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New York-LGA, NY

40.779°N, 73.880°W · station LGAthr · 88 years of record
64°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for New York-LGA.
69°WED9/271°THU9/373°FRI9/468°SAT9/565°SUN9/664°MON9/765°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at New York-LGA — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#33 / 86
coldest Sep 7 in 86 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

53°F
set in 1962

Mildest Sep 7 ever

78°F
set in 2023
Forecast low 64°F — 33rd coldest Sep 7 of 86 years · record 53°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
1940: 58°F1941: 73°F1942: 60°F1943: 72°F1944: 67°F1945: 67°F1946: 62°F1947: 71°F1948: 66°F1949: 54°F1950: 59°F1951: 62°F1952: 65°F1953: 69°F1954: 70°F1955: 61°F1956: 72°F1957: 68°F1958: 69°F1959: 69°F1960: 62°F1961: 69°F1962: 53°F1963: 56°F1964: 64°F1965: 67°F1966: 66°F1967: 62°F1968: 67°F1969: 73°F1970: 63°F1971: 70°F1972: 58°F1973: 67°F1974: 57°F1975: 63°F1976: 57°F1977: 64°F1978: 65°F1979: 70°F1980: 70°F1981: 67°F1982: 61°F1983: 74°F1984: 53°F1985: 73°F1986: 58°F1987: 70°F1988: 53°F1989: 63°F1990: 71°F1991: 66°F1992: 63°F1993: 67°F1994: 62°F1995: 72°F1996: 70°F1997: 66°F1998: 66°F1999: 74°F2000: 55°F2001: 68°F2002: 65°F2003: 64°F2004: 60°F2005: 66°F2006: 65°F2007: 72°F2008: 72°F2009: 61°F2010: 70°F2011: 62°F2012: 72°F2013: 61°F2014: 66°F2015: 71°F2016: 72°F2017: 61°F2018: 71°F2019: 58°F2020: 70°F2021: 68°F2022: 67°F2023: 78°F2024: 63°F2025: 60°F64° forecast50556065707580194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 764°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record53°F
This-date rank#33 of 86
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-7°F (1943)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1939–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at New York-LGA in each calendar month, and for the whole 1939–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan72°FJan 26, 1950-3°FJan 21, 1985
Feb79°FFeb 21, 2018-7°FFeb 15, 1943
Mar86°FMar 29, 19457°FMar 4, 1943
Apr94°FApr 17, 200222°FApr 6, 1982
May97°FMay 20, 199636°FMay 9, 2020
Jun101°FJun 26, 195246°FJun 1, 1945
Jul107°FJul 3, 196656°FJul 1, 1943
Aug104°FAug 9, 200151°FAug 29, 1982
Sep102°FSep 2, 195342°FSep 23, 1947
Oct95°FOct 2, 201930°FOct 24, 1969
Nov83°FNov 1, 195017°FNov 29, 1955
Dec75°FDec 7, 1998-2°FDec 20, 1942
All-time107°FJul 3, 1966-7°FFeb 15, 1943

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at New York-LGA so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

86°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 5, 1999

Coldest high ever

8°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 21, 1985
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan57°FJan 4, 19508°FJan 21, 1985
Feb54°FFeb 23, 198511°FFeb 17, 1958
Mar62°FMar 10, 201619°FMar 18, 1967
Apr73°FApr 17, 200230°FApr 7, 1982
May80°FMay 18, 201744°FMay 7, 1967
Jun84°FJun 26, 195253°FJun 3, 1945
Jul86°FJul 5, 199962°FJul 6, 1956
Aug86°FAug 2, 200661°FAug 26, 1940
Sep81°FSep 2, 201052°FSep 24, 1950
Oct73°FOct 1, 195441°FOct 26, 1962
Nov66°FNov 2, 197126°FNov 30, 1958
Dec59°FDec 4, 199810°FDec 25, 1983
All-time86°FJul 5, 19998°FJan 21, 1985

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

51 days
record run, ended Feb 9 1977

So far in 2026

51 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from New York-LGA's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 40°FJan: 28°FFeb: 43°FFeb: 29°FMar: 50°FMar: 36°FApr: 61°FApr: 45°FMay: 72°FMay: 55°FJun: 81°FJun: 65°FJul: 86°FJul: 71°FAug: 84°FAug: 71°FSep: 77°FSep: 64°FOct: 66°FOct: 53°FNov: 55°FNov: 43°FDec: 45°FDec: 34°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:22 AM
Sunset6:28 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight13h 06m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.78°N, 73.88°W

Nearby Stations

New York-Central Park, NY4 mi WNew York-Kennedy Airport, NY11 mi SENewark, NJ16 mi WIslip, NY40 mi EBridgeport, CT47 mi NEPoughkeepsie, NY58 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

New York-LGA's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
New York-LGA, NY — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against New York-LGA's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
New York-LGA, NY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1939

Each cell is one day's low at New York-LGA, coloured by temperature — 88 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
New York-LGA, NY daily low heat map 1939–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at New York-LGA — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
51 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 46th most in 88 years. Normal for this point: 51. Record: 79 in 1940.

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