What is the hottest month in Queens?

July is Queens's hottest month, with the highest average daily high of the year. The month-by-month table above shows Queens's exact average high and low for each month, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals — the standard 30-year reference period meteorologists use.

What is the coldest month in Queens?

January is Queens's coldest month, with the lowest average daily low of the year. The averages-by-month chart above gives the exact average high and low for every month, so you can see how cold a typical winter day runs.

How much does it rain in Queens?

Queens's total annual precipitation and its wettest and driest months are shown in the rainfall-by-month section above. Those figures are 1991–2020 normals — the average monthly precipitation total across that 30-year window — so they reflect a typical year rather than any single wet or dry season.

What months are best to visit Queens?

The most comfortable months in Queens are usually the shoulder seasons — spring and fall — when temperatures sit between the summer peak and winter low and rainfall is moderate. Compare the average high, low, and precipitation for each month in the table above to pick the window that fits the weather you want.

Has Queens gotten hotter?

Yes. The warming-stripes chart above plots Queens's annual mean temperature for every complete year of station data from 1940 to 2025, and the trend line fitted to 1940–2025 rises about 3.5°F (+0.41°F per decade) — recent decades average warmer than the start of that window.

What is the record high temperature in Queens?

Queens's all-time record high — the hottest single day in the station record — is shown in the records section above, along with the date it occurred. Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station's full daily history, which begins in 1939, so they capture the most extreme heat on record, not just a typical summer day.

What is the record low temperature in Queens?

Queens's all-time record low and the date it was set appear in the records section above. Like the record high, it comes from the station's full daily history back to 1939, so it reflects the coldest day on record rather than an average winter low.

Queens, New York Climate

Queens weather by month — average highs and lows, rainfall, all-time records, and the warming record since 1940

Hottest month: 86°FJuly average high
Coldest month: 29°FJanuary average low
Precipitation: 45.3 ina year
Snowfall: 29.8 ina year

1991–2020 NOAA climate normals

At 10:08 AM EDT on Sep 21 it was 62°F in Queens — 6° below the 68°F typical for that hour (estimated from the Sep 21 normal high of 75°F and low of 62°F, interpolated from the monthly normals).

Queens weather by month

Average high, low, and rainfall for every month, from Queens’s 1991–2020 climate normals, the standard 30-year reference period. Each band runs from the month’s average low to its average high: a tall band is a big day-to-night swing.

40°29°

3.3″Jan

43°30°

2.9″Feb

50°36°

4.0″Mar

61°46°

3.9″Apr

72°56°

3.6″May

81°66°

4.0″Jun

86°72°

4.3″Jul

85°71°

4.4″Aug

77°64°

3.9″Sep

66°53°

3.8″Oct

55°43°

3.1″Nov

45°35°

4.1″Dec

Average high → low (°F)Rainfall (inches)1991–2020 normals

Queens monthly weather averages — average high, average low, and rainfall for each month, from the 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (NOAA).
Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Rainfall
January	40°F	29°F	3.3 in
February	43°F	30°F	2.9 in
March	50°F	36°F	4.0 in
April	61°F	46°F	3.9 in
May	72°F	56°F	3.6 in
June	81°F	66°F	4.0 in
July	86°F	72°F	4.3 in
August	85°F	71°F	4.4 in
September	77°F	64°F	3.9 in
October	66°F	53°F	3.8 in
November	55°F	43°F	3.1 in
December	45°F	35°F	4.1 in
Annual	64°F	50°F	45.3 in

Queens’s warming record since 1940

Queens has warmed 3.5°F since 1940 (+0.41°F per decade, 1940–2025 trend)

Not what a typical year looks like, but how the typical year has changed. Each stripe is one complete year’s average temperature at the station, 1940 to 2025, colored against the mean of those years: blue for cooler years, red for warmer ones. The figure under the stripes is the least-squares trend line fitted to 1940–2025 — Queens averages about 3.5°F warmer by that trend than in 1940.

Compared with the national rankingThe fastest-warming cities ranking fits every city to the same years, 1970–2025, so rates compare like for like. Over that window Queens warms at +0.73°F per decade, #19 of 66. The figure above uses the station’s own record, 1940–2025, so the two rates differ.

Queens rainfall by month

Queens averages 45.3 inches of precipitation a year. The wettest month is August and the driest is February.

Queens also averages 29.8 inches of snowfall a year.

Queens temperature records

All-time record high: 107°Fset July 3, 1966
All-time record low: -7°Fset February 15, 1943

Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station’s full daily history, so they capture the most extreme single day Queens has recorded — not a typical seasonal high or low.

Frequently asked

What is the hottest month in Queens?: July is Queens's hottest month, with the highest average daily high of the year. The month-by-month table above shows Queens's exact average high and low for each month, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals — the standard 30-year reference period meteorologists use.
What is the coldest month in Queens?: January is Queens's coldest month, with the lowest average daily low of the year. The averages-by-month chart above gives the exact average high and low for every month, so you can see how cold a typical winter day runs.
How much does it rain in Queens?: Queens's total annual precipitation and its wettest and driest months are shown in the rainfall-by-month section above. Those figures are 1991–2020 normals — the average monthly precipitation total across that 30-year window — so they reflect a typical year rather than any single wet or dry season.
What months are best to visit Queens?: The most comfortable months in Queens are usually the shoulder seasons — spring and fall — when temperatures sit between the summer peak and winter low and rainfall is moderate. Compare the average high, low, and precipitation for each month in the table above to pick the window that fits the weather you want.
Has Queens gotten hotter?: Yes. The warming-stripes chart above plots Queens's annual mean temperature for every complete year of station data from 1940 to 2025, and the trend line fitted to 1940–2025 rises about 3.5°F (+0.41°F per decade) — recent decades average warmer than the start of that window.
What is the record high temperature in Queens?: Queens's all-time record high — the hottest single day in the station record — is shown in the records section above, along with the date it occurred. Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station's full daily history, which begins in 1939, so they capture the most extreme heat on record, not just a typical summer day.
What is the record low temperature in Queens?: Queens's all-time record low and the date it was set appear in the records section above. Like the record high, it comes from the station's full daily history back to 1939, so it reflects the coldest day on record rather than an average winter low.