<Li> Staten Island (Richmond County, pop. 475,014) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs . It is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge and to Manhattan by the free Staten Island Ferry . Until 2001 the borough was home to the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly the largest landfill in the world, which is now being reconstructed as one of the largest urban parks in the United States . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> New York </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Climate chart (explanation) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> J </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> J </Td> <Td> J </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> O </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3.7 38 27 </Td> <Td> 3.1 42 29 </Td> <Td> 4.4 50 35 </Td> <Td> 4.5 61 45 </Td> <Td> 4.2 71 54 </Td> <Td> 4.4 79 64 </Td> <Td> 4.6 84 69 </Td> <Td> 4.4 83 68 </Td> <Td> 4.3 75 61 </Td> <Td> 4.4 64 50 </Td> <Td> 54 42 </Td> <Td> 43 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Average max. and min . temperatures in ° F </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Precipitation totals in inches </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Source: "New York City Weatherbox NOAA" </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="12"> show Metric conversion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> J </Td> <Td> J </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> O </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 93 − 3 </Td> <Td> 78 5 − 2 </Td> <Td> 111 10 </Td> <Td> 114 16 7 </Td> <Td> 106 22 12 </Td> <Td> 112 26 18 </Td> <Td> 117 29 20 </Td> <Td> 113 28 20 </Td> <Td> 109 24 16 </Td> <Td> 112 18 10 </Td> <Td> 102 12 5 </Td> <Td> 102 6 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Average max. and min . temperatures in ° C </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="12"> Precipitation totals in mm </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> New York </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Climate chart (explanation) </Th> </Tr>

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