49	38.6
2024	32	38.6
2025	36	38.6
2026	25	38.6

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 31 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in New York meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). Long bars mean a long season.

First to last qualifying date each year in New York
Year	First date	Last date
1869	1869-01-01	1869-12-26
1870	1870-01-02	1870-12-20
1871	1871-01-26	1871-12-23
1872	1872-01-03	1872-12-26
1873	1873-01-03	1873-12-28
1874	1874-01-07	1874-12-20
1875	1875-01-07	1875-12-06
1876	1876-02-02	1876-12-29
1877	1877-01-07	1877-12-05
1878	1878-01-04	1878-12-21
1879	1879-01-09	1879-12-23
1880	1880-01-06	1880-12-05
1881	1881-01-06	1881-12-29
1882	1882-01-11	1882-12-22
1883	1883-01-17	1883-12-27
1884	1884-01-02	1884-12-21
1885	1885-01-06	1885-12-31
1886	1886-01-04	1886-12-31
1887	1887-01-01	1887-12-28
1888	1888-01-01	1888-12-17
1889	1889-01-06	1889-12-14
1890	1890-01-15	1890-12-26
1891	1891-01-02	1891-12-29
1892	1892-01-02	1892-12-08
1893	1893-01-01	1893-12-16
1894	1894-01-29	1894-12-27
1895	1895-01-06	1895-12-31
1896	1896-01-24	1896-12-16
1897	1897-01-04	1897-12-31
1898	1898-01-15	1898-12-22
1899	1899-01-06	1899-12-24
1900	1900-01-11	1900-12-04
1901	1901-01-11	1901-12-30
1902	1902-01-21	1902-12-25
1903	1903-01-03	1903-12-20
1904	1904-01-02	1904-12-27
1905	1905-01-07	1905-12-29
1906	1906-01-03	1906-12-31
1907	1907-01-12	1907-12-30
1908	1908-01-07	1908-12-18
1909	1909-01-05	1909-12-13
1910	1910-01-06	1910-12-24
1911	1911-01-01	1911-12-22
1912	1912-01-08	1912-12-30
1913	1913-01-03	1913-12-26
1914	1914-01-04	1914-12-29
1915	1915-01-07	1915-12-29
1916	1916-02-02	1916-12-28
1917	1917-01-05	1917-12-13
1918	1918-01-07	1918-12-24
1919	1919-01-01	1919-12-10
1920	1920-01-09	1920-12-27
1921	1921-01-14	1921-12-02
1922	1922-01-11	1922-12-28
1923	1923-01-01	1923-12-28
1924	1924-01-03	1924-12-24
1925	1925-01-02	1925-12-04
1926	1926-01-09	1926-12-28
1927	1927-01-14	1927-12-16
1928	1928-01-19	1928-11-30
1929	1929-01-01	1929-12-29
1930	1930-01-14	1930-12-27
1931	1931-01-05	1931-12-22
1932	1932-01-01	1932-12-27
1933	1933-01-09	1933-12-26
1934	1934-01-05	1934-12-26
1935	1935-01-01	1935-12-15
1936	1936-01-02	1936-12-31
1937	1937-01-03	1937-12-16
1938	1938-01-07	1938-12-27
1939	1939-01-06	1939-11-05
1940	1940-01-14	1940-12-28
1941	1941-01-16	1941-12-13
1942	1942-01-19	1942-12-30
1943	1943-01-19	1943-12-26
1944	1944-01-03	1944-12-27
1945	1945-01-01	1945-12-29
1946	1946-01-30	1946-12-21
1947	1947-01-01	1947-12-26
1948	1948-01-01	1948-12-31
1949	1949-01-05	1949-12-27
1950	1950-01-10	1950-12-29
1951	1951-01-14	1951-12-20
1952	1952-01-05	1952-12-21
1953	1953-01-03	1953-12-14
1954	1954-01-11	1954-12-30
1955	1955-02-06	1955-11-17
1956	1956-01-30	1956-12-22
1957	1957-01-23	1957-12-26
1958	1958-01-07	1958-12-04
1959	1959-01-01	1959-12-28
1960	1960-01-03	1960-12-29
1961	1961-01-01	1961-12-18
1962	1962-01-06	1962-12-06
1963	1963-02-12	1963-12-23
1964	1964-01-01	1964-12-27
1965	1965-01-08	1965-12-25
1966	1966-01-02	1966-12-29
1967	1967-01-27	1967-12-28
1968	1968-01-14	1968-12-15
1969	1969-01-30	1969-12-26
1970	1970-02-03	1970-12-17
1971	1971-01-01	1971-12-30
1972	1972-01-02	1972-12-22
1973	1973-01-04	1973-12-26
1974	1974-01-03	1974-12-16
1975	1975-01-07	1975-12-30
1976	1976-01-01	1976-12-07
1977	1977-01-10	1977-12-21
1978	1978-01-08	1978-12-25
1979	1979-01-02	1979-12-25
1980	1980-01-11	1980-11-28
1981	1981-01-07	1981-12-16
1982	1982-01-01	1982-12-16
1983	1983-01-05	1983-12-28
1984	1984-01-10	1984-12-27
1985	1985-02-02	1985-11-28
1986	1986-01-05	1986-12-25
