Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) in New York

New York has had nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 158 years, most in 2015 with 79. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for New York

New York has had nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 158 years, 7,364 days in all.
The most in one year was 79 days in 2015.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 65 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 9 April 1991.
The latest last date in a year was 25 October 1908.
The longest run inside a single year was 44 days in 1988.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

158 years, 7,364 days

Days per year in New York with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 79 in 2015. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) per year in New York
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	42	42
1870	52	45.4
1871	34	45.4
1872	55	45.4
1873	37	45.4
1874	27	45.4
1875	44	45.4
1876	59	45.4
1877	55	45.4
1878	53	45.4
1879	38	45.4
1880	48	38.4
1881	37	38.4
1882	48	38.4
1883	32	38.4
1884	50	38.4
1885	37	38.4
1886	28	38.4
1887	40	38.4
1888	26	38.4
1889	38	38.4
1890	42	48.3
1891	53	48.3
1892	44	48.3
1893	26	48.3
1894	46	48.3
1895	57	48.3
1896	49	48.3
1897	46	48.3
1898	62	48.3
1899	58	48.3
1900	60	52.9
1901	65	52.9
1902	27	52.9
1903	33	52.9
1904	42	52.9
1905	58	52.9
1906	76	52.9
1907	58	52.9
1908	72	52.9
1909	38	52.9
1910	49	36
1911	38	36
1912	39	36
1913	30	36
1914	32	36
1915	31	36
1916	29	36
1917	40	36
1918	36	36
1919	36	36
1920	22	27.8
1921	34	27.8
1922	23	27.8
1923	23	27.8
1924	23	27.8
1925	30	27.8
1926	23	27.8
1927	17	27.8
1928	41	27.8
1929	42	27.8
1930	50	45
1931	55	45
1932	47	45
1933	45	45
1934	42	45
1935	38	45
1936	31	45
1937	39	45
1938	49	45
1939	54	45
1940	30	43.8
1941	38	43.8
1942	39	43.8
1943	55	43.8
1944	53	43.8
1945	44	43.8
1946	27	43.8
1947	44	43.8
1948	47	43.8
1949	61	43.8
1950	29	44.4
1951	40	44.4
1952	57	44.4
1953	47	44.4
1954	29	44.4
1955	52	44.4
1956	36	44.4
1957	48	44.4
1958	42	44.4
1959	64	44.4
1960	39	38.1
1961	59	38.1
1962	15	38.1
1963	24	38.1
1964	27	38.1
1965	31	38.1
1966	50	38.1
1967	35	38.1
1968	44	38.1
1969	57	38.1
1970	59	48.4
1971	59	48.4
1972	38	48.4
1973	58	48.4
1974	40	48.4
1975	39	48.4
1976	41	48.4
1977	56	48.4
1978	45	48.4
1979	49	48.4
1980	68	52.4
1981	59	52.4
1982	41	52.4
1983	61	52.4
1984	56	52.4
1985	47	52.4
1986	48	52.4
1987	49	52.4
1988	55	52.4
1989	40	52.4
1990	59	50.5
1991	49	50.5
1992	26	50.5
1993	50	50.5
1994	56	50.5
1995	54	50.5
1996	53	50.5
1997	39	50.5
1998	55	50.5
1999	64	50.5
2000	37	49.8
2001	47	49.8
2002	57	49.8
2003	51	49.8
2004	45	49.8
2005	78	49.8
2006	55	49.8
2007	48	49.8
2008	50	49.8
2009	30	49.8
2010	66	66.5
2011	64	66.5
2012	66	66.5
2013	64	66.5
2014	48	66.5
2015	79	66.5
2016	70	66.5
2017	71	66.5
2018	75	66.5
2019	62	66.5
2020	72	63.6
2021	65	63.6
2022	67	63.6
2023	65	63.6
2024	58	63.6
2025	53	63.6
2026	65	63.6

Season Span

earliest 9 April, latest 25 October

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in New York meeting 20 C (68 F). Long bars mean a long season.

