Queens, New York Weather Records

The hottest and coldest days Queens has ever recorded — and how today compares to normal

Queens’s all-time temperature records

Hottest day on record
107°Fset July 3, 1966
Coldest day on record
-7°Fset February 15, 1943

That is a 114°F span between the hottest and coldest days Queens has ever recorded — the full range of what its weather has done across the station’s record back to 1939.

Queens, NY · Today vs. normal

3°F below typical for 8:45 AM on Sep 19

At 8:45 AM EDT on Sep 19 it was 63°F in Queens — 3° below the 66°F typical for that hour (estimated from the Sep 19 normal high of 76°F and low of 63°F, interpolated from the monthly normals).

How extreme Queens’s weather gets

Queens’s weather is usually mild by its own standards — a typical year averages a daily high near 64°F, and the normal high for September runs about 77°F. The records sit well outside that everyday range. The hottest day on record reached 107°F in 1966 — roughly 43°F above a typical year’s average high, the kind of gap that turns an ordinary summer into a genuine heat event.

At the other end, Queens has bottomed out at -7°F (1943). Those edges are why the today-versus-normal readout above is worth a glance: it shows where today falls between the normal and the record, so a hot afternoon can be judged against the real history rather than a hunch. A reading a few degrees over the September normal is ordinary; one pushing toward the 107°F record is the rare event the record marks.

Frequently asked

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Queens?
Queens's hottest day on record reached 107°F, set on July 3, 1966. That is the single most extreme high in the nearest long-term weather station's full daily record — about 43°F hotter than a typical year's average high of 64°F, which is why a day like it stands out as genuinely rare rather than just a hot afternoon.
What is the record high temperature in Queens?
The all-time record high in Queens is 107°F, recorded on July 3, 1966. Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station's full daily history, so this is the hottest single day the station has ever logged — not a typical summer peak.
What is the coldest day ever recorded in Queens?
Queens's coldest day on record bottomed out at -7°F, set on February 15, 1943. Like the record high, it comes from the station's full daily record, so it captures the most extreme cold the area has recorded rather than an average winter low.
What is the record low temperature in Queens?
The all-time record low in Queens is -7°F, recorded on February 15, 1943. The gap between that and the 107°F record high — a span of 114°F — is the full range of temperatures Queens has experienced across its long-term daily record.
Is it normal to be this hot in Queens?
It depends on how far above Queens's normal a given day runs. A typical year here averages a daily high near 64°F; the all-time record of 107°F (set 1966) sits about 43°F above that. When a live reading is available, the live readout just below the record high and low compares it with the temperature typical for that hour this month (estimated from the month's normal high and low), so you can see how unusual the day is rather than guessing.
When did Queens set its temperature records?
Queens's record high of 107°F was set in 1966 (July 3, 1966), and its record low of -7°F in 1943 (February 15, 1943). Both are pulled from the station's full daily record going back to 1939, so they reflect the true extremes rather than a recent or partial sample.
Has Queens been getting hotter?
Yes — Queens's annual mean temperature has trended about 3.5°F warmer since 1940 (+0.41°F per decade, fitted to the complete years of 1940–2025). That gradual shift in the average is separate from the all-time records above, which mark the single most extreme days rather than the trend, but a warming baseline is part of why recent years more often brush up against the record-high end.