Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in New York

New York has had days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 139 years, most in 1983 with 10. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for New York

New York has had days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 139 years, 386 days in all.
The most in one year was 10 days in 1983.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 1 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1888.
The latest last date in a year was 29 December 1901.
The longest run inside a single year was 2 days in 1874.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

139 years, 386 days

Days per year in New York with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 10 in 1983. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	2	2
1871	4	2.4
1872	1	2.4
1873	2	2.4
1874	3	2.4
1875	1	2.4
1876	3	2.4
1877	2	2.4
1878	5	2.4
1879	1	2.4
1881	2	2.6
1882	3	2.6
1884	1	2.6
1885	1	2.6
1886	3	2.6
1887	1	2.6
1888	5	2.6
1889	5	2.6
1892	1	2.6
1893	4	2.6
1894	1	2.6
1896	4	2.6
1897	4	2.6
1898	2	2.6
1899	2	2.6
1900	1	3.1
1901	4	3.1
1902	3	3.1
1903	5	3.1
1904	2	3.1
1905	1	3.1
1906	3	3.1
1907	3	3.1
1908	4	3.1
1909	5	3.1
1910	3	2.2
1911	2	2.2
1912	2	2.2
1913	4	2.2
1914	1	2.2
1915	3	2.2
1916	2	2.2
1917	2	2.2
1918	1	2.2
1919	2	2.2
1920	2	1.8
1921	2	1.8
1922	1	1.8
1923	1	1.8
1924	4	1.8
1925	1	1.8
1926	2	1.8
1927	2	1.8
1929	1	1.8
1930	2	3
1932	3	3
1933	6	3
1934	2	3
1936	3	3
1937	5	3
1938	2	3
1939	1	3
1940	3	1.9
1941	3	1.9
1942	1	1.9
1943	1	1.9
1944	2	1.9
1945	1	1.9
1946	4	1.9
1947	1	1.9
1948	1	1.9
1951	2	1.7
1953	3	1.7
1954	1	1.7
1955	3	1.7
1956	1	1.7
1957	1	1.7
1958	1	1.7
1960	3	2.5
1961	1	2.5
1962	1	2.5
1963	3	2.5
1966	4	2.5
1967	3	2.5
1968	3	2.5
1969	2	2.5
1970	1	3.5
1971	5	3.5
1972	5	3.5
1973	5	3.5
1974	6	3.5
1975	3	3.5
1976	2	3.5
1977	2	3.5
1978	2	3.5
1979	4	3.5
1980	5	4.2
1982	2	4.2
1983	10	4.2
1984	6	4.2
1985	3	4.2
1986	1	4.2
1987	2	4.2
1988	1	4.2
1989	8	4.2
1990	5	3.2
1991	5	3.2
1992	4	3.2
1993	1	3.2
1995	3	3.2
1996	4	3.2
1997	2	3.2
1998	3	3.2
1999	2	3.2
2000	2	3.4
2001	1	3.4
2002	2	3.4
2003	2	3.4
2004	4	3.4
2005	5	3.4
2006	5	3.4
2007	7	3.4
2008	5	3.4
2009	1	3.4
2010	4	3.1
2011	9	3.1
2012	1	3.1
2013	3	3.1
2014	2	3.1
2015	1	3.1
2016	2	3.1
2017	3	3.1
2018	3	3.1
2020	1	2.8
2021	6	2.8
2023	4	2.8
2024	4	2.8
2025	1	2.8
2026	1	2.8

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 29 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in New York meeting 50 mm (1.97 in). Long bars mean a long season.