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

Every Year

Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) per year in New York
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	65	16 April 2026	2 October 2026	11 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	53	5 June 2025	26 September 2025	17 days	Complete
2024	58	24 May 2024	1 September 2024	16 days	Complete
2023	65	14 April 2023	13 September 2023	30 days	Complete
2022	67	22 May 2022	19 September 2022	27 days	Complete
2021	65	23 May 2021	22 September 2021	20 days	Complete
2020	72	5 June 2020	28 September 2020	36 days	Complete
2019	62	6 June 2019	23 September 2019	21 days	Complete
2018	75	3 May 2018	11 October 2018	28 days	Complete
2017	71	18 May 2017	9 October 2017	11 days	Complete
2016	70	26 May 2016	21 September 2016	22 days	Complete
2015	79	11 May 2015	29 September 2015	19 days	Complete
2014	48	17 June 2014	15 October 2014	10 days	Complete
2013	64	21 May 2013	12 September 2013	20 days	Complete
2012	66	28 May 2012	7 September 2012	22 days	Complete
2011	64	30 May 2011	28 September 2011	18 days	Complete
2010	66	31 May 2010	30 September 2010	26 days	Complete
2009	30	28 April 2009	23 September 2009	12 days	Complete
2008	50	8 June 2008	14 September 2008	10 days	Complete
2007	48	26 May 2007	4 October 2007	8 days	Complete
2006	55	17 June 2006	28 August 2006	15 days	Complete
2005	78	8 June 2005	7 October 2005	44 days	Complete
2004	45	8 June 2004	17 September 2004	6 days	Complete
2003	51	24 June 2003	20 September 2003	16 days	Complete
2002	57	16 April 2002	22 September 2002	13 days	Complete
2001	47	3 May 2001	10 September 2001	13 days	Complete
2000	37	6 May 2000	12 September 2000	4 days	Complete
1999	64	31 May 1999	29 September 1999	24 days	Complete
1998	55	20 June 1998	27 September 1998	12 days	Complete
1997	39	11 June 1997	18 September 1997	9 days	Complete
1996	53	20 May 1996	11 September 1996	11 days	Complete
1995	54	1 June 1995	4 October 1995	25 days	Complete
1994	56	7 June 1994	17 September 1994	20 days	Complete
1993	50	25 May 1993	15 September 1993	12 days	Complete
1992	26	8 June 1992	22 September 1992	4 days	Complete
1991	49	9 April 1991	18 September 1991	11 days	Complete
1990	59	28 April 1990	14 October 1990	17 days	Complete
1989	40	31 May 1989	22 September 1989	5 days	Complete
1988	55	31 May 1988	20 September 1988	44 days	Complete
1987	49	29 May 1987	13 September 1987	10 days	Complete
1986	48	19 May 1986	4 October 1986	14 days	Complete
1985	47	3 June 1985	22 September 1985	8 days	Complete
1984	56	6 June 1984	25 September 1984	17 days	Complete
1983	61	12 June 1983	20 September 1983	15 days	Complete
1982	41	16 June 1982	2 September 1982	13 days	Complete
1981	59	26 May 1981	14 September 1981	16 days	Complete
1980	68	23 May 1980	22 September 1980	33 days	Complete
1979	49	10 May 1979	29 September 1979	26 days	Complete
1978	45	21 May 1978	30 August 1978	15 days	Complete
1977	56	25 May 1977	19 September 1977	13 days	Complete
1976	41	18 April 1976	17 September 1976	5 days	Complete
1975	39	21 May 1975	27 August 1975	12 days	Complete
1974	40	10 June 1974	13 September 1974	9 days	Complete
1973	58	7 June 1973	6 September 1973	12 days	Complete
1972	38	9 June 1972	26 September 1972	15 days	Complete
1971	59	8 June 1971	18 September 1971	12 days	Complete
1970	59	10 May 1970	26 September 1970	13 days	Complete
1969	57	29 May 1969	3 October 1969	15 days	Complete
1968	44	6 June 1968	25 September 1968	9 days	Complete
1967	35	11 June 1967	27 August 1967	7 days	Complete
1966	50	5 June 1966	5 September 1966	12 days	Complete
1965	31	27 May 1965	23 September 1965	5 days	Complete
1964	27	9 May 1964	31 August 1964	8 days	Complete
1963	24	25 June 1963	23 August 1963	8 days	Complete
1962	15	31 May 1962	10 September 1962	3 days	Complete
1961	59	2 June 1961	25 September 1961	18 days	Complete
1960	39	3 June 1960	9 September 1960	9 days	Complete
1959	64	21 May 1959	5 October 1959	13 days	Complete
1958	42	9 June 1958	26 September 1958	8 days	Complete
1957	48	13 June 1957	22 September 1957	10 days	Complete
1956	36	13 May 1956	6 September 1956	11 days	Complete
1955	52	25 May 1955	2 September 1955	14 days	Complete
1954	29	22 June 1954	4 October 1954	6 days	Complete
1953	47	5 June 1953	6 September 1953	14 days	Complete
1952	57	9 June 1952	13 September 1952	13 days	Complete
1951	40	2 June 1951	5 October 1951	9 days	Complete
1950	29	8 June 1950	10 September 1950	6 days	Complete
1949	61	5 June 1949	11 October 1949	13 days	Complete
1948	47	25 June 1948	20 September 1948	8 days	Complete
1947	44	28 June 1947	15 September 1947	6 days	Complete
1946	27	8 June 1946	10 September 1946	8 days	Complete
1945	44	12 June 1945	28 September 1945	5 days	Complete
1944	53	28 May 1944	21 September 1944	16 days	Complete
