Queens Weather: Sticky summers, snowy winters and short springs
Is it going to swelter, freeze, or maybe something worse? The summers are hot and humid like the 7 train at rush hour and the winters bite harder than bodega cats. Here's what else is going on around Queens that will impact the time you spend outside - or inside, for that matter.
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What's the Weather Really Like in Queens?
The forecast, the fashion, and the fine print locals wish someone had told them sooner.
Summer temps be like
Sidewalk egg-frying weather (mid-80s to low 90s), stifling humidity in August
Winter lows are
Frozen pizza bagel mornings (30s and some 30s), snow piles turn to slush around February
The humidity makes me
stick to my subway seat like glue
Unique weather patterns
Nor'easters that shut down the 7 train, occasional tropical systems that flood every bodega basement, and that weird microclimate by the airports where it's always windier than anywhere else
Local weather fashion tip
Layer like your life depends on it because the subway is either a sauna or a meat locker, never in between
You know it's time to get out of town when
It's the third straight week of July heat and even the fire hydrants look exhausted, or the 18th grey day in a row in January
Bugs be like
Mosquitos show up fashionably late to summer block parties, but the real menace is the occasional apartment cockroach with zero respect for personal space
You're stuck indoors again today because
False Spring got your hopes up but then Winter rolled back in for another sub-freezing stretch
Green thumb enthusiasts love
The sneaky-long growing season that lets tomatoes thrive on fire escapes and community gardens pump out vegetables until October
My Favorite Season in Queens
Fall in all of NYC can't be beat. The temperature is perfectly mild, there's no humidity, and walking around is actually enjoyable. September and October are peak, and you won't change my mind!
— Alexa Matthews
New York Local Expert
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