Kings Park climate — normals and trends
Kings Park (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,099 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kings Park averages 70 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Kings Park has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 10 July 1993) and the coldest -19.6 °C (on 18 February 1979).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Kings ParkNew York
- coords
- 40.89°, -73.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,099mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
70 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
48 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.7 °C
10 July 1993
Coldest day
-19.6 °C
18 February 1979
Wettest day
151 mm
14 October 2005
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
25 November 1950
Strongest gust
147.2 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
26 June 1952
Coldest feels-like
-26.5 °C
23 January 1976
Snowiest day
30.1 cm
16 February 1958
Sunniest day
14.3 h
20 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 34 mm | -52 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 76 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 110 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 84 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 160 mm | +65 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 93 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 43 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 156 mm | +66 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 52 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 72 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kings Park?
Kings Park has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,099 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kings Park?
The hottest day measured in Kings Park between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1993, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kings Park?
The coldest day measured in Kings Park between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1979, at -19.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kings Park?
Yes. Kings Park gets on average 66.4 cm of snow per year and has around 70 frost days.
Has the climate of Kings Park warmed?
Yes: Kings Park warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kings Park?
The wettest day measured in Kings Park between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2005, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kings Park?
The windiest day measured in Kings Park between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kings Park?
The warmest month in Kings Park is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kings Park?
Kings Park receives on average 1,099 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kings Park?
Kings Park gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kings Park?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kings Park between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1958, with 30.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kings Park?
Yes: Kings Park has on average 48 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kings Park?
In Kings Park, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 26 June 1952, and the lowest was -26.5 °C on 23 January 1976.
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