Several New York Cities Were Very Hot This Summer

If you were to ask just about anyone in the Empire State how they ranked the summer of 2025, more than likely you would get a big thumbs up and a huge 'it was a great summer!' By all accounts, this was one of the best summers we've had since before the pandemic, and as we transition into autumn, things are continuing to look pretty good.

Now, that's not to say that summer 2025 was problem-free; in fact, it was far from it. However, one of thing things that we can say was not an issue this past summer was the weather.

From the French Castle at Fort Niagara in Niagara County to the Montauk Point Lighthouse in Montauk, New York, the weather all over the Empire State was great. With ample sunshine and extremely warm temperatures from June to September, New York was a great place to be over the last few months.

Now, the temps all over the state were pretty hot. So hot that some places in New York set some temperature records, but what city or town had the hottest temperatures this year?

The National Weather Service recently released the hottest temperatures for every part of the northeastern United States, and several cities in New York made this list.

When looking across the state, there were several hot days all over.

Islip hit 101°F on June 24, 2025,
Poughkeepsie hit 100°F on June 24, 2025,
Central Park in Manhattan hit 99°F on June 24, 2025,
Glens Falls hit 98°F on June 24, 2025,
Albany hit 96°F on both June 23, 2025, and June 24, 2025,
Syracuse hit 95°F on both June 24, 2025, and August 12, 2025,
Rochester hit 93°F on June 24, 2025, July 12, 2025, and July 24, 2025,
and Buffalo hit 92°F on July 12, 2025,

However, among all the places with hot temperatures this year, can you believe that Manchester, New York, and JFK Airport in New York City were the hottest places in the state, reaching a temperature of 102°F on two separate days: June 24, 2025?

Just in case you forgot, between June 23rd and June 25th, a massive heat dome parked itself over the eastern half of the United States and drove record temperatures across the nation.