Long Island Weather:

Long Island can be enjoyed best in any of the spring and summer months. It usually gets no hotter than around 80 degrees the height of summer. While it can get humid; the sea breeze is always refreshing. The month of June is the best perhaps as the spring's coastal storms are over when it becomes sunny and pleasant and the humidity has not yet fully set in. The seasons of spring and fall are sunny, with fair weather ranging from warm to chilly. Winters are long and snowy. Summers have clear, sunny skies and are hot and humid with a breeze from the sea that keeps the temperatures down along the coast.   

According to meteorologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2005 was a record-breaking year for Long Island weather. Last January, snowfall amounted to 29 inches, eclipsing the record of 26 inches set in 1948. The entire winter season brought nearly 79 inches of snow, second behind 1996's nearly 91 inches. Last year marked the third consecutive year with snowfall above 60 inches, a pattern has not been seen before, according to Brookhaven's records. The average yearly snowfall for Long Island is 31.2 inches and then came the heat. Last August was the hottest August on record, with an average temperature of 76.2 degrees nearly two degrees higher than the 2003 record. The yearly average temperature was 51.9 degrees, 1.8 degrees higher than average. 

The whole of 2005 saw eight daily temperature records set and the rain fell too. October was the wettest month in the last 57 years that the lab has been keeping weather statistics. This month experienced more than 22 inches of rain which received 17.23 inches of rain in five consecutive days. Only 1954's Hurricane Edna dropped more rain on Long Island in one day by .02 inches. Looking ahead, a meteorologist predicts another year of above-average snowfall and urges Long Islanders to prepare for hurricanes. Even though the island has been spared from hurricanes over the last several years, everyone must prepare for the one that does make its way to Long Island.