STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With mild temperatures on the way, one might get the urge to dismiss the winter season and ring in an early spring. However, you might want to keep that toasty jacket handy, as the cold will come around.
Although temperatures peaked at 42 degrees on Tuesday, as reported by the Advance/SILive.com weather station, the first full week of February will see a climb in temperatures, making for a stretch of days resembling the season to come.
“All things considered, today will end up being our chilliest day probably for the next five or six days here,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Dombek said on Tuesday.
TEMPS HEATING UP IN NYC
As temperatures trend upward, the days will likely sit above February’s monthly average, and may even near record highs.
According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Online Weather Data for Central Park gathered between 1991 and 2020, February’s mean monthly average temperature sits at 35.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
To compare that with the coming days, Wednesday looks to sit in the mid to upper 40s with a low exceeding the average temperature at 36 degrees, according to AccuWeather. From there, the following days are expected exceed those temperatures.
Thursday will see temperatures reaching 50, before breaching the low 50s on Friday. But Saturday surely takes the cake with temperatures nearing record highs for the day.
“Our mildest day of the stretch is going to be Saturday,” Dombek said. “And we’re looking at temperatures way up in the 50s. It’s possible that we actually take a run at 60 that day.”
This high approaches the all-time Central Park record for the day, Dombek notes. The current record sits at 61 degrees; the notable figure was established just last year in 2023.
On Sunday, temperatures ease off ever so slightly, with the mercury forecast to sit in the mid 50s, according to Dombek.
COLD RETURNS IN NYC
In finally transitioning to a cooler pattern, we will see temperatures…
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