Precipitation Changeability

How often does precipitation change from one day to the next?

Your location, New York City, New York, USA, ranks #118 out of 1739 locations for precipitation changeability.

Most Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the most from one day to the next over the last 12 months. Change % is how often the weather switched between a precipitation day and a dry day. Precip→Dry is how often a precipitation day was followed by a dry day, and Dry→Precip is the reverse.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1	Troy, New York, USA	48.0%	55.9%	41.9%
2	Alpena, Michigan, USA	46.7%	53.1%	42.0%
3	Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	46.4%	42.8%	50.7%
4	Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil	45.5%	41.4%	51.3%
5	Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina	45.3%	49.3%	41.9%
6	Cadillac, Michigan, USA	45.2%	54.6%	38.9%
7	Keene, New Hampshire, USA	45.0%	60.0%	35.5%
8	Youngstown, Ohio, USA	44.3%	50.4%	39.5%
9	Kampung Baru Subang, Selangor, Malaysia	44.1%	48.3%	38.8%
10	Bay Harbor, Michigan, USA	44.0%	50.4%	39.5%
11	Port Louis, Port Louis, Mauritius	44.0%	40.8%	48.3%
12	Rochester, New York, USA	43.9%	47.8%	40.7%
13	Parma, Ohio, USA	43.8%	53.5%	36.7%
14	Saint John's, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda	43.5%	39.9%	48.1%
15	Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon	43.4%	48.0%	38.1%
16	Quincy, Massachusetts, USA	43.1%	60.7%	33.5%
17	North Elba, New York, USA	43.1%	39.8%	47.0%
18	Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA	43.0%	62.1%	32.6%
19	Methuen, Massachusetts, USA	43.0%	47.1%	39.5%
20	Welland, Ontario, Canada	42.9%	48.4%	38.5%
21	Waterbury, Connecticut, USA	42.9%	56.8%	34.7%
22	Buffalo, New York, USA	42.9%	48.9%	38.4%
23	Brockton, Massachusetts, USA	42.8%	61.3%	33.0%
24	Flint, Michigan, USA	42.8%	54.5%	35.1%
25	Olean, New York, USA	42.7%	50.8%	36.5%

Least Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the least from one day to the next over the last 12 months. These are places where the weather tends to stay the same — dry days stay dry and rainy days stay rainy.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1715	Riverside, California, USA	8.2%	37.5%	4.9%
1716	Long Beach, California, USA	8.2%	41.4%	4.7%
1717	Garden Grove, California, USA	7.7%	41.9%	3.9%
1718	Oxnard, California, USA	7.7%	40.7%	4.4%
1719	Los Angeles, California, USA	7.6%	36.4%	4.2%
1720	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	7.5%	38.5%	4.6%
1721	Indio, California, USA	7.4%	50.0%	3.8%
1722	Tulare, California, USA	7.2%	38.5%	4.2%
1723	Jahrom, Fars, Iran	7.0%	50.0%	4.0%
1724	Palmdale, California, USA	7.0%	44.0%	3.8%
1725	Santa Clarita, California, USA	7.0%	35.5%	3.9%
1726	Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA	6.9%	66.7%	3.4%
1727	Victorville, California, USA	6.8%	69.2%	3.9%
1728	Norwalk, Connecticut, USA	6.6%	93.3%	1.8%
1729	Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran	6.6%	69.2%	3.4%
1730	Blythe, California, USA	6.3%	62.5%	3.0%
1731	Lancaster, California, USA	6.1%	41.7%	3.1%
1732	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran	6.0%	62.5%	2.6%
1733	Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran	5.4%	58.3%	3.0%
1734	Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru	5.4%	100.0%	2.4%
1735	Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5.1%	57.1%	2.3%
1736	Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	5.0%	88.9%	2.2%
1737	Kerman, Kerman, Iran	4.3%	46.2%	2.3%
1738	Torrance, California, USA	4.3%	77.8%	1.9%
1739	Najran, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia	3.0%	62.5%	1.4%