The beginning of 2025 has been a cold one. And temperatures haven’t bottomed out but.
We’re looking forward to a stretch of days subsequent week that’ll be 5 to 10 levels colder than something we’ve skilled up to now this 12 months. In actual fact, we’ve got not seen temperatures this chilly in virtually 2 years.
However the frigid air isn’t right here but.
After a cold Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll truly see temperatures swing again up and into the 40s this weekend. Not like most of January, the place we had a gentle northwest wind delivering chilly Canadian air straight to the tri-state, we’ll see our winds popping out of the south-southwest, delivering milder air to our area. Briefly.
As shortly because the milder air will transfer in, a chilly entrance is ready to return alongside to knock temperatures again down. The showers alongside this entrance will largely be rain, although some snow may combine in north and west as colder air flows into the area.
Then temperatures tumble heading into subsequent week.
Up to now this 12 months, the coldest temperature we’ve seen at Central Park has been 19 levels. By Tuesday, our highs will battle to achieve that mark. And that’s earlier than factoring within the wind chill, which is able to make it really feel like the one digits for a lot of the day.
Now we have not skilled temperatures this chilly since Feb. 2023. And this degree of chilly will be harmful, particularly when winds are factored in. Get away your entire winter gear and be ready to layer up.
If you happen to suppose it’s felt chilly these previous few weeks, simply wait till the arctic air settles in.
