US city forecasts and climate guides
16 cities chosen to cover every climate the United States has: desert heat, Gulf humidity, lake-effect snow, Pacific marine layers and the heart of Tornado Alley. Each page carries the live National Weather Service forecast plus a written guide to the local climate.
Looking for somewhere else? Use the search box at the top with any US ZIP code or city name — the forecast works nationwide, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Northeast
Boston, MA
Dfa — humid continental, hot summer
Four sharply defined seasons, nor'easters that shut the city down, and a coastline that makes every winter forecast a coin flip.
New York, NY
Cfa — humid subtropical, on the boundary with humid continental
Four genuinely distinct seasons, humid summers, nor'easters in winter, and an urban heat island that keeps Manhattan warmer than the suburbs.
Midwest
Chicago, IL
Dfa — humid continental, hot summer
Continental extremes in both directions, with Lake Michigan rewriting the forecast a few miles inland and back again.
Minneapolis, MN
Dfa — humid continental, hot summer
The coldest major city in the lower 48, with a genuine 130-degree annual temperature range and summers humid enough to surprise people.
South
Atlanta, GA
Cfa — humid subtropical, no dry season
Humid subtropical with abundant rain, a legendary pollen season, and a notorious inability to handle even small amounts of ice.
Dallas, TX
Cfa — humid subtropical, hot summer
Long triple-digit summers, one of the highest hail loss rates in the country, and a spring severe weather season that deserves real respect.
Houston, TX
Cfa — humid subtropical, no dry season
Gulf Coast humidity that makes summer genuinely oppressive, a long warm season, and the worst urban flooding problem in the country.
Miami, FL
Am, tropical monsoon, bordering Aw tropical savanna
A true tropical climate with a wet season and a dry season, daily afternoon storms in summer, and the country's highest hurricane exposure.
New Orleans, LA
Cfa — humid subtropical, no dry season
One of the wettest and most humid cities in the United States, much of it below sea level, with the most consequential hurricane risk in the country.
Oklahoma City, OK
Cfa — humid subtropical, transitioning to semi-arid westward
The heart of Tornado Alley, with the most violent tornado climatology of any American metro and a public that knows severe weather better than anywhere else.
West
Denver, CO
BSk — cold semi-arid steppe
A mile above sea level, semi-arid and intensely sunny, with the most volatile day-to-day weather of any major American city.
Las Vegas, NV
BWh — hot desert
The driest major city in the country, with four inches of annual rain, extreme summer heat, and flash floods that arrive from a clear sky.
Los Angeles, CA
Csb near the coast, Csa inland — Mediterranean, dry summer
A Mediterranean climate with a dry summer, a short wet winter, and microclimates that can differ by 30 degrees within one county.
Phoenix, AZ
BWh — hot desert
The hottest large city in the United States, with a monsoon season, dust storms, and winters good enough to justify the summers.
San Francisco, CA
Csb — warm-summer Mediterranean, cool coastal variant
Cool, foggy summers, mild wet winters, and microclimates so sharp that the temperature can vary 20 °F across seven miles.
Seattle, WA
Csb — warm-summer Mediterranean, bordering oceanic
Less annual rain than New York but far more rainy days, extraordinary dry summers, and a winter darkness that catches newcomers off guard.