STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Looking for a break from the frigid temperatures sneaking into your home, your car, and your bones? This week will offer a brief reprieve.
Sunday will top out at 37 degrees, according to AccuWeather, as wind gusts reach roughly 24 miles-per-hour. Expect sun in between the odd cloud or two, which will hopefully melt some of that residual ice and snow from storms passed.
Kicking off the work week, Monday follows a similar pattern to Sunday — minus the sun and the brisk wind. Instead, despite maintaining a high temperature of 37 degrees, it will feel more like 31 degrees.
Monday night sinks to 33 degrees, making it opportune for “an evening flurry,” AccuWeather predicts. Don’t pull out the shovel, though; there shouldn’t be any accumulation.
The warm-up begins Tuesday.
Figure in some sun with a lot of clouds as temperatures reach 44 degrees, before making way for “a little rain” come the evening.
That sprinkle of rain could carry over into the early morning hours of Wednesday, but the main concern will be the 30 mile-per-hour winds that carry on throughout hump day. Hitting 49 degrees, the day will be 10 degrees warmer than the average for this time of year: 39 degrees.
Thursday will feel like 50 degrees as we reach 47 degrees for a high, with “mostly sunny” conditions gracing us throughout the day. The wind dies down, too, before Friday hits us with a high of 51 degrees and a smattering of rain in the afternoon and evening.
Don’t count on the sun Friday or Saturday.
Saturday’s high temperature is predicted to be 53 degrees, “cloudy with occasional rain followed by a steadier rain,” AccuWeather wrote. That rain carries on into the night, before clearing in time for Sunday.
Sunday will only reach 46 degrees, but the sun will make a break for it once again. The wind, however, is back with a vengeance: gusts reaching up to 36 miles-per-hour might make you rethink putting out those garbage pails earlier than you need to.