1987	1987-01-01	1987-12-15
1988	1988-01-04	1988-11-28
1989	1989-01-06	1989-12-31
1990	1990-01-08	1990-12-28
1991	1991-01-11	1991-12-29
1992	1992-01-14	1992-12-30
1993	1993-01-05	1993-12-21
1994	1994-01-04	1994-12-24
1995	1995-01-07	1995-12-19
1996	1996-01-02	1996-12-14
1997	1997-01-16	1997-12-29
1998	1998-01-07	1998-12-29
1999	1999-01-03	1999-12-20
2000	2000-01-04	2000-12-30
2001	2001-01-19	2001-12-24
2002	2002-01-06	2002-12-25
2003	2003-01-01	2003-12-24
2004	2004-01-04	2004-12-23
2005	2005-01-03	2005-12-29
2006	2006-01-02	2006-12-23
2007	2007-01-01	2007-12-29
2008	2008-01-11	2008-12-24
2009	2009-01-07	2009-12-26
2010	2010-01-17	2010-12-27
2011	2011-01-12	2011-12-27
2012	2012-01-12	2012-12-27
2013	2013-01-11	2013-12-29
2014	2014-01-11	2014-12-24
2015	2015-01-03	2015-12-29
2016	2016-01-10	2016-12-24
2017	2017-01-03	2017-12-23
2018	2018-01-04	2018-12-31
2019	2019-01-05	2019-12-30
2020	2020-01-25	2020-12-31
2021	2021-01-01	2021-12-06
2022	2022-01-01	2022-12-23
2023	2023-01-03	2023-12-28
2024	2024-01-06	2024-12-31
2025	2025-02-08	2025-12-19
2026	2026-01-25	2026-10-11

Every Year

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	25	25 January 2026	11 October 2026	3 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	36	8 February 2025	19 December 2025	2 days	Complete
2024	32	6 January 2024	31 December 2024	2 days	Complete
2023	49	3 January 2023	28 December 2023	3 days	Complete
2022	44	1 January 2022	23 December 2022	2 days	Complete
2021	43	1 January 2021	6 December 2021	3 days	Complete
2020	41	25 January 2020	31 December 2020	2 days	Complete
2019	53	5 January 2019	30 December 2019	2 days	Complete
2018	55	4 January 2018	31 December 2018	3 days	Complete
2017	35	3 January 2017	23 December 2017	2 days	Complete
2016	38	10 January 2016	24 December 2016	2 days	Complete
2015	32	3 January 2015	29 December 2015	2 days	Complete
2014	37	11 January 2014	24 December 2014	2 days	Complete
2013	39	11 January 2013	29 December 2013	2 days	Complete
2012	29	12 January 2012	27 December 2012	2 days	Complete
2011	54	12 January 2011	27 December 2011	3 days	Complete
2010	37	17 January 2010	27 December 2010	4 days	Complete
2009	51	7 January 2009	26 December 2009	3 days	Complete
2008	41	11 January 2008	24 December 2008	2 days	Complete
2007	37	1 January 2007	29 December 2007	2 days	Complete
2006	47	2 January 2006	23 December 2006	3 days	Complete
2005	40	3 January 2005	29 December 2005	3 days	Complete
2004	40	4 January 2004	23 December 2004	2 days	Complete
2003	52	1 January 2003	24 December 2003	3 days	Complete
2002	32	6 January 2002	25 December 2002	2 days	Complete
2001	30	19 January 2001	24 December 2001	2 days	Complete
2000	38	4 January 2000	30 December 2000	3 days	Complete
1999	31	3 January 1999	20 December 1999	2 days	Complete
1998	37	7 January 1998	29 December 1998	3 days	Complete
1997	40	16 January 1997	29 December 1997	2 days	Complete
1996	47	2 January 1996	14 December 1996	2 days	Complete
1995	35	7 January 1995	19 December 1995	2 days	Complete
1994	52	4 January 1994	24 December 1994	3 days	Complete
1993	39	5 January 1993	21 December 1993	2 days	Complete
1992	36	14 January 1992	30 December 1992	3 days	Complete
1991	33	11 January 1991	29 December 1991	2 days	Complete
1990	47	8 January 1990	28 December 1990	3 days	Complete
1989	48	6 January 1989	31 December 1989	4 days	Complete
1988	39	4 January 1988	28 November 1988	3 days	Complete
1987	43	1 January 1987	15 December 1987	2 days	Complete
1986	41	5 January 1986	25 December 1986	3 days	Complete
1985	27	2 February 1985	28 November 1985	2 days	Complete
