New York-Kennedy Airport, NY

New York · Records since 1948–2026

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Currently in New York-Kennedy Airport
As of 9:45 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

87°F

September 26, 1970

+15° from 72° normal

❄ Record Low

47°F

September 26, 1949

-10° from 57° normal
🌞 Normal high: 72°F 🌑 Normal low: 57°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — New York-Kennedy Airport

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 3, 1966
❄
-2°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
8.05"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 29, 2023
☃
30.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 23, 2016

First & Last Dates — New York-Kennedy Airport

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
263 days
Longest growing season
1998
189 days
Shortest growing season
1976
229 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 87°F September 26, 1970
2 85°F September 26, 1958
3 82°F September 26, 2025
4 82°F September 26, 1968
5 81°F September 26, 1986
6 81°F September 26, 1961
7 80°F September 26, 2007
8 80°F September 26, 2004
9 80°F September 26, 1979
10 79°F September 26, 2018

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 47°F September 26, 1949
2 48°F September 26, 1973
3 48°F September 26, 1963
4 49°F September 26, 2000
5 49°F September 26, 1978
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1948–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — New York-Kennedy Airport

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
96°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
41
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1948–2026
10
2026 so far
10
Avg/year 1970–2025
11
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
32
Most in a year (2010)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — New York-Kennedy Airport

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 19, 1972 – Jul 25, 1972 7 100°F (Jul 23) 93°F 75°F
2 Aug 28, 1953 – Sep 3, 1953 7 98°F (Aug 29) 93°F 74°F
3 Aug 25, 1948 – Aug 30, 1948 6 101°F (Aug 27) 96°F 75°F
4 Jul 13, 1983 – Jul 18, 1983 6 100°F (Jul 16) 95°F 77°F
5 Jul 15, 2013 – Jul 20, 2013 6 100°F (Jul 18) 96°F 78°F
6 Jul 19, 2022 – Jul 24, 2022 6 96°F (Jul 23) 94°F 76°F
7 Jul 8, 1993 – Jul 12, 1993 5 101°F (Jul 9) 96°F 77°F
8 Jul 29, 2002 – Aug 2, 2002 5 99°F (Jul 29) 95°F 74°F
9 Aug 1, 2006 – Aug 5, 2006 5 99°F (Aug 3) 95°F 76°F
10 Jul 7, 1981 – Jul 11, 1981 5 97°F (Jul 9) 94°F 77°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

54
2026 total
above-normal nights
46.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
68
Most in a summer
2015

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1948–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1948, annual totals have trended +3.70" per decade, about +28.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How New York-Kennedy Airport is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

110 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

30.39"
2026 YTD
Normal: 31.89"
-1.50"
1.92"
September so far
September normal: 3.58"
-1.66"
10
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · New York-Kennedy Airport is 1.50" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
71.4°F
Average temperature
17th-warmest of 79
+0.8°
vs. average
Normal: 70.6°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1948–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.31° per decade (warming since 1948)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1948–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.08" per decade (drier since 1948)

Warmest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1961 75.7°F
2 2015 74.4°F
3 2005 74.2°F
4 2016 74.1°F
5 1983 73.2°F
6 2022 73.2°F
7 1971 73.2°F
8 2018 73.2°F
9 2021 72.9°F
10 1959 72.8°F

Coolest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1963 64.8°F
2 1975 65.4°F
3 1967 65.9°F
4 1986 66.2°F
5 1950 66.3°F
6 1962 66.3°F
7 1982 67.3°F
8 1949 67.4°F
9 1954 67.4°F
10 1976 67.4°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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