At the end of a particularly mild winter, the snow (very temporarily) covered New York City at the beginning of the week, in particular Central Park as well as the main thoroughfares of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The country’s weather services (National Weather Service) measured nearly five centimeters of white coat in the immense green lung of the megalopolis, along the mythical 5th avenue, a “record” this season.
The climatic reality and imagery over New York make it a city regularly covered in snow, several times a winter. But this year, despite a few cold snaps, the largest city in the United States on the Atlantic coast was spared by the winter weather.
Large swathes of northeast U.S. were blanketed in snow, with parts of Massachusetts and New York hit hard by a winter storm pic.twitter.com/Kk8EgJnL3x
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 1, 2023
On the other hand, 700 km to the northwest in the same State of New York, in Buffalo, the “blizzard of the century” at the end of December caused nearly 40 deaths, with polar temperatures and more than a meter of snow which sowed desolation in this city on the shores of the Great Lakes, on the Canadian border.
In New York City at midday on Tuesday, however, rain melted most of the snow and ice, even as local officials issued warnings urging schools to open later. and disrupting road, air and rail transport.
Under the effect of climate change, winters in the northeastern United States may be shorter, more temperate and also experience periods of extreme conditions, according to scientists.
