Brief days? Verify. Snow? Verify (lastly). Bitterly chilly climate? Quickly to be checked.
Yep, it is positively February. And it will positively really feel prefer it this weekend.
Now that New York Metropolis bought its first measurable snowfall out of the best way with a grand complete of half an inch of snow general — ending our prolonged snowless streak at 328 days — frigidly chilly temperatures are set to hurry in to begin the weekend.
Get pleasure from Thursday, which might be dry and chilly, although highs will at the very least attain a manageable 41 levels on an in any other case common Groundhog Day. After that, it will not matter if the groundhog sees his shadow or not — temperatures are set to plunge. Arduous.
Highs Friday will drop again to freezing and worsen from there. The forefront of arctic air arrives with doubtlessly harmful wind chills, effectively beneath zero, creating throughout the realm late Friday and Friday night time, and persevering with into Saturday morning.
Mom Nature turns downright merciless Saturday, with low-to-mid 20 highs anticipated for highs and mind-numbing wind chills.
Waking up Saturday, we hope you do not have to be wherever exterior: Anticipate single-digit lows within the metropolis, and it’ll really feel like -10. It might be even colder within the Hudson Valley and Connecticut (-17 in Bridgeport, -19 in Poughkeepsie).
When you do have to go away the home, you should definitely bundle up: It solely takes half-hour (or much less) for frostbite set in on any uncovered pores and skin, and even strolling a couple of blocks to a subway station will really feel painful, particularly if going through the wind.
It might be fairly a change of tempo from January, which was historic for its heat: It was the primary month ever that New York Metropolis recorded above-average temperatures all 31 days.
There’s some excellent news: The bitter chilly will not be right here for lengthy. Starting Saturday afternoon, a fast change in wind course from the southwest will drive temperatures up in a single day into Sunday — climbing to the far more tolerable low 40s by the afternoon afternoon.
It stays pretty nice by early subsequent week, as above common forecast temps vary from the mid-40s to low 50s by Friday, with an opportunity of showers coming by the weekend. However with temperatures so excessive, there will not be a priority for snow.
10-Day Outlook
