Rainy days · New York
How often does it rain in New York?
New York rain has somewhere to be and absolutely no patience for anyone without an umbrella.
New York gets measurable rain or snow on about 125 days a year, adding up to about 50 inches.
November usually brings New York about 9 wet days and 3.6 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is September, with about 9 wet days. That makes New York number 44 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 3.6 |
| February | 10 | 3.2 |
| March | 11 | 4.3 |
| April | 11 | 4.1 |
| May | 12 | 4.0 |
| June | 11 | 4.5 |
| July | 11 | 4.6 |
| August | 10 | 4.5 |
| September | 9 | 4.3 |
| October | 10 | 4.4 |
| November | 9 | 3.6 |
| December | 11 | 4.4 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: about 125 wet days a year
- Chicago, Illinois: about 126 wet days a year
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: about 126 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the New York, Central Park, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.