Near-Record Temperatures, Then a Cooling
With temperatures expected in the mid-60s today, the record high for this date, 65 in 1998, is in jeopardy, but two cold fronts are expected in the next three days, bringing rain tonight and cooling temperatures to the 40s by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Konrad Fiedler
Brooklynites take in the unseasonably warm weather yesterday in Fort Greene Park in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.
Yesterday's high temperature of 62 was two degrees below the record set in 1907, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, John Murray, said. The warm-weather pattern "is considered anomalous," Mr. Murray said.
Today, "we could see, for a few areas, that some temperature records could be tied or even broken with this warmth," he added.
The unseasonably warm temperatures this week are the result of warm air moving to the northeast and across the Eastern Seaboard from the Gulf of Mexico, with highs in the mid-70s in northern Florida and Georgia, according to forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Temperatures should begin to cool tomorrow though, remaining above the seasonal high average of 38, with highs in the upper 50s, forecasts show.
During this week last year, temperatures were also in the 60s, with a record high on January 6, 2007, of 72 degrees in Central Park.