1984	42	10 January 1984	27 December 1984	4 days	Complete
1983	55	5 January 1983	28 December 1983	3 days	Complete
1982	37	1 January 1982	16 December 1982	2 days	Complete
1981	36	7 January 1981	16 December 1981	3 days	Complete
1980	36	11 January 1980	28 November 1980	3 days	Complete
1979	35	2 January 1979	25 December 1979	2 days	Complete
1978	40	8 January 1978	25 December 1978	2 days	Complete
1977	39	10 January 1977	21 December 1977	2 days	Complete
1976	32	1 January 1976	7 December 1976	2 days	Complete
1975	50	7 January 1975	30 December 1975	5 days	Complete
1974	40	3 January 1974	16 December 1974	2 days	Complete
1973	42	4 January 1973	26 December 1973	3 days	Complete
1972	51	2 January 1972	22 December 1972	4 days	Complete
1971	43	1 January 1971	30 December 1971	4 days	Complete
1970	26	3 February 1970	17 December 1970	1 days	Complete
1969	37	30 January 1969	26 December 1969	2 days	Complete
1968	37	14 January 1968	15 December 1968	2 days	Complete
1967	40	27 January 1967	28 December 1967	3 days	Complete
1966	30	2 January 1966	29 December 1966	2 days	Complete
1965	24	8 January 1965	25 December 1965	2 days	Complete
1964	33	1 January 1964	27 December 1964	3 days	Complete
1963	23	12 February 1963	23 December 1963	2 days	Complete
1962	33	6 January 1962	6 December 1962	2 days	Complete
1961	37	1 January 1961	18 December 1961	2 days	Complete
1960	36	3 January 1960	29 December 1960	3 days	Complete
1959	36	1 January 1959	28 December 1959	2 days	Complete
1958	40	7 January 1958	4 December 1958	2 days	Complete
1957	36	23 January 1957	26 December 1957	2 days	Complete
1956	32	30 January 1956	22 December 1956	2 days	Complete
1955	29	6 February 1955	17 November 1955	3 days	Complete
1954	30	11 January 1954	30 December 1954	2 days	Complete
1953	42	3 January 1953	14 December 1953	3 days	Complete
1952	38	5 January 1952	21 December 1952	3 days	Complete
1951	37	14 January 1951	20 December 1951	3 days	Complete
1950	32	10 January 1950	29 December 1950	2 days	Complete
1949	34	5 January 1949	27 December 1949	3 days	Complete
1948	43	1 January 1948	31 December 1948	2 days	Complete
1947	35	1 January 1947	26 December 1947	3 days	Complete
1946	27	30 January 1946	21 December 1946	3 days	Complete
1945	37	1 January 1945	29 December 1945	3 days	Complete
1944	36	3 January 1944	27 December 1944	3 days	Complete
1943	31	19 January 1943	26 December 1943	2 days	Complete
1942	41	19 January 1942	30 December 1942	2 days	Complete
1941	29	16 January 1941	13 December 1941	2 days	Complete
1940	35	14 January 1940	28 December 1940	2 days	Complete
1939	30	6 January 1939	5 November 1939	2 days	Complete
1938	38	7 January 1938	27 December 1938	4 days	Complete
1937	39	3 January 1937	16 December 1937	2 days	Complete
1936	38	2 January 1936	31 December 1936	2 days	Complete
1935	30	1 January 1935	15 December 1935	4 days	Complete
1934	40	5 January 1934	26 December 1934	2 days	Complete
1933	40	9 January 1933	26 December 1933	3 days	Complete
1932	38	1 January 1932	27 December 1932	3 days	Complete
1931	33	5 January 1931	22 December 1931	2 days	Complete
1930	32	14 January 1930	27 December 1930	3 days	Complete
1929	36	1 January 1929	29 December 1929	2 days	Complete
1928	41	19 January 1928	30 November 1928	2 days	Complete
1927	43	14 January 1927	16 December 1927	3 days	Complete
1926	44	9 January 1926	28 December 1926	3 days	Complete
1925	40	2 January 1925	4 December 1925	2 days	Complete
1924	31	3 January 1924	24 December 1924	2 days	Complete
1923	34	1 January 1923	28 December 1923	2 days	Complete
1922	44	11 January 1922	28 December 1922	2 days	Complete
