2023 closed as the least “white” year in the history of climate records in New York City: Between January 1 and December 31, Central Park only recorded 2.3 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
Such a drought could be reversed the first weekend of 2024: A possible storm would bring snow the night of this Saturday, January 6 and Sunday, the 7th., although it is still early to confirm it, experts warn. “The storm track and the availability of cold air for snow are still up in the air,” he said. NBC News.
The storm could become the first major snowfall in many areas of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic in more than a yearwhich would end a record snow drought that has gripped cities from Washington DC to New York, noted Forbes.
Meanwhile, This week the weather looks cold, with temperatures between 25 and 35 degrees F (-3 and 2C) and there is a 40% chance of rain on Thursday.
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Confirming what you probably expected, 2023 will go down as the “least snowiness” year in NYC/Central Park with just 2.3″. Here are the top 10 rankings of least annual snowfall amounts for comparison. #NYwx pic.twitter.com/YJ1UFdqn3P
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 1, 2024
For 110 years (1913), New York had not had such a low snow record: that time there was a total of 3.4 inches. 1973 now occupies 3rd place with 5.6 inches on the list of “least annual snowfall.”
Although Central Park, considered the city’s benchmark thermometer, It added a couple of inches last winter in February and March, It’s been almost 700 days since NYC recorded at least an inch of snow in a single day. The same shortage has occurred in Baltimore, Filadelfia y Washington DC.
Weather updates can be found here and on the portal of National Weather Service (NWS-NY). Further details here about the forecast in counties of New York and Jersey and on this page NBC News Weather.
2024-01-02 18:53:17
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