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

Every Year

Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation per year in New York
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	1	20 August 2026	20 August 2026	1 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	1	14 July 2025	14 July 2025	1 days	Complete
2024	4	23 March 2024	18 August 2024	1 days	Complete
2023	4	29 April 2023	18 December 2023	2 days	Complete
2021	6	8 July 2021	26 October 2021	2 days	Complete
2020	1	10 July 2020	10 July 2020	1 days	Complete
2018	3	16 April 2018	11 August 2018	1 days	Complete
2017	3	14 March 2017	29 October 2017	1 days	Complete
2016	2	23 January 2016	29 November 2016	1 days	Complete
2015	1	18 January 2015	18 January 2015	1 days	Complete
2014	2	30 April 2014	9 December 2014	1 days	Complete
2013	3	8 May 2013	27 November 2013	1 days	Complete
2012	1	22 April 2012	22 April 2012	1 days	Complete
2011	9	6 March 2011	29 October 2011	2 days	Complete
2010	4	25 February 2010	1 October 2010	1 days	Complete
2009	1	18 June 2009	18 June 2009	1 days	Complete
2008	5	14 June 2008	11 December 2008	1 days	Complete
2007	7	2 March 2007	8 August 2007	1 days	Complete
2006	5	23 April 2006	8 November 2006	1 days	Complete
2005	5	28 March 2005	13 October 2005	2 days	Complete
2004	4	23 July 2004	28 September 2004	1 days	Complete
2003	2	4 June 2003	4 August 2003	1 days	Complete
2002	2	29 August 2002	11 October 2002	1 days	Complete
2001	1	30 March 2001	30 March 2001	1 days	Complete
2000	2	6 June 2000	26 July 2000	1 days	Complete
1999	2	3 January 1999	16 September 1999	1 days	Complete
1998	3	23 January 1998	7 September 1998	1 days	Complete
1997	2	31 March 1997	24 July 1997	1 days	Complete
1996	4	16 April 1996	19 October 1996	1 days	Complete
1995	3	17 July 1995	21 October 1995	1 days	Complete
1993	1	13 March 1993	13 March 1993	1 days	Complete
1992	4	31 May 1992	11 December 1992	1 days	Complete
1991	5	3 March 1991	25 September 1991	1 days	Complete
1990	5	16 May 1990	23 October 1990	1 days	Complete
1989	8	24 March 1989	20 October 1989	1 days	Complete
1988	1	20 November 1988	20 November 1988	1 days	Complete
1987	2	1 March 1987	4 April 1987	1 days	Complete
1986	1	26 January 1986	26 January 1986	1 days	Complete
1985	3	26 July 1985	16 November 1985	1 days	Complete
1984	6	13 March 1984	7 July 1984	1 days	Complete
1983	10	18 March 1983	22 December 1983	1 days	Complete
1982	2	4 January 1982	28 July 1982	1 days	Complete
1980	5	21 March 1980	29 July 1980	1 days	Complete
1979	4	21 January 1979	23 May 1979	1 days	Complete
1978	2	14 May 1978	24 May 1978	1 days	Complete
1977	2	22 March 1977	8 November 1977	1 days	Complete
1976	2	1 May 1976	9 August 1976	1 days	Complete
1975	3	12 June 1975	24 September 1975	2 days	Complete
1974	6	21 March 1974	16 December 1974	1 days	Complete
1973	5	2 February 1973	21 December 1973	1 days	Complete
1972	5	20 May 1972	14 November 1972	1 days	Complete
1971	5	30 July 1971	10 October 1971	1 days	Complete
1970	1	10 February 1970	10 February 1970	1 days	Complete
1969	2	3 September 1969	4 September 1969	2 days	Complete
1968	3	24 April 1968	24 July 1968	1 days	Complete
1967	3	18 June 1967	27 August 1967	1 days	Complete
1966	4	13 February 1966	19 October 1966	1 days	Complete
1963	3	29 September 1963	29 November 1963	1 days	Complete
1962	1	12 March 1962	12 March 1962	1 days	Complete
1961	1	4 February 1961	4 February 1961	1 days	Complete
1960	3	30 July 1960	12 September 1960	1 days	Complete
1958	1	6 April 1958	6 April 1958	1 days	Complete
1957	1	14 May 1957	14 May 1957	1 days	Complete
1956	1	31 October 1956	31 October 1956	1 days	Complete
1955	3	12 August 1955	6 October 1955	2 days	Complete
1954	1	11 September 1954	11 September 1954	1 days	Complete
1953	3	13 March 1953	28 October 1953	1 days	Complete
1951	2	30 March 1951	7 November 1951	1 days	Complete
1948	1	30 May 1948	30 May 1948	1 days	Complete
1947	1	26 December 1947	26 December 1947	1 days	Complete
1946	4	27 May 1946	3 August 1946	1 days	Complete
1945	1	14 September 1945	14 September 1945	1 days	Complete