1921	29	14 January 1921	2 December 1921	3 days	Complete
1920	46	9 January 1920	27 December 1920	3 days	Complete
1919	46	1 January 1919	10 December 1919	3 days	Complete
1918	31	7 January 1918	24 December 1918	2 days	Complete
1917	37	5 January 1917	13 December 1917	2 days	Complete
1916	29	2 February 1916	28 December 1916	3 days	Complete
1915	37	7 January 1915	29 December 1915	3 days	Complete
1914	32	4 January 1914	29 December 1914	2 days	Complete
1913	44	3 January 1913	26 December 1913	3 days	Complete
1912	37	8 January 1912	30 December 1912	2 days	Complete
1911	39	1 January 1911	22 December 1911	3 days	Complete
1910	25	6 January 1910	24 December 1910	3 days	Complete
1909	27	5 January 1909	13 December 1909	2 days	Complete
1908	29	7 January 1908	18 December 1908	2 days	Complete
1907	37	12 January 1907	30 December 1907	3 days	Complete
1906	33	3 January 1906	31 December 1906	2 days	Complete
1905	30	7 January 1905	29 December 1905	2 days	Complete
1904	33	2 January 1904	27 December 1904	2 days	Complete
1903	44	3 January 1903	20 December 1903	2 days	Complete
1902	46	21 January 1902	25 December 1902	2 days	Complete
1901	36	11 January 1901	30 December 1901	2 days	Complete
1900	36	11 January 1900	4 December 1900	2 days	Complete
1899	33	6 January 1899	24 December 1899	2 days	Complete
1898	41	15 January 1898	22 December 1898	2 days	Complete
1897	37	4 January 1897	31 December 1897	3 days	Complete
1896	36	24 January 1896	16 December 1896	2 days	Complete
1895	27	6 January 1895	31 December 1895	2 days	Complete
1894	34	29 January 1894	27 December 1894	2 days	Complete
1893	37	1 January 1893	16 December 1893	2 days	Complete
1892	36	2 January 1892	8 December 1892	2 days	Complete
1891	39	2 January 1891	29 December 1891	2 days	Complete
1890	39	15 January 1890	26 December 1890	3 days	Complete
1889	47	6 January 1889	14 December 1889	4 days	Complete
1888	36	1 January 1888	17 December 1888	2 days	Complete
1887	35	1 January 1887	28 December 1887	3 days	Complete
1886	34	4 January 1886	31 December 1886	3 days	Complete
1885	31	6 January 1885	31 December 1885	2 days	Complete
1884	44	2 January 1884	21 December 1884	3 days	Complete
1883	31	17 January 1883	27 December 1883	2 days	Complete
1882	31	11 January 1882	22 December 1882	3 days	Complete
1881	32	6 January 1881	29 December 1881	2 days	Complete
1880	36	6 January 1880	5 December 1880	3 days	Complete
1879	35	9 January 1879	23 December 1879	3 days	Complete
1878	40	4 January 1878	21 December 1878	2 days	Complete
1877	36	7 January 1877	5 December 1877	3 days	Complete
1876	26	2 February 1876	29 December 1876	2 days	Complete
1875	34	7 January 1875	6 December 1875	2 days	Complete
1874	34	7 January 1874	20 December 1874	3 days	Complete
1873	38	3 January 1873	28 December 1873	2 days	Complete
1872	35	3 January 1872	26 December 1872	3 days	Complete
1871	43	26 January 1871	23 December 1871	3 days	Complete
1870	36	2 January 1870	20 December 1870	2 days	Complete
1869	42	1 January 1869	26 December 1869	2 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in New York
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1860s	42.0	1
1870s	35.7	10
1880s	35.7	10
1890s	35.9	10
1900s	35.1	10
1910s	35.7	10
1920s	38.8	10
1930s	35.8	10
1940s	34.8	10
1950s	35.2	10
1960s	33.0	10
1970s	39.8	10
1980s	40.4	10
1990s	39.7	10
2000s	40.8	10
2010s	40.9	10
2020s	40.8	6

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Data for Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in New York, by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).