The Big Apple’s streak of below-freezing temps ended Monday – but New Yorkers will still face the unbearable cold with a chance of snow through at least the rest of this week.
Central Park finally reached above freezing, with the mercury hitting 34 degrees on Monday after nine straight days of temperatures stuck below 32 degrees, according to AccuWeather.
The last time the city endured a stretch of cold like this for more than nine days was January 2018, the weather service said.
AccuWeather senior meteorologist John Feerick warned temps won’t tick up much above freezing over the next couple days before an Arctic blast is expected to bring another round of deep freeze conditions near the end of the week into the weekend.
“It’s not looking like there’s any big warm-up coming anytime soon,” he said.
He also said forecasts show there’s a chance of snow flurries Tuesday night with a snow squall possible for Friday evening that could make travel messy.
But the snow isn’t expected to drop enough accumulation to force plows onto the roads, he said.