NYC's winter weather has been slightly warmer than usual, with an average temp of 35°F recorded in Central Park on January 29.
New York City has faced a prolonged period of frigid conditions very low temperatures but a slight reprieve is forecast.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for New York City, effective from 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, until 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 20.
New York City emergency officials have issued a “Cold Weather Alert” amid a stretch of below-freezing wind chills that will only get colder into next week. The coldest air of the season so far will crash into the tri-state on starting early next week with “feels like” temperatures Tuesday dropping as low as -7 degrees.
After a looming snowstorm hits the Tri-State Area on Sunday, arctic air is expected to chill New York City and the surrounding areas. According to a post on the National Weather Service’s X account, the National Weather Service is warning that there might be significant impacts on infrastructure and public health.
New York City will finally warm up a bit after days of Arctic onslaught, with temperatures hitting 40 midweek, meteorologists predicted.
After days of balmy weather, New York City is slated to get buried in snow and then hit with an arctic blast expected to unleash a potentially life-threatening chill.
Temperatures on Wednesday are forecast to struggle to make it above 20 degrees. However, on Thursday, New York City residents can expect some relief as temperatures are expected to jump up to a high of 30 degrees. Friday is slated for a high of 32 degrees and Saturday is expected to reach a peak temperature around 33-34 degrees, as noted by Dombek.
The National Weather Service expects New Yorkers to see 4 to 5 inches of snow, while parts of New Jersey could get 6 to 7 inches.
The third winter storm in roughly a week is set to hit the tri-state area Friday — all before ushering in the coldest air the region has seen in nearly a year. As extreme winter weather and low temperatures threaten much of the country in the upcoming days,
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. for southern New York, Connecticut, and northern New Jersey, with gusts expected to hit 45 or 50 mph throughout the day.
A clipper storm, as defined by the National Weather Service, is a fast-moving storm that drops into the U.S. over the Great Lakes from Alberta, Canada. As of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Dave Dombek, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, revealed that snow is already falling upstate and would continue to do so through Wednesday evening.