Today's The Coldest Day in Two Years

Joe Schumacher

Published Jan 23, 2013

Modified Jan 23, 2013

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Yes, it's certifiably frigid out there. You have to go back almost exactly two years, to January 24th, 2011, when the high was 24 and the low was 6, to find a day colder than today. That's also the last time the temperature fell to the single digits in Central Park. It looks like this morning's low was 11 degrees. With a brisk westerly breeze the wind chill is hovering around zero degrees. Not only is it cold outside, the temperature curve has actually gone wacko. With a couple of cold fronts ushering in ever colder air, the normal cycle of low temps in the morning followed by high temps in the afternoon has been replaced by a series of midnight low/high pairings.

The axis of the high pressure system bringing the cold air is still to our west, meaning there's still plenty more cold to come. The city will be lucky to reach 20 degrees for a high this afternoon and the wind chill is going to be around zero all day. Maybe we'll see a few inconsequential flurries tonight as lake effect snow makes its way down here from the Great Lakes. In a rare event, the eastern end of Long Island may see the Long Island Sound version of lake effect snow, which happens when cold air passes over warm water, tonight.

Tomorrow will be just as cold and windy as today. And if the wind diminishes enough Thursday night we may see single digit temperatures Friday morning. Friday afternoon might see a bit of warming as the high moves to the east and an upper-level disturbance produces a few flurries. More sustained warming begins over the weekend and we could be back close to 50 degrees by this time next week.

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