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Published on January 15, 2025
New York City Braces for Wintry Mix as NWS Forecasts Chilly Week AheadSource: Wikipedia/Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The clear skies over New York City today belie the chill that has settled across the boroughs. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island are all experiencing highs in the mid-30s, with wind chills making it feel significantly colder. The National Weather Service has issued detailed forecasts predicting sunny conditions with some variability in wind chill values — with Manhattan, for example, feeling between 10 and 20 degrees colder due to the winds. 

Tonight, the city is preparing for mostly clear skies with slightly lower temperatures around the low 20s, and the wind expected to slow down slightly. However, the upcoming days bring an eclectic mix of weather to New Yorkers. According to the National Weather Service, Thursday will see increasing clouds with a chance of snow showers by the nightfall, though they are not expected to persist past 1 a.m. The forecast for the upcoming week includes a steady climb to highs near 40 degrees on Friday, followed by a likelihood of rain Saturday afternoon and a chance of rain and snow come Sunday.

But even as the city faces a roller coaster of conditions, the National Weather Service's Hazardous Weather Outlook reports no severe weather expected that would trigger NWS warnings. This bit of news may offer some solace to residents bracing against the current cold and the upcoming dampness, suggesting that, at least for now, the city may skirt past any extreme winter events.

Apart from the day-to-day variability, the outlook for Monday and Tuesday is said to be mostly sunny with chilling highs in the low to mid-20s. Come Martin Luther King Day, New Yorkers can expect a mostly sunny sky with temperatures hovering around the high 20s and low 30s, before the mercury drops to the low teens in the night.