Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal is a Beaux-Arts underground and dead-end railway station and union station in Manhattan. Opened in 1913 by architects Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore, it is a National Historic Landmark, a New York City Landmark, and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. It is the 54th most looked-up sight in the United States on English Wikipedia and is one of 120 sights in the country on this site.
Planning a visit
The station is open from 05:30 to 02:00 every day from Monday to Sunday and provides wheelchair access. For warmer weather, July is a suitable month with daily highs of 28 °C and lows of 21 °C. January is the coldest month, with daily highs of 3 °C and lows of -4 °C. Rainfall is consistent throughout the year; July sees 116 mm of rain over 15 days, August sees 112 mm over 14 days, and March sees 105 mm over 10 days.
LaGuardia Airport is 9 km from the terminal, which is 333 km from Washington, D.C. The station is located near several other sites, including the Chrysler Building (0.2 km), St. Patrick's Cathedral (0.7 km), Rockefeller Center (0.7 km), 30 Rockefeller Plaza (0.7 km), and the Empire State Building (0.9 km).
Weather by month
The warmest month is July, with an average high of 28 °C. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 |
| Average low, °C | -4 | -3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Rainfall, mm | 84 | 78 | 105 | 107 | 105 | 102 | 116 | 112 | 101 | 105 | 97 | 100 |
| Rainy days | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
