Weather Stories

Looks can be deceiving. Despite a warm and dry start to our Sunday, conditions are expected to take turn late in the day. Most of the day stays nice with sunshine and warmer temperatures to enjoy. If you plan to run errands or spend any time outdoors, take a small umbrella just to be safe in case passing afternoon showers…

The New York City area is bracing for more potential storms and gusty winds, on the heels of a system that knocked out power to tens of thousands and killed a Connecticut woman last week. An approaching cold front kept the area fairly soggy overnight into Friday. Winds got gusty, too. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory along.....

After weeks of talking about it, the day of the solar eclipse is finally here. But the question on everyone’s mind remains: will the weather cooperate? In the tri-state, temperatures will be gorgeous for outdoor viewing (with proper ISO-certified eyewear, of course!). We’ll be a few degrees warmer than Sunday, with most of us seeing 60 degrees, if ...

Scientists say climate change is unequivocally linked to the intensity, scale and frequency of natural disasters, such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, all contributing to global humanitarian emergencies, including those in New York and New Jersey. Firefighters, police and operation teams are the first to a...

Nearly 50,000 tri-state residents were without power Thursday after violent thunderstorms rolled through the New York City area, felling trees and forcing flight cancellations as furious winds topped 60 mph regionally. At least one person died as a result of the storm; a tree fell on her car in Armonk, authorities say. New York and New Jersey bore ...

A potent low pressure system will slowly work its way through region over the next three days, bringing a wide array of crummy weather through mid-week. 

A potent low pressure system will slowly work its way through region over the next three days, bringing a wide array of crummy weather through mid-week. 

Monday marks one week out from the highly-anticipated solar eclipse of 2024. Whether you’re traveling to witness totality or taking in the partial eclipse at home, the weather will dictate how well you can view the astronomical phenomenon. There is still plenty of time for forecast details to change. But as it stands right now, most of the country ...

The big question for many strategic eclipse chasers, or umbraphiles (shadow lovers), is “Which location has the best chance of clear skies?” Because who wants to experience an eclipse under cloudy skies?

The weather wasn’t going to be amazin’ for the Mets home opener at CitiField — so the team postponed it a day. Friday brings much better luck, weather-wise. It’ll be a bit breezy but dry, with some sun and temperatures in the 50s. The game against the Brewers, which had been scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. Thursday, will......

A powerful weather system pummeled the tri-state all day long, inundating parts of our area with nearly 4 inches of rainfall by the time the storm started letting up. Central Park delivered eye-popping rainfall totals by late afternoon when 3.66 inches had fallen, making Saturday the third wettest March day on record. The all-day rainfall intensifi...

Spring is a season of transition. A shift from the cold and gray days of winter to the bright and balmy days of summer. But confusion ensued as as temperatures tumbled across the Tri-State right after spring sprung. It’s a notoriously topsy-turvy season, but to give us some clarity on what’s ahead NOAA issued its 2024 spring outlook Thurs...

Remember how nice last weekend was, weather-wise? Good. Keep remembering. We’ve got yet another Saturday soaker on tap for the tri-state area this weekend, a storm expected to dump a widespread 1 to 3 inches of water on the region. It starts overnight Friday into Saturday and progressively intensifies. Rain may be heavy at times, though the h...