{
  "name": "New York City",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/new-york/",
  "summary": "The largest city in the United States, with a snowy winter most years and the occasional blizzard.",
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "New York",
    "latitude": 40.71,
    "longitude": -74.01
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 27
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "November"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 2.6,
      "february": 2.9,
      "march": 2,
      "april": 0.2,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0.3,
      "december": 2.1
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 22,
      "february": 31,
      "march": 26,
      "april": 2,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 3,
      "december": 16
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -2.8,
        "high": 4.6
      },
      "february": {
        "low": -2,
        "high": 6.8
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 1.2,
        "high": 10.7
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 6.3,
        "high": 16
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 11.7,
        "high": 21.1
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 17.2,
        "high": 26.7
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 21.1,
        "high": 29.9
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 20,
        "high": 28.4
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 16.7,
        "high": 24.9
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 11,
        "high": 19.3
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 4.1,
        "high": 12.3
      },
      "december": {
        "low": -0.6,
        "high": 6.5
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 120,
      "2017/18": 187,
      "2018/19": 101,
      "2019/20": 52,
      "2020/21": 146,
      "2021/22": 82,
      "2022/23": 45,
      "2023/24": 65,
      "2024/25": 60,
      "2025/26": 141
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 1,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 4
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 6,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 8
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "New York City on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}