Climate
Although located at a slightly more southern latitude than the Italian capital city of Rome, New York has a humid continental climate resulting from prevailing wind patterns that bring cool air from the interior of the North American continent. New York winters are typically cold with moderate snowfall averaging a total of about two feet (around 62 cm) annually. The Atlantic Ocean helps keep temperatures warmer in the city than in the interior Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, and has on average a 220-day frost-free period between seasonal freezes. However, there has never been a winter since record keeping began in 1869 in which enough snow to cover the ground did not fall at least once. April, May, and November are usually the wettest months. Spring and fall in New York City are mild while summer is very warm and humid.
New York City's climate patterns are affected by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, a 70-year-long warming and cooling cycle in the Atlantic that influences the frequency and severity of hurricanes and coastal storms in the region.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
