Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Sheepshead Bay, NY. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4 in Sheepshead Bay typically lands in that in-between stretch where winter hasn't fully let go — expect a high around 53° and a low near 37°. There's a 38% chance of rain, though snow is almost off the table at just 3%. The date has seen wild swings, from a balmy 79° back in 1892 to a brutal 21° low in 1874.
Sheepshead Bay has seen some serious extremes over its 153 years of records. The mercury has soared to 102° (July 1936) and plunged to -14° (February 1934) — a 116-degree spread that speaks to New York's no-nonsense climate. A single October day in 1903 dumped 8.01 inches of rain, and the day after Christmas 1947 buried the area under 25.6 inches of snow.
Summer is the sweet spot here, with highs hitting 83° during the warmest week of mid-July and staying comfortably in the 70s and 80s from June through August. If you're cold-averse, avoid late January through early February, when average highs barely crack 37°. Rain is fairly well-distributed year-round, but August is the wettest stretch, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.