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After day of record-high winter temperatures, what's up next for NY?
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Giulia Heyward
Published Mar 3, 2024
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New Yorkers basked in record-high temperatures and under sunny skies on Sunday, filling parks, blooming gardens, ball courts, and those worse-for-winter wear outdoor dining sheds.
Don’t get too used to it just yet.
The high in Central Park hit 68 degrees, easily topping the record 65 degrees for the same date, set in 1991. It was even warmer in Newark, where the high was 70 degrees–topping the previous record 66 degrees, also in 1991.
A scene from Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Courtesy of Katarzyna Gawin
“We’re still in an astronomical winter, so sometimes you still get surges of cold air from the northwest and Canada,” meteorologist Tom Wasula, from the National Weather Service’s Albany office, told Gothamist.
“In this particular situation, we’ve had an influx of milder air from the deep South and the South, and that’s why temperatures hit–or near–record values for parts of the city and Long Island area,” Wasula said.
What’s up next? Monday will begin mostly cloudy with temperatures rising to the mid-50s, but rain is expected to move into the city by evening, along with a drop in temperatures to the lower-40s after midnight, according to the National Weather Service.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Rain is expected to continue into Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Clear skies and temperatures in the lower-50s are expected on Friday.
“It’s been a mild winter across parts of the Northeast,” Wasula said. “And this kind of continued the trend, what happened today.”
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Giulia Heyward
Giulia Heyward is a breaking news reporter on the Day-Of desk. She previously worked at NPR, as a breaking news reporter, and the New York Times, as a reporting fellow on the national desk. Her work has also appeared in CNN, The Atlantic and Politico. Got a tip? Email [email protected] or more securely on signal at 917-715-1458.
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