Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Far Rockaway, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Far Rockaway sits in that classic spring transition zone — historically averaging a high of 55° and a low of 40°, with a 40% shot at rain. The range of outcomes on this date is striking: it's reached as warm as 73° (2010) and dipped as cold as 24° (1954), so pack layers.
Far Rockaway has seen some genuinely extreme weather over its 78-year record. The thermometer has swung from a brutal -2° in January 1985 all the way up to 104° in July 1966, and a single September day in 2023 dropped 8.05 inches of rain. The snowiest day on record — 30.3 inches on January 23, 2016 — was the historic Jonas blizzard.
Far Rockaway peaks in mid-to-late July, with average highs around 83–85°, making it a solid summer beach destination on the Atlantic shore. Winters are cold but not brutal, with January and February highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. The wettest stretch comes in late July, though rain is fairly distributed year-round.