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NYC braces for 5F temperatures this weekend as the polar vortex temporarily dips south, but there’s STILL no snow on the road after a record stretch without the white stuff
- Temperatures are expected to drop to near freezing on Friday and stay through Saturday.
- By Sunday it is assumed that the extreme cold will be replaced by average temperatures of 40
- NYC has gone the longest without measurable snowfall as of January 30
New York City is bracing for a burst of sub-zero temperatures as a polar vortex is forecast to descend southward and consume the city over the weekend.
Temperatures are expected to reach just six degrees on Friday night, close to freezing on Saturday morning, and daytime highs hovering in the mid-20s.
Despite the cold, snow is not expected in the city over the weekend or in the near future. Just this week, New York City broke its record for the longest winter without measurable snowfall.
The freezing forecasts come just a day after the city experienced spring-like temperatures Monday, with New Yorkers frolicking without coats in a hot 50-degree sun.
Get prepared! The forecast for the Northeast looks icy with temperatures plummeting to -8F in Portland, Maine and Burlington, Vermont
Cold air is forecast to move into New York City over the weekend, causing temperatures to drop
The National Weather Service reported that “dangerously cold air” is expected to reach New York, Connecticut and New Jersey by Friday.
He warned that the wind chill on the coast could plummet between minus 10 and 20 degrees.
“A portion of the tropospheric polar vortex has decided to come visit us on Friday,” the New York Metro Weather tweeted on Tuesday. “Some guidance indicates that temperatures could drop to near 0°F in parts of the New York subway on Saturday morning.”
Relief is coming quickly though, as temperatures will climb back into the mid 40s by Sunday.
A snow-free New York City last week, shortly after the first flurry of the season
People walk on the Upper West Side on January 29, 2022 in New York City. A powerful northeasterly storm brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds that caused widespread power outages across much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline. There was a declared state of emergency for New York City. But the weather looks very different this year.
A woman and child play in the snow on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on February 18, 2021.
While there is no snow forecast for New York yet, the white stuff has been falling in other parts of New York this winter. Pictured: Cars make their way through tree-lined streets after a severe lake-effect snowstorm hit the area on November 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.
NYC broke records yesterday by holding out through January 30 without measurable snowfall.
Despite a handful of flurries, the city has yet to see even a tenth of an inch of snow, the lowest accumulation considered measurable.
The previous record was set in 1972 when the city held out until January 29 without snowfall.
The snow drought is expected to continue, with nothing, the only thing forecast to come from the clouds in the near future is some rain expected next week.