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Average Daily Hours of Sunshine Days of Sunshine
New York enjoys long
Hours Hours
12 12 hours of summer sun
from June to August,
10 10 with July the month
of greatest sunshine.
8 8
The winter days are
6 6 much shorter, but
4 4 many are clear and
bright. Autumn has
2 2 more sunshine than
0 0 spring, although both
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec are sunny.

Summer Metropolitan Opera Parks
Concerts. Free evening
New Yorkers escape the hot concerts in parks throughout
city streets when possible, for the city (p345).
picnics, boat rides, and the Shakespeare in the Park
beaches. Macy’s fireworks light (Jun–Sep). Star actors take on
up the Fourth of July skies, and the Bard at Delacorte Theater,
more sparks fly when the New Central Park (p341).
York Yankees and Mets baseball NYC Pride March (late Jun).
teams are in town. Summer also The annual parade sets off Festivities at a summer street fair in
brings street fairs, outdoor from 36th St and goes along Greenwich Village
concerts, and free Shakespeare Fifth Ave to Christopher St past
and opera in Central Park. the Stonewall Inn (p349). throughout the city (p345).
Lincoln Center Festival (Jul).
July Dance, opera, and other arts
Macy’s Firework Display (Jul 4), from around the world.
usually the East River. This is
the undisputed high point of August
the city’s Indepen dence Day Harlem Week (mid-Aug).
celebrations, featuring the best Films, art, music, dance,
fireworks in town. fashion, sports, and tours.
Mostly Mozart Festival (end Out-of-Doors Festival (Aug),
Jul–end Aug), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. Free dance and
Policeman dancing in the Puerto Rican Lincoln Center (p344). theater performances (p208).
Day Parade NY Philharmonic Parks US Open Tennis Champion-
Concerts (late Jul–early Aug). ships (late Aug–early Sep),
June Free concerts in parks Flushing Meadows (pp354–5).
Puerto Rican Day Parade
(early Jun), Fifth Ave, from
44th to 86th St. Floats and
marching bands celebrate
people of Puerto Rican
descent living in the US.
Museum Mile Festival (second
Tue), Fifth Ave, from 82nd to
105th St. Free entry (usually
6–9pm) to the several museums
located along this stretch of
Fifth Ave.
American Crafts Festival
(mid-Jun–early Jul), Lincoln
Center (p208). Displays of
high-quality crafts.
Central Park SummerStage
(Jun–Aug), Central Park.
Music and dance of every
variety, almost daily, rain
or shine. Spectators at a warm-up match at the US Open Tennis Championships

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