Yonkers, New York Weather
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Yonkers weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 4:29 PM EST · Open-Meteo
- TodayNov 10Clear——62°45°—
- WednesdayNov 11Overcast——62°42°0°
- ThursdayNov 12Heavy Rain90%0.45″55°47°-7°
- FridayNov 13Drizzle78%0.06″48°40°-7°
- SaturdayNov 14Overcast33%—45°37°-3°
- SundayNov 15Overcast——46°40°+1°
- MondayNov 16Partly Cloudy——50°38°+4°
Air quality now AQI 45 · Good
AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 10.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 10.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 10 PM.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 10.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 10.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.98
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
When the wind is in the west, the weather is at its best.
- Moonrise
- 8:16 AM
- Moonset
- 5:15 PM
- In sign
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
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Yonkers at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 54°F (high 62°F, low 45°F), 8°F above the 46°F normal for Nov 10
- Last frost: April 20 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 7 km away)
- Microseason: Nov 6–10
- Planting calendar: November — harvest fall brassicas, carrots
16-Day Forecast — Yonkers
- Tue62°45°1%
- Wed62°42°2%
- Thu55°47°90%
- Fri48°40°78%
- Sat45°37°33%
- Sun46°40°1%
- Mon50°38°1%
- Tue48°39°3%
- Wed49°39°2%
- Thu51°37°5%
- Fri52°41°5%
- Sat56°42°10%
- Sun62°46°31%
- Mon62°49°35%
- Tue49°33°26%
- Wed44°33°13%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Live wind & temperature near Yonkers
Interactive wind and temperature map centered on Yonkers — it loads in your browser. Open the full weather map.
Right now in the garden
Post-frost dormancy
As of November 10, the season's first frost (typically October 26) is due or past. Bring frost-tender plants indoors, mulch overwintering beds, and turn spent plantings under. This city's planting calendar for November: harvest fall brassicas and carrots.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Yonkers
SPC includes Yonkers in the general thunderstorm area day after tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook.
Sun & seasons in Yonkers
Yonkers sits in Westchester County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 7m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 14m — a swing of +5h 54m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
New York, the state’s largest city, lies about 18 miles to the S. The nearest town Yonkers tracks is Bronx, roughly 7 miles to the S.
Air quality in Yonkers
Air quality in Yonkers’s county has held roughly steady since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2024 (median AQI 36). See the full air-quality history for Yonkers.
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| March | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | — |
| April | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | radishes |
| May | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| June | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| July | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, beans, summer squash, garlic |
| August | beans, squash, fall brassicas, carrots | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| September | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| October | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash, fall brassicas, carrots |
| November | — | fall brassicas, carrots |
A year in weather
July is Yonkers's warmest stretch (~76°F) and January its coldest (~29°F); precipitation crests in December at 4.2 inches and ebbs in February to 2.9 inches.
| Month | Mean temp | Precip |
|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 3.5″ |
| February | 31° | 2.9″ |
| March | 39° | 3.6″ |
| April | 51° | 4.0″ |
| May | 60° | 3.9″ |
| June | 69° | 3.8″ |
| July | 76° | 3.6″ |
| August | 75° | 3.9″ |
| September | 68° | 3.4″ |
| October | 57° | 3.3″ |
| November | 44° | 3.9″ |
| December | 34° | 4.2″ |
Regional context
Similar climates Bronxville, NY, Tuckahoe, NY, Mount Vernon, NY
By modelled 1991-2020 normals (EC_Earth3P_HR model via Open-Meteo), Yonkers sees 29°F Januarys and 76°F Julys, a 46°F range, plus around 43.9 inches of precipitation.
No season owns Yonkers's rain: December reaches 4.2 inches and February keeps 2.9 inches, an even spread through Yonkers's year. That even rhythm groups Yonkers with places like Bronxville, NY, Tuckahoe, NY and Mount Vernon, NY.
Yonkers's growing window opens around April 20, once Yonkers's overnight lows stop freezing — sow kale, peas, spinach, and parsnips. Hold Yonkers's tender crops — tomatoes, peppers, basil — until 10-14 days past Yonkers's last frost. It shuts near October 26, when freezes return to Yonkers and tender plants need cover. Sheltered Yonkers yards can escape a light frost.
Similar climates: Bronxville, NY, Tuckahoe, NY, Mount Vernon, NY, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, Greenville, NY.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in Yonkers?
- Yonkers's last spring frost lands near April 20, and in Yonkers the first fall frost follows around October 26.
- What is the rainy season in Yonkers?
- Rainfall in Yonkers peaks in December near 4.2 inches, out of about 44 inches annually.
- What is the warmest month in Yonkers?
- July is Yonkers's warmest month, averaging about 76°F.
- What is the coldest month in Yonkers?
- Yonkers bottoms out in January, with a mean near 29°F.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in Yonkers?
- Yonkers's last frost (April 20) cues hardy greens; in Yonkers, hold heat-lovers two weeks past.
- What hardiness zone is Yonkers?
- Yonkers sits in the USDA zone set by January lows near 29°F; the USDA ZIP tool gives the band.
- What is the 10-day forecast for Yonkers?
- Yonkers's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in Yonkers?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for Yonkers in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in Yonkers?
- Current conditions for Yonkers and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the Yonkers forecast updated?
- The Yonkers forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in Yonkers?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for Yonkers are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for Yonkers?
- The next few days in Yonkers's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
Yonkers sits at 40.9°N; its climate zone is warm-summer humid continental (Köppen approximation).
Beaches near Yonkers
- Rockaway Beach25.2 mi
- Jacob Riis Beach26.1 mi
- Long Beach NY27 mi
Each linked page shows live water temperature, wave height, swim and surf verdicts, tides, and rip-current risk from NDBC + NOAA + NWS data.
ZIP codes in Yonkers
- 10701
- 10702
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