Disney World may need a cleanup, but New York City was left unscathed by Hurricane Charley as the storm made only a cameo appearance here on its way out to the Atlantic.

Overnight rain and a few lingering sprinkles were the only signs of Charley as it moved through the tristate area, sparing the city the torrential floods and damaging winds that left thousands of Floridians homeless.

Central Park received half an inch of rain through yesterday, with winds hovering between 10 and 15 mph.

“I wouldn’t even find it breezy,” said John Koch, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Long Island.

The Hamptons set had a slightly rainier weekend, with Long Island and the East End getting up to 2 inches of rain.

Still, Charley had lost its fight by the time it arrived in the Northeast, having been downgraded to tropical storm status before reaching southern New Jersey. By last night, it had dissipated into the Atlantic, Mr. Koch said.

Con Edison, which had kept extra crews on hand over the weekend in case of emergencies, said it received no word of storm-related power failures.

“The storm missed us,” spokesman Chris Olert said.

Floridians were not nearly as lucky. The brunt of the hurricane – one of the most powerful storms in American history – slammed into the Sunshine State, inflicting more than $20 billion worth of damage.

Sixteen people were reported killed, and authorities expect the death toll to rise.

President Bush has declared Florida a disaster area, a move designed to facilitate the allotment of federal funds to the beleaguered peninsula.

The president and his brother, Florida’s governor, Jeb Bush, surveyed the damage wrought by the storm in a helicopter and motorcade tour yesterday.

Back in Gotham, New Yorkers went about their business, unfazed by the gray and gloomy weekend weather.

“We have a fun time, rain or shine,” said Ashley L’Europa, visiting ground zero from Rhode Island yesterday.