Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in New York

New York has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 158 years, most in 1983 with 30. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for New York

New York has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 158 years, 1,892 days in all.
The most in one year was 30 days in 1983.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 13 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1888.
The latest last date in a year was 31 December 1948.
The longest run inside a single year was 4 days in 1975.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

158 years, 1,892 days

Days per year in New York with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 30 in 1983. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	11	11
1870	11	10.7
1871	14	10.7
1872	13	10.7
1873	10	10.7
1874	11	10.7
1875	7	10.7
1876	11	10.7
1877	5	10.7
1878	14	10.7
1879	11	10.7
1880	8	11.1
1881	7	11.1
1882	7	11.1
1883	6	11.1
1884	17	11.1
1885	10	11.1
1886	8	11.1
1887	11	11.1
1888	20	11.1
1889	17	11.1
1890	10	10.7
1891	5	10.7
1892	6	10.7
1893	15	10.7
1894	10	10.7
1895	12	10.7
1896	12	10.7
1897	13	10.7
1898	13	10.7
1899	11	10.7
1900	14	12.5
1901	16	12.5
1902	14	12.5
1903	14	12.5
1904	9	12.5
1905	13	12.5
1906	12	12.5
1907	13	12.5
1908	12	12.5
1909	8	12.5
1910	10	12.1
1911	12	12.1
1912	13	12.1
1913	19	12.1
1914	12	12.1
1915	14	12.1
1916	8	12.1
1917	8	12.1
1918	11	12.1
1919	14	12.1
1920	17	12.2
1921	7	12.2
1922	11	12.2
1923	9	12.2
1924	18	12.2
1925	8	12.2
1926	11	12.2
1927	18	12.2
1928	16	12.2
1929	7	12.2
1930	8	11.1
1931	5	11.1
1932	14	11.1
1933	10	11.1
1934	13	11.1
1935	8	11.1
1936	15	11.1
1937	17	11.1
1938	9	11.1
1939	12	11.1
1940	11	10.4
1941	10	10.4
1942	16	10.4
1943	10	10.4
1944	10	10.4
1945	10	10.4
1946	13	10.4
1947	8	10.4
1948	11	10.4
1949	5	10.4
1950	7	8.5
1951	11	8.5
1952	10	8.5
1953	11	8.5
1954	9	8.5
1955	11	8.5
1956	5	8.5
1957	6	8.5
1958	6	8.5
1959	9	8.5
1960	14	9.7
1961	8	9.7
1962	8	9.7
1963	6	9.7
1964	8	9.7
1965	3	9.7
1966	8	9.7
1967	15	9.7
1968	14	9.7
1969	13	9.7
1970	7	14.3
1971	17	14.3
1972	19	14.3
1973	19	14.3
1974	12	14.3
1975	22	14.3
1976	7	14.3
1977	14	14.3
1978	14	14.3
1979	12	14.3
1980	9	14.6
1981	10	14.6
1982	12	14.6
1983	30	14.6
1984	17	14.6
1985	11	14.6
1986	8	14.6
1987	15	14.6
1988	13	14.6
1989	21	14.6
1990	18	11.8
1991	12	11.8
1992	10	11.8
1993	11	11.8
1994	9	11.8
1995	12	11.8
1996	13	11.8
1997	8	11.8
1998	14	11.8
1999	11	11.8
2000	10	15.1
2001	8	15.1
2002	13	15.1
2003	17	15.1
2004	14	15.1
2005	16	15.1
2006	21	15.1
2007	23	15.1
2008	14	15.1
2009	15	15.1
2010	23	15.4
2011	24	15.4
2012	9	15.4
2013	11	15.4
2014	17	15.4
2015	14	15.4
2016	12	15.4
2017	13	15.4
2018	19	15.4
2019	12	15.4
2020	10	11.3
2021	12	11.3
2022	9	11.3
2023	16	11.3
2024	11	11.3
2025	8	11.3
2026	13	11.3

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 31 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in New York meeting 25 mm (0.98 in). Long bars mean a long season.

