Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Brooklyn, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4 in Brooklyn lands right in that transitional sweet spot — historically averaging a high of 53° and a low of 37°, it's reliably cool but no longer winter. There's a 38% chance of rain today, though snow is nearly off the table at just 3%. The date's range tells the whole story: it's hit as warm as 79° (1892) and as cold as 21° (1874), so pack a layer.
Brooklyn's weather history has some genuine extremes baked in — a sweltering 102° in July 1936 and a brutal -14° in February 1934, a 116-degree swing over 153 years of records. The wettest single day dumped 8.01 inches in October 1903, and the snowiest dropped 25.6 inches the day after Christmas in 1947. This is a city that earns its reputation for all four seasons.
Brooklyn peaks in warmth the week of July 16–22, when average highs hit 83°, and bottoms out in late January through early February at a frigid 37°. If you're trying to dodge rain, avoid early August — that's historically the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precip in a single week. Spring and fall offer the most temperate windows, with May and September both clearing 69° and 74° respectively.