By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-06 20:20:43 | Updated at 2025-01-08 03:00:01
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Monday’s light flurries in the city will likely taper off before the evening commute — but the Big Apple should get ready for a long-term deep freeze that could last a month, forecasters say.
Frigid temperatures in the 20s and 30s will hold steady in New York City through January, Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Cody Braud told The Post.
“It’s been lightly snowing the last several hours in the city, and will stay very light for the next few hours,” Braud said Monday afternoon. “By the time we’re closer to the commute home, the flakes should have largely stopped.”
Flurries may be scattered into the evening, but snow should not accumulate or cause issues for commuters heading home, Braud said.
As for the coming days, “Cold conditions are not going to be letting up any time soon,” Braud said.
“We may have one day getting kind of close to the 40s toward the start of next week, but largely every single day is going to [remain] somewhere in the 30s.”
The mornings for the rest of the month will likely start out much more frigid, with temperatures in the low to mid-20s.
“We are definitely in this long-term pattern of, you know, persistent cold days with no real let up anytime soon,” he added.
Though Monday’s flurries likely won’t stick around for long, there’s a slight chance that New York City will see some more fluffy white flakes Saturday, the forecaster said.
“We’re expecting a storm in Texas of all places this week,” Braud said. “That storm will have a chance to work its way northeast toward our neck of the woods by the weekend.”
While the storm is set for the Lone Star State, whether its path will shift northeast and allow flakes to fall over the Big Apple remains to be seen. According to Braud, the forecast will firm up over the next couple of days.
“The pattern is definitely there for us to get some pretty decent snow, but a lot of things still have to go right before we kind of get that far,” Braud said.
