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Compare typical monthly temperature and rain with date-specific sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight for twelve U.S. cities.
NOAA climate period 1991-2020 · Data refreshed
Interactive planner
Choose a city, month, and shoot date
January climate normal
New York City, NY
- Average high
- 40°F
- Average low
- 28°F
- Monthly precipitation
- 3.64 in
- Days with 0.10+ in
- 6.3
NOAA 1991-2020 normal from NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY US. A normal describes typical historical conditions, not the weather forecast for a particular day.
Date-specific natural light
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Use it responsibly
Planning context, not a shoot-day forecast
Climate normals summarize many years of observations at one weather station. Conditions at a studio, rooftop, beach, or park can differ from the station and from the historical average.
Check the current National Weather Service forecast, location access, commercial-photography rules, mobility needs, privacy, and a weather-safe fallback before confirming an outdoor session.
Civil dawn and dusk are defined by the sun’s position. They do not account for clouds, buildings, terrain, tree cover, or the direction the location faces.
Primary sources
- NOAA U.S. Climate Normals for monthly temperature and precipitation measures.
- U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications API for date-specific sun and moon times.