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It is so cold in New York, igloos are popping up in Manhattan.
And it’s only going to get worse as a bomb cyclone arrives — pushing the wind-chill temperatures Sunday as low as a deadly minus-15 degrees.
The Frozen Apple is in the midst of an historic cold stretch that has claimed the lives of at least 14 people who died outdoors, with no end in sight.
The fountain at Bryant Park is frozen over much to the chagrin to visitors of the seasonal market and ice rink. Bryan Smith/ZUMA / SplashNews.com
Gusts of 30 to 50 mph generated by the nor’easter raging along the Atlantic Coast will keep the mercury no warmer than 24 degrees, and as low as 11 degrees, according to AccuWeather.
“Make sure you limit your exposed skin because frostbite can set in very quickly,” AccuWeather meteorologist Peyton Simmers told The Post, adding, “Obviously, hypothermia can set in very quickly, too.”
Under those conditions, it is possible to develop frostbite on exposed skin in a little over 30 minutes and there is high risk of hypothermia for people who are outdoors for prolonged stretches of time.
The bitter cold and snow last weekend claimed the lives of 10 New Yorkers, six of whom were homeless.
They were allowed to stay in the streets as Mayor Zohran Mamdani has refused to budge from his policy of not forcing the homeless into shelters, even in the deadly cold.
Mamdani on Saturday said the city’s death toll from the bitter freeze had reached 14, with another person found dead outdoors over the past 24 hours.
A homeless person sleeping on a bench, Ocean Avenue between Lincoln and Empire Blvd, in Brooklyn, on Saturday. William Farrington for NY Post
Eight of the victims died of hypothermia with the cause of death for the rest still under investigation by the city’s Medical Examiner. At least six victims were homeless.
He insisted the city has been taking “every possible measure to get New Yorkers inside” since NYC’s “Code Blue” emergency first went into effect Jan. 19.
Sunday will mark the ninth day in a row where temperatures in the Big Apple have failed to reach the freezing point of 32 degrees — and experts project the cold snap could continue for an historic 21 days.
The longest streak where the high temperature in New York City failed to reach above freezing was 16 days in 1961, according to AccuWeather data.
The current streak began on Jan. 24 and could last until Feb. 14.
The only day that could potentially break the pattern is Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, when temps might hit 32 degrees, the weather service reported.
Ice flow on the Hudson River as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, on Saturday. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post
“My prediction is that he sees his shadow. Six more weeks of winter,” Simmers said of famous weather prognosticator Staten Island Chuck.
Another surge of arctic air is expected to smack NYC in the face later next week, which could arrive by next Friday Feb. 6 and last through Sunday, according to AccuWeather.
“The cold is not going anywhere anytime soon,” said Simmers.
Kips Bay Deli at 545 Second Ave in Manhattan, NY, put a deli sign on top of a tall snow pile on January 30, 2026. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post
One intrepid 34-year-old Upper West Side homeless man decided to make a statement about the weather by making an urban igloo.
“I watched a few YouTubes videos about [how to make] igloos,” said Ethan “Freckles” Schneider, of his refurbished digs on Broadway and West 75th Street.
Meanwhile, former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) joined other community leaders outside NYC Health Center Jackson Heights Saturday to demand the Mamdani administration dump its encampment friendly policies — echoing The Post’s Page 1 story that the mayor’s supposedly “humane” plans are killing New Yorkers with kindness.
Ice floats cover part of the Hudson River along the Manhattan shoreline as New York City experiences frigid temperatures following a winter storm last weekend on January 30, 2026, in New York City. Getty Images
“It is outrageous and unacceptable that this homeless encampment has been permitted to exist on this residential block for far too long,” said the pol.
“Now more than ever with subzero weather … the Mayor must act, now! Remove every homeless person off the streets and give them the help and shelter they need. This is literally a matter of life or death.”
Additional reporting by Jennifer Bain