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

Every Year

Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	13	25 January 2026	11 October 2026	2 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	8	5 March 2025	19 December 2025	1 days	Complete
2024	11	9 January 2024	21 November 2024	1 days	Complete
2023	16	4 March 2023	28 December 2023	2 days	Complete
2022	9	17 January 2022	23 December 2022	1 days	Complete
2021	12	1 February 2021	26 October 2021	3 days	Complete
2020	10	23 March 2020	5 December 2020	1 days	Complete
2019	12	24 January 2019	14 December 2019	1 days	Complete
2018	19	11 February 2018	31 December 2018	1 days	Complete
2017	13	23 January 2017	29 October 2017	2 days	Complete
2016	12	10 January 2016	29 November 2016	1 days	Complete
2015	14	18 January 2015	23 December 2015	1 days	Complete
2014	17	3 February 2014	9 December 2014	1 days	Complete
2013	11	8 February 2013	29 December 2013	1 days	Complete
2012	9	12 January 2012	26 December 2012	1 days	Complete
2011	24	18 January 2011	27 December 2011	2 days	Complete
2010	23	25 January 2010	26 December 2010	2 days	Complete
2009	15	7 January 2009	26 December 2009	2 days	Complete
2008	14	11 January 2008	11 December 2008	1 days	Complete
2007	23	1 January 2007	13 December 2007	2 days	Complete
2006	21	3 January 2006	23 November 2006	2 days	Complete
2005	16	14 January 2005	16 December 2005	3 days	Complete
2004	14	6 February 2004	1 December 2004	1 days	Complete
2003	17	1 January 2003	24 December 2003	1 days	Complete
2002	13	28 April 2002	25 December 2002	2 days	Complete
2001	8	13 March 2001	14 September 2001	2 days	Complete
2000	10	11 March 2000	26 November 2000	2 days	Complete
1999	11	3 January 1999	20 December 1999	1 days	Complete
1998	14	7 January 1998	7 September 1998	2 days	Complete
1997	8	25 January 1997	29 December 1997	1 days	Complete
1996	13	7 January 1996	7 December 1996	2 days	Complete
1995	12	20 January 1995	14 November 1995	1 days	Complete
1994	9	17 January 1994	28 November 1994	2 days	Complete
1993	11	5 January 1993	21 December 1993	2 days	Complete
1992	10	26 March 1992	17 December 1992	1 days	Complete
1991	12	3 March 1991	3 December 1991	2 days	Complete
1990	18	25 January 1990	28 December 1990	2 days	Complete
1989	21	21 February 1989	20 October 1989	2 days	Complete
1988	13	12 February 1988	28 November 1988	2 days	Complete
1987	15	2 January 1987	29 November 1987	1 days	Complete
1986	8	26 January 1986	18 December 1986	2 days	Complete
1985	11	12 February 1985	28 November 1985	1 days	Complete
1984	17	15 February 1984	11 November 1984	3 days	Complete
1983	30	23 January 1983	28 December 1983	2 days	Complete
1982	12	1 January 1982	13 November 1982	1 days	Complete
1981	10	11 February 1981	15 December 1981	2 days	Complete
1980	9	21 March 1980	28 November 1980	2 days	Complete
1979	12	2 January 1979	26 November 1979	1 days	Complete
1978	14	13 January 1978	9 December 1978	2 days	Complete
1977	14	10 January 1977	21 December 1977	2 days	Complete
1976	7	27 January 1976	7 December 1976	1 days	Complete
1975	22	24 February 1975	26 December 1975	4 days	Complete
1974	12	21 January 1974	16 December 1974	1 days	Complete
1973	19	27 January 1973	26 December 1973	1 days	Complete
1972	19	3 February 1972	22 December 1972	2 days	Complete
1971	17	4 January 1971	29 November 1971	2 days	Complete
1970	7	10 February 1970	13 November 1970	1 days	Complete
1969	13	9 February 1969	26 December 1969	2 days	Complete
1968	14	14 January 1968	4 December 1968	1 days	Complete
1967	15	7 February 1967	28 December 1967	2 days	Complete
1966	8	13 February 1966	29 December 1966	1 days	Complete
1965	3	7 February 1965	7 October 1965	1 days	Complete
1964	8	9 January 1964	4 December 1964	2 days	Complete
1963	6	6 March 1963	29 November 1963	2 days	Complete
1962	8	6 January 1962	10 November 1962	1 days	Complete
1961	8	4 February 1961	18 December 1961	1 days	Complete
1960	14	11 February 1960	21 December 1960	1 days	Complete
1959	9	6 March 1959	12 December 1959	1 days	Complete
1958	6	6 April 1958	23 October 1958	2 days	Complete
1957	6	14 May 1957	26 December 1957	1 days	Complete
1956	5	6 February 1956	31 October 1956	1 days	Complete
1955	11	6 February 1955	4 November 1955	2 days	Complete
1954	9	17 April 1954	20 November 1954	1 days	Complete
1953	11	24 January 1953	14 December 1953	2 days	Complete
1952	10	11 March 1952	11 December 1952	1 days	Complete
1951	11	24 January 1951	18 December 1951	1 days	Complete
1950	7	5 July 1950	4 December 1950	2 days	Complete
1949	5	5 January 1949	27 July 1949	1 days	Complete
1948	11	13 January 1948	31 December 1948	2 days	Complete
1947	8	2 March 1947	26 December 1947	1 days	Complete
1946	13	15 March 1946	30 September 1946	1 days	Complete
1945	10	25 April 1945	29 December 1945	2 days	Complete
