Autumn Arrives in the Big Apple: Rain and Cool Temperatures Expected

Autumn will arrive with force in the Big Apple.

This coming September 23rd, autumn officially begins and it will do so with rain and cool temperatures.

According to the forecast, for this Saturday, the first day of autumn is expected to begin with rain from 8:00 in the morning and with temperatures close to 66 degrees.

The chance of rain is 100 percent.

The drop in temperatures, explained Stephanie Viés, will be caused by a system that is rising from Florida that is accompanied by rain.

“We are monitoring an area of low pressure that is in Florida and that will move north in the coming days,” he said.

“It is going to bring us instability for the beginning of autumn that will bring us a lot of rain on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and at the beginning of next week,” he predicted.

For Sunday, the chances of rain are at 40 percent with minimum temperatures near 62 degrees.

New York will lose 18 minutes of sunlight in a week

With the arrival of autumn, the days will begin to get shorter and in one week, we will lose 18 minutes of sunlight.

This Tuesday, September 20, sunrise was at 6:41 am until 6:56 pm, that is, 12 hours and 15 minutes of light.

But in a week, sunrise will be at 6:48 am and the sun will set at 6:45 pm, that is, 18 minutes less.

The days will get shorter as autumn progresses and winter arrives.

In one month, sunrise will be at 7:11 am and sunset will be at 6:10 pm, which means one hour and 20 minutes less light.

The shortest day of the year will be next December 21, when the sun will rise at 7:16 in the morning and set at 4:31 in the afternoon. Almost 3 hours and 50 minutes less light compared to today.

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The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline as the plane approaches LaGuardia Airport.

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People cool off by the water at Coney Island on a hot September afternoon.