1886 (Wednesday)
A tropical storm passing to the south of New York, dropped 1.20" of rain. Cloud cover and rain kept the temperature in the 60s all day (high/low of 66°/62°).
1901 (Sunday)
The month's paltry 1.00" of rain (today was the last day with rain) was sandwiched between four months that each had more than six inches (April and May, July and August). At the time this was the second driest June on record (it's now ranked fourth).
During a time in June when highs average around 80°, today's got no higher than 59°. And the low of 49° was a record (which still stands).
2003 (Monday)
Today was the seventeenth day this month with a low in the 50s, passing June 1965 as the June with the most such days in the years since 1960 (through 2025).
2009 (Tuesday)
This morning's low of 66° was nothing remarkable except for the fact that it was the warmest low temperature of the month, making it the "coolest" reading to be the warmest low of any June since 1970 (through 2025). 1972 and 1979 are the only other years that didn't have a low of 70° or warmer in June.
2015 (Tuesday)
Today's high was 90°, the year's first reading in the 90s or hotter, which was nearly four weeks later than usual (but earlier than last year's, which didn't happen until 7/2). The day was hazy, and the air thick with humidity, which produced a heat index in the mid-90s. Turbulent weather rolled through the area late in the afternoon, but Manhattan escaped the severe storms as just 0.02" of rain was measured in Central Park.
2017 (Friday)
For the fourth day in a row the high was 83°, a few degrees above average. Today's high was noteworthy since the day's low was a very uncomfortable 76°; a low that warm is usually a springboard for a high in the 90s (or at least in the upper 80s). Mostly overcast skies and high humidity (dew points were in the 70s all day, peaking at 75°) prevented the temperature from rising very much.
2021 (Wednesday)
Today's low of 55° was the chilliest reading of the month (but far from the date's record low of 49° in 1918) and the coolest reading this late in June since 1995, when a low of 54° occurred on June 28.
2025 (Monday)
It was a hot and steamy day, and the day's scorching high of 96° was the year's first reading in the 90s in Central Park (four weeks later than usual). This reading tied the record for the date. (Meanwhile, Newark Liberty airport had a high of 101° while JFK's high failed to reach 90.) And today's low of 80° was not only the first low in the 80s in five years, it was the earliest on record. (Only two other June dates have had a low in the 80s.)
The day’s dew points were in the very uncomfortable 72°-75° range, producing a mid-afternoon heat index of 106°. (There were four consecutive hours with heat indices in the triple digits.)
Finally, the last time the first reading in the 90s was this hot was in 1996 (that year would have just three days in the 90s).
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