1943	55	3 June 1943	8 September 1943	11 days	Complete
1942	39	4 May 1942	18 September 1942	7 days	Complete
1941	38	8 June 1941	5 October 1941	6 days	Complete
1940	30	4 June 1940	2 September 1940	13 days	Complete
1939	54	28 May 1939	16 September 1939	34 days	Complete
1938	49	12 June 1938	31 August 1938	34 days	Complete
1937	39	1 June 1937	4 September 1937	10 days	Complete
1936	31	3 June 1936	12 September 1936	8 days	Complete
1935	38	27 June 1935	27 August 1935	15 days	Complete
1934	42	6 May 1934	24 September 1934	9 days	Complete
1933	45	27 May 1933	27 September 1933	7 days	Complete
1932	47	27 May 1932	5 October 1932	8 days	Complete
1931	55	30 May 1931	23 September 1931	12 days	Complete
1930	50	6 May 1930	26 September 1930	12 days	Complete
1929	42	29 May 1929	10 September 1929	6 days	Complete
1928	41	26 June 1928	13 September 1928	6 days	Complete
1927	17	11 June 1927	2 October 1927	7 days	Complete
1926	23	30 June 1926	29 August 1926	7 days	Complete
1925	30	2 June 1925	14 September 1925	5 days	Complete
1924	23	24 June 1924	1 September 1924	6 days	Complete
1923	23	5 June 1923	4 September 1923	6 days	Complete
1922	23	7 June 1922	10 September 1922	4 days	Complete
1921	34	22 June 1921	29 September 1921	8 days	Complete
1920	22	16 June 1920	30 August 1920	6 days	Complete
1919	36	30 May 1919	22 September 1919	10 days	Complete
1918	36	7 May 1918	5 September 1918	12 days	Complete
1917	40	23 June 1917	30 August 1917	8 days	Complete
1916	29	2 July 1916	7 September 1916	8 days	Complete
1915	31	15 July 1915	17 September 1915	11 days	Complete
1914	32	26 May 1914	23 September 1914	5 days	Complete
1913	30	17 June 1913	8 September 1913	6 days	Complete
1912	39	2 June 1912	15 September 1912	15 days	Complete
1911	38	22 May 1911	22 September 1911	12 days	Complete
1910	49	25 May 1910	6 October 1910	9 days	Complete
1909	38	14 June 1909	23 September 1909	9 days	Complete
1908	72	24 May 1908	25 October 1908	33 days	Complete
1907	58	17 June 1907	24 September 1907	8 days	Complete
1906	76	17 May 1906	22 September 1906	35 days	Complete
1905	58	15 June 1905	19 October 1905	11 days	Complete
1904	42	26 May 1904	19 September 1904	8 days	Complete
1903	33	20 May 1903	16 September 1903	6 days	Complete
1902	27	24 May 1902	20 September 1902	10 days	Complete
1901	65	23 June 1901	29 September 1901	30 days	Complete
1900	60	15 May 1900	5 October 1900	19 days	Complete
1899	58	1 June 1899	25 September 1899	8 days	Complete
1898	62	20 May 1898	5 October 1898	18 days	Complete
1897	46	4 June 1897	13 September 1897	15 days	Complete
1896	49	10 May 1896	15 September 1896	15 days	Complete
1895	57	9 May 1895	26 September 1895	13 days	Complete
1894	46	11 June 1894	19 September 1894	8 days	Complete
1893	26	6 June 1893	29 August 1893	6 days	Complete
1892	44	1 June 1892	25 September 1892	9 days	Complete
1891	53	3 June 1891	29 September 1891	8 days	Complete
1890	42	5 June 1890	16 September 1890	16 days	Complete
1889	38	9 June 1889	17 September 1889	7 days	Complete
1888	26	15 June 1888	17 September 1888	6 days	Complete
1887	40	17 June 1887	7 September 1887	17 days	Complete
1886	28	17 June 1886	28 September 1886	7 days	Complete
1885	37	26 June 1885	15 September 1885	12 days	Complete
1884	50	23 May 1884	30 September 1884	9 days	Complete
1883	32	5 June 1883	23 August 1883	7 days	Complete
1882	48	8 June 1882	20 September 1882	8 days	Complete
1881	37	31 May 1881	1 October 1881	5 days	Complete
1880	48	10 May 1880	27 September 1880	13 days	Complete
1879	38	1 June 1879	9 October 1879	13 days	Complete
1878	53	27 June 1878	12 September 1878	12 days	Complete
1877	55	17 May 1877	28 September 1877	17 days	Complete
1876	59	29 May 1876	1 September 1876	29 days	Complete
1875	44	22 May 1875	6 September 1875	16 days	Complete
1874	27	9 June 1874	11 September 1874	8 days	Complete
1873	37	5 June 1873	4 September 1873	12 days	Complete
1872	55	13 June 1872	9 September 1872	22 days	Complete
1871	34	30 May 1871	29 August 1871	7 days	Complete
1870	52	15 June 1870	25 September 1870	19 days	Complete
1869	42	1 June 1869	8 September 1869	7 days	Complete

Decade averages for Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) in New York
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1860s	42.0	1
1870s	45.4	10
1880s	38.4	10
1890s	48.3	10
1900s	52.9	10
1910s	36.0	10
1920s	27.8	10
1930s	45.0	10
1940s	43.8	10
1950s	44.4	10
1960s	38.1	10
1970s	48.4	10
1980s	52.4	10
1990s	50.5	10
2000s	49.8	10
2010s	66.5	10
2020s	63.3	6

Compare with your own threshold in the threshold explorer. Fahrenheit thresholds are converted to tenths of a degree Celsius once, rounding half up.

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Data for Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) 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).