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New York weather by city

VSWeather covers 359 cities and towns in New York, from New York (population 8,516,202) down to Grandyle Village (population 5,000). Riverhead is the state's sunniest covered city at 205 sunny days a year. Fulton is its snowiest at 157 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

New York climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Riverhead 205 sunny days
  2. 2Coram 205 sunny days
  3. 3Centereach 205 sunny days
  4. 4Shirley 205 sunny days
  5. 5Medford 205 sunny days
  6. 6Selden 205 sunny days
  7. 7East Patchogue 205 sunny days
  8. 8Holtsville 205 sunny days
  9. 9Farmingville 205 sunny days
  10. 10Mastic Beach 205 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Fulton 157 in of snow
  2. 2Hamburg 144 in of snow
  3. 3Rome 142 in of snow
  4. 4Oswego 140 in of snow
  5. 5Fort Drum 129 in of snow
  6. 6Mattydale 126 in of snow
  7. 7North Syracuse 126 in of snow
  8. 8East Aurora 124 in of snow
  9. 9Oneida 123 in of snow
  10. 10De Witt 121 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Salamanca 192 wet days a year
  2. 2Saranac Lake 189 wet days a year
  3. 3Dunkirk 188 wet days a year
  4. 4Fredonia 188 wet days a year
  5. 5Jamestown 187 wet days a year
  6. 6Malone 185 wet days a year
  7. 7De Witt 185 wet days a year
  8. 8Oneida 185 wet days a year
  9. 9Rome 184 wet days a year
  10. 10East Aurora 183 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Great Neck 56 °F average
  2. 2Great Neck Plaza 56 °F average
  3. 3Manorhaven 56 °F average
  4. 4Kings Point 56 °F average
  5. 5New York 56 °F average
  6. 6Port Washington 56 °F average
  7. 7Manhasset 56 °F average
  8. 8Sea Cliff 56 °F average
  9. 9Mineola 56 °F average
  10. 10Pelham Manor 56 °F average

Popular New York comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered New York cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how New York cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).