1944	10	4 January 1944	27 November 1944	3 days	Complete
1943	10	28 January 1943	26 December 1943	1 days	Complete
1942	16	31 January 1942	30 December 1942	2 days	Complete
1941	10	16 January 1941	13 December 1941	2 days	Complete
1940	11	14 January 1940	16 December 1940	1 days	Complete
1939	12	6 January 1939	5 November 1939	1 days	Complete
1938	9	7 January 1938	21 September 1938	3 days	Complete
1937	17	22 February 1937	28 November 1937	2 days	Complete
1936	15	3 January 1936	20 December 1936	1 days	Complete
1935	8	1 January 1935	28 November 1935	1 days	Complete
1934	13	5 January 1934	19 December 1934	1 days	Complete
1933	10	7 March 1933	26 December 1933	3 days	Complete
1932	14	6 January 1932	19 November 1932	2 days	Complete
1931	5	8 March 1931	11 August 1931	1 days	Complete
1930	8	13 February 1930	27 December 1930	1 days	Complete
1929	7	7 February 1929	18 December 1929	1 days	Complete
1928	16	14 February 1928	30 November 1928	2 days	Complete
1927	18	19 February 1927	4 December 1927	1 days	Complete
1926	11	4 February 1926	28 December 1926	1 days	Complete
1925	8	2 January 1925	3 December 1925	1 days	Complete
1924	18	3 January 1924	5 December 1924	2 days	Complete
1923	9	1 January 1923	5 December 1923	2 days	Complete
1922	11	11 January 1922	28 December 1922	1 days	Complete
1921	7	14 January 1921	30 September 1921	1 days	Complete
1920	17	4 February 1920	14 December 1920	3 days	Complete
1919	14	23 January 1919	23 September 1919	1 days	Complete
1918	11	12 January 1918	22 December 1918	2 days	Complete
1917	8	5 May 1917	8 December 1917	1 days	Complete
1916	8	25 February 1916	22 December 1916	1 days	Complete
1915	14	12 January 1915	18 December 1915	2 days	Complete
1914	12	24 January 1914	13 December 1914	1 days	Complete
1913	19	27 February 1913	23 December 1913	2 days	Complete
1912	13	26 February 1912	30 December 1912	1 days	Complete
1911	12	4 February 1911	18 November 1911	2 days	Complete
1910	10	6 January 1910	24 December 1910	2 days	Complete
1909	8	5 January 1909	13 December 1909	1 days	Complete
1908	12	7 January 1908	7 December 1908	1 days	Complete
1907	13	4 May 1907	23 December 1907	1 days	Complete
1906	12	3 March 1906	31 December 1906	2 days	Complete
1905	13	21 March 1905	21 December 1905	2 days	Complete
1904	9	7 March 1904	13 November 1904	2 days	Complete
1903	14	3 January 1903	20 December 1903	2 days	Complete
1902	14	21 February 1902	21 December 1902	1 days	Complete
1901	16	11 March 1901	29 December 1901	2 days	Complete
1900	14	11 January 1900	4 December 1900	2 days	Complete
1899	11	6 January 1899	24 December 1899	1 days	Complete
1898	13	23 January 1898	4 December 1898	1 days	Complete
1897	13	21 January 1897	14 December 1897	2 days	Complete
1896	12	6 February 1896	5 November 1896	2 days	Complete
1895	12	26 January 1895	31 December 1895	2 days	Complete
1894	10	6 July 1894	27 December 1894	1 days	Complete
1893	15	1 January 1893	3 December 1893	2 days	Complete
1892	6	2 January 1892	15 November 1892	1 days	Complete
1891	5	11 January 1891	5 September 1891	1 days	Complete
1890	10	15 January 1890	17 December 1890	2 days	Complete
1889	17	21 January 1889	27 November 1889	3 days	Complete
1888	20	1 January 1888	17 December 1888	1 days	Complete
1887	11	14 January 1887	28 December 1887	2 days	Complete
1886	8	5 January 1886	18 December 1886	1 days	Complete
1885	10	9 February 1885	13 December 1885	1 days	Complete
1884	17	8 January 1884	21 December 1884	2 days	Complete
1883	6	11 February 1883	29 October 1883	1 days	Complete
1882	7	1 March 1882	23 September 1882	3 days	Complete
1881	7	10 January 1881	10 June 1881	1 days	Complete
1880	8	19 March 1880	30 October 1880	1 days	Complete
1879	11	9 January 1879	14 December 1879	1 days	Complete
1878	14	14 January 1878	21 December 1878	1 days	Complete
1877	5	26 March 1877	9 October 1877	1 days	Complete
1876	11	14 February 1876	18 December 1876	1 days	Complete
1875	7	26 July 1875	23 November 1875	1 days	Complete
1874	11	7 January 1874	20 December 1874	2 days	Complete
1873	10	5 January 1873	24 November 1873	1 days	Complete
1872	13	10 March 1872	20 December 1872	1 days	Complete
1871	14	21 March 1871	14 November 1871	2 days	Complete
1870	11	2 January 1870	12 December 1870	1 days	Complete
1869	11	4 February 1869	26 December 1869	2 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in New York
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1860s	11.0	1
1870s	10.7	10
1880s	11.1	10
1890s	10.7	10
1900s	12.5	10
1910s	12.1	10
1920s	12.2	10
1930s	11.1	10
1940s	10.4	10
1950s	8.5	10
1960s	9.7	10
1970s	14.3	10
1980s	14.6	10
1990s	11.8	10
2000s	15.1	10
2010s	15.4	10
2020s	11.0	6

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Data for Days with 25 mm (0.98 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).