New York-LGA, NY: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 31.6°F in New York-LGA, NY, the coldest February since 2015, tied 22nd coldest of 87 (with 1986).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 31.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 22nd coldest of 87
Precipitation: 2.62 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 87

A normal February in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.5°F, between 30.2°F and 40.9°F in eight years of ten and 2.86 in of precipitation, between 1.42 in and 4.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in New York-LGA, NY since 1940: 31.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 22.9°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 30.2 to 40.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in New York-LGA, NY from 1940 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	31.6	65	37.4	68	25.8	62	2.62	50
2025	35.7	37	41.9	37	29.5	34	2.61	51
2024	39.6	13	45.6	15	33.6	5	1.88	70
2023	40.7	6	48.1	5	33.4	9	1.35	80
2022	37.5	21	45.6	15	29.4	36	3.18	34
2021	35.1	41	40	48	30.1	27	4.13	16
2020	39.9	11	46.1	13	33.6	5	2.72	48
2019	35.8	35	42.2	35	29.4	36	3.34	25
2018	42.4	2	50.1	1	34.8	4	5.94	1
2017	42.8	1	50	2	35.6	2	1.87	71
2016	38.4	17	45.6	15	31.2	20	4.36	10
2015	24.2	86	32	85	16.4	87	2.10	65
2014	31.3	68	37.4	68	25.3	66	4.93	7
2013	34.5	48	39.8	53	29.2	40	3.20	32
2012	41.4	3	47	10	35.8	1	1.34	81
2011	36.5	29	44.3	21	28.6	48	3.33	26
2010	33.8	52	38.2	61	29.4	36	5.02	6
2009	36.9	24	44.5	20	29.3	39	0.87	85
2008	36.8	25	44.1	23	29.6	32	5.32	5
2007	29.7	80	35.8	80	23.6	77	1.57	75
2006	36.8	25	43.1	28	30.4	25	2.89	41
2005	35.8	35	41.5	42	30	29	3.09	36
2004	35.3	40	41.7	38	28.9	45	2.54	55
2003	30.2	77	35.8	80	24.7	71	3.94	21
2002	40.8	4	48.2	4	33.5	7	0.66	87
2001	35.9	33	42.8	32	29.1	42	1.74	73
2000	37.4	22	43.8	25	31.1	21	1.51	77
1999	37.6	20	43.7	27	31.5	17	3.47	23
1998	40.8	4	46.3	12	35.3	3	4.28	13
1997	40.4	8	47.4	8	33.5	7	2.83	44
1996	35.1	41	41.6	40	28.7	46	2.14	62
1995	31.8	64	38.8	59	24.8	69	3.26	28
1994	30.2	77	37.1	72	23.4	79	2.83	44
1993	30.3	76	37.8	64	22.9	80	3.25	29
1992	36.5	29	42.9	31	30.1	27	1.43	78
1991	40.3	9	47.3	9	33.3	10	1.92	68
1990	39.8	12	48	6	31.7	16	1.56	76
1989	34.3	50	39.9	51	28.7	46	2.83	44
1988	35.1	41	41.6	40	28.6	48	3.44	24
1987	33.1	56	40	48	26.1	61	0.78	86
1986	31.6	65	36.5	75	26.7	58	2.74	47
1985	35.6	38	41.7	38	29.5	34	1.81	72
1984	39.2	14	45.5	18	32.8	11	4.31	11
1983	35	46	41	43	29	44	2.90	40
1982	35.1	41	41	43	29.2	40	2.25	60
1981	38.4	17	45	19	31.8	14	5.42	4
1980	30.7	72	36.6	74	24.8	69	0.95	83
1979	22.9	87	28.3	87	17.6	86	4.28	13
1978	26.9	85	31.5	86	22.3	83	0.92	84
1977	33.2	55	39.6	55	26.8	57	2.13	64
1976	40.7	6	48.9	3	32.5	12	2.94	38
1975	35.5	39	40.5	46	30.4	25	3.20	32
1974	31.9	62	38	63	25.8	62	1.28	82
1973	32.5	58	39.5	57	25.4	65	3.02	37
1972	30.6	74	37.3	71	23.9	75	4.80	9
1971	35.9	33	41	43	30.9	23	4.10	17
1970	32.7	57	39.6	55	25.8	62	3.24	30
1969	31.4	67	35.5	82	27.3	54	2.59	53
1968	29.1	82	36.2	76	21.9	84	1.37	79
1967	30.5	75	37.5	67	23.6	77	2.36	59
1966	34.5	48	39.2	58	29.8	31	4.29	12
1965	34.1	51	40.4	47	27.9	50	3.24	30
1964	32.5	58	37.4	68	27.7	51	2.39	58
1963	28	83	35.1	83	20.9	85	2.46	57
1962	30.8	71	36.2	76	25.3	66	4.08	19
1961	36.7	27	43.8	25	29.6	32	4.10	17
1960	36.5	29	43.1	28	30	29	5.76	2
1959	32.1	61	39.9	51	24.3	72	2.01	67
1958	27.9	84	33.1	84	22.8	81	5.47	3
1957	37.8	19	44.2	22	31.3	18	2.20	61
1956	37	23	43	30	31.1	21	4.84	8
1955	35.1	41	42.8	32	27.5	53	3.16	35
1954	40.2	10	48	6	32.3	13	1.89	69
1953	38.8	16	45.8	14	31.8	14	2.56	54
1952	36.5	29	42.2	35	30.8	24	2.61	51
1951	36.6	28	44.1	23	29.1	42	4.03	20
1950	32.4	60	38.3	60	26.4	59	4.20	15
1949	38.9	15	46.5	11	31.3	18	3.75	22
1948	30.7	72	37.6	65	23.8	76	2.50	56
1947	29.4	81	36.2	76	22.7	82	2.85	43
1946	31.1	69	38.1	62	24.2	73	2.06	66
1945	33.8	52	40	48	27.7	51	2.92	39
1944	33.4	54	39.8	53	27.1	55	2.14	62
1943	34.8	47	42.5	34	27	56	1.66	74
1942	30.1	79	36	79	24.1	74	2.86	42
1941	31	70	37.1	72	24.9	68	3.32	27
1940	31.9	62	37.6	65	26.2	60	2.71	49

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	42.8
2018	42.4
2012	41.4
2002	40.8
1998	40.8
2023	40.7
1976	40.7
1997	40.4
1991	40.3
1954	40.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	22.9
2015	24.2
1978	26.9
1958	27.9
1963	28
1968	29.1
1947	29.4
2007	29.7
1942	30.1
2003	30.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	5.94
1960	5.76
1958	5.47
1981	5.42
2008	5.32
2010	5.02
2014	4.93
1956	4.84
1972	4.80
2016	4.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.66
1987	0.78
2009	0.87
1978	0.92
1980	0.95
1974	1.28
2012	1.34
2023	1.35
1968	1.37
1992	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 52°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 5°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 23 February 2026

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Every answer in words

February 2026 brought 2.62 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the driest February since 2025, 38th driest of 87.
The hottest day of February 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 52°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 5°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 1.52 in on Monday 23 February 2026.