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New York City can occasionally experince strong winds, like many coastal locations. Tropical cyclones or intense oceanic storms bring the strongest winds. The strongest gust in Central Park, of 78 miles per hour (126 km/h), occurred on December 2, 1974, however, a station at The Battery reported a gust of 113 miles per hour (182 km/h) on ...
The intense heat moved eastwards and peaked along the Interstate 95 corridor on July 22, 2011, with Central Park in New York City breaking the record for the day at 104 °F (40 °C) or more in the interior of city which was the hottest temperature the city had experienced in over three decades.
Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
Record wettest and driest is based on a 112-year period of records (from 1895 until 2006). High temperatures began briefly in the Northeast from June 1 to 3. On June 3, Allentown, Pennsylvania, had a high of 95 °F (35 °C) (20 °F (11 °C) above the average) while New York City had a high of 90 °F (32 °C).
Xinchang, Zhejiang endured extreme hot weather of 44.1 °C (111.4 °F), on 8 August Fenghua, Zhejiang reached a new all-time record high temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F), Changsha, Hunan in July 2013 achieved a high temperature "Grand Slam", all 31 days in July set a new daily record high temperature of over 35 °C (95 °F).
There were ten days of temperatures at least 90 °F (32 °C) with high humidity and little breeze. [4] The temperatures in New York did not drop below 72 °F (22 °C) at night, with three consecutive nights at 80 °F (27 °C) or above. It killed more than the New York City draft riots and the Great Chicago Fire combined. [2]
Also on May 22, New York City sets a record high low temperature of 72 °F (22 °C), although the high of 89 °F (32 °C) was not a record. [8] Very brief intense heat returned on May 31, as much of the New York Metropolitan Area set record highs that day. [9] Toronto also recorded a record high of 32.2 °C (90.0 °F) that day. [10]
The annual average temperature across the state ranges from around 39 °F (4 °C) over the Adirondack Mountains to near 53 °F (12 °C) across the Hudson Valley and Long Island, to around 56 °F (13 °C) within New York City. [2] Weather in New York is heavily influenced by two air masses: a warm, humid one from the southwest and a cold, dry ...