We’ve gone from soggy to sun-kissed.
After battered by torrential rain in the last days of September, the city is drying off under sunny skies and temperatures that could hit 80 degrees in the coming days, meteorologists say.
Sunday was living up to its name with clear skies and temperatures expected to peak in the upper 70s, Fox Weather told The Post — perfect for New Yorkers to enjoy outdoor activities after being stuck inside Friday and Saturday.
Residents can expect more of the same Monday — while Tuesday could see temperatures climb to 80 degrees for a “summer-like feel” in the fall.
The sudden spike in temperature, however, could create a muggy atmosphere, though warm weather will carry on to Wednesday.
Temperatures are expected to drop down to more typical autumn levels — in the lower 70s — on Thursday, with a chance for rain Friday and Saturday, though not like last week’s extremes.
Sunny skies and warm weather is predicted for NYC throughout most of the week. Getty ImagesCassie Reid-Dodick, a mother of two from Crown Heights, was among the many New Yorkers taking a stroll with her family in Prospect Park to soak in the good weather.
She said the outing was the perfect break for the family after being cooped up inside their home Friday and Saturday.
“We were very tired of the toys we had in our house,” she told The Post.
Her father, John, echoed the need for a sunny break from rain for “1 million days-in-a-row.”
At Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, Lubavitch Yeshiva students, who gave their names as Shalom and Menachem, celebrated the clear skies that came just in time for the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
“I thank God that it finished before the holiday started,” Shalom said.
While still in the middle of hurricane season, Fox Weather says current storm systems in the Atlantic are not expected to make landfall in the US — a prediction that will bring a sigh of relief to New Yorkers who weathered heavy flooding after more than 7 inches of rain drenched the region in under 24 hours on Friday.
The downpour caused flooding at many schools, homes and businesses, and shut down roadways and much of mass transit.
New York City residents contended with flooded roads throughout the weekend after Friday’s downpour. Stephen Yang for NY Post
The flooded roadways are expected to subside on Sunday as temperatures grow warmer, with a chance of muggy weather as a result. Paul MartinkaIt also caused a power outage at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, which was forced to evacuate and transfer 120 patients to other facilities Saturday.
The hospital estimates it will be several days before Con Edison can make the necessary repairs and have the building resume normal patient care.
No deaths were reported as the result of the power outage or from flooding in the region as a result of the storm.
