Winter in New York often conjures images of Times Square and Central Park blanketed in snow in Manhattan. However, this year is not the case.
Agence France-Presse reported that as of yesterday, there was no measurable snowfall in New York City, which means that the city has broken the record for the latest snowfall in winter in 50 years.
Meanwhile, New York City is also on the verge of setting a new record for the number of consecutive days without any measurable snowfall.
The disappearance of “white season” has New Yorkers confused. “It’s really sad. Basically, we don’t like seeing snow, but now we miss it so much,” retired teacher Anne Hansen told AFP.
According to experience in previous years, New York City, nicknamed “The Big Apple” (The Big Apple), usually receives its first snowfall around mid-December. The first snow of the previous winter fell on Christmas Eve.
According to meteorologists’ definition of measurable snowfall in New York City, Central Park needs to receive at least 0.1 inches of snow. Although there was a slight snowfall in the local area on the 25th of this month, it did not meet the above standards.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), there was no snow yesterday, which means that this is the longest time for New Yorkers to wait for the first snow since records began in 1869. Before that, the last time New York City saw measurable snowfall was Jan. 29, a record set in 1973.
New York is also on the verge of recording the longest streak of snow-free days, currently held at 332 as of December 15, 2020.
Yesterday was the 326th day of a “snow drought,” according to weather forecasting firm AccuWeather.
“This (snow drought) phenomenon is extremely unusual,” NWS meteorologist Nelson Vaz told AFP, noting that the global anti-La Nina weather pattern was the main cause of the cold front staying further north and west. .
In December, at least 39 people were killed in Buffalo, New York, near the Canadian border.
According to the weather website Weather.com, in terms of the temperature in the first 25 days of January in New York City, only 1932 was warmer than 2023.
New York City has never gone an entire winter without measurable snowfall.
February is typically the snowiest month, and the Big Apple might soon turn silver.
