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NEW YORK · KINGS COUNTY

New York

8,478,072 people, 50 ft above sea level in Kings County.

50 ftElevation, city center
8,478,072People, 2024 estimate
300 sq miLand area
Mostly clear 59°
Mostly clear now Dew point 57° · WSW 4 mph · high 71°
City of New York River Interstate 5 miles
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The New York plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in New York

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 AM EDT
RIGHT NOW Central Park (KNYC) · 2:51 AM
Mostly clear
59° Mostly clear Feels like 59° · high of 71° near 2 PM
WindWSW 4 mphno gusts
Humidity93%falling to 68% this afternoon
Pressure29.94 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsA few cloudsbases near 1,800 ft
UV index4 by 12 PMmoderate
Dew point 57° · Comfortable66° by Thursday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Saturday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 280.51 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Kings County
NWS New York and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:37 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:49 AM6:42 PM ↓
11 h 52 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 92% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
22
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Sticky: dew points 56 to 66°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 71° / 58°
TUE Sept. 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
71° 58°
0% rain — NNW 1 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
75° 62°
0% rain — NNW 0 A
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
78° 66°
0% rain — SSW 4 A
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
81° 62°
20% rain — WSW 5 A
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
71° 57°
50% rain up to 0.7″ E 3 C
SUN Oct. 4 Showers likely Showers likely
68° 55°
60% rain up to 1.3″ E 5 C
MON Oct. 5 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
67° 49°
10% rain — NNW 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
Map of a 72-hour back-trajectory: the air now over New York was over a point about 710 miles to the northeast three days ago.
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over New York at 5,000 feet was over a point about 710 miles to the northeast three days ago, and over New England a day ago, about 870 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land the whole way. Traced hour by hour through GFS analyses of the 850 hPa wind.

THIS WEEK, THREE YEARS AGO Sept. 28–29, 2023

The wettest two days this week has seen

5.86 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1869. The next wettest, 5.28 inches, fell in 1913.

5.28″
5.86″
19132023
Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the New York-Central Park Area threaded record since 1869.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around New York on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Jersey City NJ · 7 MI 7 miles northwest Newark NJ · 13 MI 13 miles west Philadelphia PA · 77 MI 77 miles southwest Worcester MA · 157 MI 157 miles northeast Baltimore MD · 170 MI 170 miles southwest Boston MA · 190 MI 190 miles northeast
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NEW YORK · KINGS

New York

8,478,072 people, 50 ft above sea level in Kings County.

50 ftElevation
8,478,072People
300 sq miLand
Mostly clear 59°
Mostly clearDew point 57°
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Today in New York

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 58° 0%
6a partly cloudy night 58° 1%
9a mostly cloudy day 61° 1%
12p partly cloudy day 67° 1%
3p mostly cloudy day 70° 2%
6p mostly cloudy day 69° 2%
Showers
NEXT RAINSaturday · 50%
→
Tue0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58
71
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62
75
A
Thu0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
66
78
A
Fri20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62
81
A
Sat50%
Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
57
71
C
Sun60%
Showers likely Showers likely
55
68
C
Mon10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
49
67
B
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, THREE YEARS AGO · SEPT. 28–29, 2023

5.86 inches in two days, the most for this week since 1869.