There’s still a lot of melting to do.
The Big Apple’s streak of below-freezing temps ended Monday – but New Yorkers will still face the unbearable cold with a chance of snow through at least the rest of this week.
NYC’s streak of below-freezing temperatures ended Monday — but more is just around the corner. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY PostCentral Park finally reached above freezing, with the mercury hitting 34 degrees on Monday after nine straight days of temperatures stuck below 32 degrees, according to AccuWeather.
The last time the city endured a stretch of cold like this for more than nine days was in January 2018, when Central Park dipped below freezing for 14 consecutive days, the weather service said.
“It’s kind of a sad state of affairs if we’re celebrating but it did get above freezing finally,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist John Feerick. “Finally, today, it’s maybe not great, but a little bit better than it has been.”
But Feerick warned temps won’t tick up much above freezing over the next couple of days — and an Arctic blast is expected to bring another round of deep freeze conditions near the end of the week into the weekend.
Temps on Saturday and Sunday will only reach the teens, with it even colder at night, Feerick said.
A crew with the New York City Department of Sanitation clears snow with heavy equipment in front of New York City Hall early Monday. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post“It’s not looking like there’s any big warm-up coming anytime soon,” he said, adding.
He also said forecasts show there’s a chance of snow flurries Tuesday night in and around the city, and snow squalls are possible on Friday, which could make travel messy.
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“I don’t think it’s a big storm by any means, but it could be a situation where we’re dealing with some squalls and some lower visibility and potentially some slippery travel Friday afternoon into Friday evening,” Feerick said.
But the snow isn’t expected to drop enough accumulation to force plows onto the roads, he said.
The city is still thawing out from Winter Storm Fern that dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the five boroughs late last month.
The conditions have been so unbearable that at least 16 New Yorkers have died outside during the cold snap – though at least three of those deaths are believed to be from a drug overdose.
Thirteen of the people who died appear to have suffered from hypothermia, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday.