1944	2	13 September 1944	14 September 1944	2 days	Complete
1943	1	26 October 1943	26 October 1943	1 days	Complete
1942	1	9 August 1942	9 August 1942	1 days	Complete
1941	3	7 February 1941	13 December 1941	1 days	Complete
1940	3	14 January 1940	25 September 1940	1 days	Complete
1939	1	19 August 1939	19 August 1939	1 days	Complete
1938	2	23 July 1938	21 September 1938	1 days	Complete
1937	5	12 July 1937	28 November 1937	1 days	Complete
1936	3	19 January 1936	17 October 1936	1 days	Complete
1934	2	31 March 1934	8 September 1934	1 days	Complete
1933	6	12 April 1933	15 September 1933	2 days	Complete
1932	3	28 March 1932	18 October 1932	1 days	Complete
1930	2	3 July 1930	23 August 1930	1 days	Complete
1929	1	2 October 1929	2 October 1929	1 days	Complete
1927	2	8 August 1927	1 September 1927	1 days	Complete
1926	2	12 August 1926	6 September 1926	1 days	Complete
1925	1	31 July 1925	31 July 1925	1 days	Complete
1924	4	20 February 1924	26 August 1924	1 days	Complete
1923	1	23 October 1923	23 October 1923	1 days	Complete
1922	1	1 July 1922	1 July 1922	1 days	Complete
1921	2	20 February 1921	7 August 1921	1 days	Complete
1920	2	3 July 1920	30 September 1920	1 days	Complete
1919	2	27 June 1919	23 September 1919	1 days	Complete
1918	1	30 July 1918	30 July 1918	1 days	Complete
1917	2	14 June 1917	24 October 1917	1 days	Complete
1916	2	25 February 1916	16 May 1916	1 days	Complete
1915	3	12 January 1915	4 August 1915	1 days	Complete
1914	1	1 March 1914	1 March 1914	1 days	Complete
1913	4	28 July 1913	25 October 1913	1 days	Complete
1912	2	23 October 1912	7 November 1912	1 days	Complete
1911	2	31 August 1911	18 October 1911	1 days	Complete
1910	3	12 June 1910	3 November 1910	1 days	Complete
1909	5	25 March 1909	13 December 1909	1 days	Complete
1908	4	19 February 1908	7 December 1908	1 days	Complete
1907	3	24 August 1907	29 September 1907	1 days	Complete
1906	3	3 March 1906	27 May 1906	1 days	Complete
1905	1	3 September 1905	3 September 1905	1 days	Complete
1904	2	20 August 1904	14 September 1904	1 days	Complete
1903	5	12 June 1903	9 October 1903	2 days	Complete
1902	3	28 July 1902	16 December 1902	1 days	Complete
1901	4	11 March 1901	29 December 1901	1 days	Complete
1900	1	19 May 1900	19 May 1900	1 days	Complete
1899	2	10 August 1899	2 September 1899	1 days	Complete
1898	2	20 February 1898	13 July 1898	1 days	Complete
1897	4	13 July 1897	14 December 1897	1 days	Complete
1896	4	6 February 1896	6 July 1896	1 days	Complete
1894	1	19 September 1894	19 September 1894	1 days	Complete
1893	4	4 May 1893	23 October 1893	1 days	Complete
1892	1	15 November 1892	15 November 1892	1 days	Complete
1889	5	20 July 1889	27 November 1889	1 days	Complete
1888	5	1 January 1888	17 December 1888	1 days	Complete
1887	1	1 June 1887	1 June 1887	1 days	Complete
1886	3	11 February 1886	8 May 1886	1 days	Complete
1885	1	3 August 1885	3 August 1885	1 days	Complete
1884	1	26 June 1884	26 June 1884	1 days	Complete
1882	3	11 September 1882	23 September 1882	2 days	Complete
1881	2	19 March 1881	10 June 1881	1 days	Complete
1879	1	18 August 1879	18 August 1879	1 days	Complete
1878	5	22 February 1878	22 November 1878	1 days	Complete
1877	2	17 July 1877	4 October 1877	1 days	Complete
1876	3	25 March 1876	17 September 1876	1 days	Complete
1875	1	12 August 1875	12 August 1875	1 days	Complete
1874	3	7 January 1874	18 September 1874	2 days	Complete
1873	2	20 August 1873	24 November 1873	1 days	Complete
1872	1	26 July 1872	26 July 1872	1 days	Complete
1871	4	21 March 1871	10 October 1871	1 days	Complete
1869	2	15 February 1869	4 October 1869	1 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in New York
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1860s	2.0	1
1870s	2.4	9
1880s	2.6	8
1890s	2.6	7
1900s	3.1	10
1910s	2.2	10
1920s	1.8	9
1930s	3.0	8
1940s	1.9	9
1950s	1.7	7
1960s	2.5	8
1970s	3.5	10
1980s	4.2	9
1990s	3.2	9
2000s	3.4	10
2010s	3.1	9
2020s	3.2	5

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Data for Days with 50 mm (1.97 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).