Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Chinatown, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5 in Chinatown sits in that classic New York in-between: expect a cool 54° high and 38° low, with a 42% chance of rain keeping things honest. Historically, the date has swung wildly — from a balmy 77° back in 1910 to a brutal 20° low in 1874. Snow is possible but unlikely, with just a 3% chance.
Over 150 years of records, Chinatown has seen it all — from a scorching 102° in July 1936 to a bone-chilling -14° in February 1934, a spread of 116 degrees. The wettest single day dumped 8.01 inches in October 1903, while a day-after-Christmas storm in 1947 buried the neighborhood under 25.6 inches of snow.
Summer is the sweet spot for warm weather lovers, with highs peaking around 83° the week of July 16–22, while late January through early February is the dead of winter at a frigid 37° average high. If you're trying to dodge rain, avoid early August — it's the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.