NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Measurable snow was recorded for the first time this winter season in Central Park, breaking the record for the latest-ever snowfall there.
Four-tenths of an inch of light snow was recorded at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. “Measurable” snow is defined as one-tenth of an inch or more.
Feb. 1 is now the record for the latest snowfall in Central Park since record-keeping began in 1869, the National Weather Service said. The previous record was set 50 years ago on Jan. 29, 1973.
The last time there was measurable snow in Central Park was on March 9, 2022.
The city nearly broke a second record this season—the longest-ever period without measurable snow.
It was just three days shy of that record, which would have been set on Feb. 5 with 333 days of no snow.
With the snow long gone by Wednesday afternoon, forecasters warned of frigid cold that will grip the city on Thursday and Friday.
While the high Thursday neared 40 during the day, temps will plummet to the 20s on Thursday night as an arctic front blasts into the New York area. RealFeel temps will be around 16 overnight.
Friday will have a blustery high of 28 degrees, with RealFeels around 13.
It gets brutally cold on Friday night, with a low of 6 and a RealFeel of -4.
The frigid air lingers Saturday, when the high is forecast to be just 22. It will stay about that cold overnight Saturday as RealFeels dip into the low teens in the city.
A warmup will begin Sunday as highs shoot up into the 40s and stay there into next week.
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