It’s time to get your winter boots out and wrap up tight if you live in this one US city after it was confirmed it might be in for its longest deep freeze of over half a century, thanks to an incoming snow cyclone.
If you thought we were moving away from winter weather conditions and preparing for a lovely spring, another snowy storm is heading toward us.
January has already been hit by Storm Fern, which saw as many as 17 states declare an emergency as freezing temperatures were set to batter the US.
On Saturday (January 31), The Guardian reports that at least 85 people across the US have died following another huge storm, which is making its way to the East Coast, bringing ice, snow, and cold temperatures along with it.
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Just after 30 inches of snow took over the Big Apple, states were told they need to 'prepare’ for the next onslaught. But no city is going to be more affected than this one major destination spot.
As a ‘bomb cyclone’ is expected to take hold of Florida and the Southeast region this week, it’s going to take a turn to New York City.
The freeze is apparently going to be so bad that it’ll be the longest deep freeze in 65 years if the forecasts are correct.
The last time New York saw weather this bad, it was in 1881, say experts, and the record-holder for the longest freeze was 1961, which suffered through 16 days of frost.
This time, it is predicted to be just 32 degrees or below for 15 days straight until February, per AccuWeather meteorologists.
Meteorologist Chad Merrill told The New York Post: “We are expecting the high temperature to be at or below 32 through next Saturday, which would rank as the second longest streak with the maximum temperature at or below 32 in years."
He explained that things could change next weekend into the ‘following week’, which could ‘push the temperature above freezing for a couple of days', adding: “I think we’re looking at that streak probably ending Sunday or Monday."
On January 30, New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, urged residents to 'take this cold weather seriously' as 'temperatures are dangerously low, with icy conditions as a result'.
"If you can, stay indoors, keep warm, and limit time outside. If you need to travel, use public transportation and give yourself extra time," he said.
"City agencies are working around the clock to clear streets, improve road conditions, and get New Yorkers indoors and out of the cold as we continue recovering from last weekend’s heavy snowfall. As we face what could be the harshest stretch of cold weather in New York City history, we all must do our part and stay prepared."
According to the experts, the chill is coming from the pressure systems over the Greenland area and the western US, which is providing a ‘direct connection or direct line, and from the northern regions where the air mass is originating, and it’s taking the shortest distance it can from all the way up close to the Arctic Circle down into the eastern US’.
Britt Jones