New Yorkers are looking at a mixed bag of weather heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, with forecasts predicting alternating cloudy and sunny days paired with a few chances of rain across the metropolitan area. The National Weather Service forecasts for the entirety of the city—including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—indicate a consistent pattern for the week, with partly sunny to cloudy skies today across the boroughs and temperatures ranging from as high as 53 degrees in Staten Island and Brooklyn to 52 in Manhattan and Queens, while the Bronx is expected to hit a high near 52 degrees.
As the evening sets in, each borough will experience mostly cloudy conditions with low temperatures hovering around the 40-degree mark tonight, though Staten Island and Bronx will see lows around 39 degrees—the evening weather, described as calm with light wind, sets a contrasting prelude to a week that carries a chance of precipitation with Tuesday showing a 50 percent likelihood of rain after 1pm with cloudy skies and high temperatures in the mid-50s for all boroughs. The rain is expected to occur mainly before 1am, according to forecasts, followed by temperature rises overnight, indicating a damp beginning to the midweek hustle.
Looking towards Wednesday, the chance of rain persists, standing at 50 percent for Queens and Staten Island, and at 40 percent for Manhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn; temperatures will peak near 64 degrees, reinforcing a week where umbrellas might be as necessary as winter coats, especially with the possibility of new precipitation amounts reaching up to half an inch. Transitioning from showers and clouds, residents can anticipate a brighter Thanksgiving Day, with forecasts promising mostly sunny skies though temperatures will drop to more bracing highs near 45 degrees and similarly brisk lows in the low-30s to mid-30s across the boroughs.
The National Weather Service, in its Hazardous Weather Outlook for New York City, has indicated no hazardous weather is expected that would meet NWS warning criteria through Saturday, except the potential for gale force wind gusts Thursday through Friday evening on the ocean waters, which suggests that while the city itself might be spared from weather-related hazards, those with maritime interests should remain alert and cautious, while as citizens prep for the holiday wind gusts could affect parade balloons and outdoor activities.
