{"id":112344,"date":"2026-01-26T00:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112344\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T00:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:29:25","slug":"how-much-snow-will-nyc-get-3-forecasters-predict-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112344\/","title":{"rendered":"How much snow will NYC get? 3 forecasters predict totals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OTLFFTYA2JELBFHOBSUCKY3HD4\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Will New York City receive a foot of snow or will accumulation fail to exceed half a foot?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QWYUV5FX4JHFNPIHP7SMGGGTVQ\">As of Saturday, meteorologists continue to monitor the developing situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KCHBADTANFF6VCYC5VS7TLDO6I\">AccuWeather meteorologists have said the city could see anywhere between 4 to 12 inches of accumulation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\">AccuWeather<\/a> Meteorologist Alyssa Glenny told the Advance\/SILive.com Saturday morning that the amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/ny-weather-dangerous-sleet-may-impact-nyc-snowstorm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/ny-weather-dangerous-sleet-may-impact-nyc-snowstorm.html\">sleet mixing with this snowstorm<\/a> will be the determining factor for the final snowfall tallies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DC6QJCSPONFVND72MSFERIIA5Y\">\u201cIf there is less sleet, perhaps, you know, northern parts of the city, northern suburbs, there\u2019s a chance that total may (be) near a foot (of snow),\u201d explained Glenny. \u201cNow, Long Island, suburbs with a better chance for sleet, we can see totals a little bit on the lower side of that, four to eight (inches).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G52MKMWZMZCPTJOBQUSPAVAHFU\">Glenny said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/massive-winter-storm-is-set-to-slam-nyc-heres-when-it-will-hit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/massive-winter-storm-is-set-to-slam-nyc-heres-when-it-will-hit.html\">the snow beginning early Sunday morning<\/a> will transition to sleet for a period of time Sunday evening before turning back to snow early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NWS snow on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XSOXPHPZW5FXHG22MUNYFBQ6FI.png\"  \/>This National Weather Service graphic shows that there is a 60-70% most of New York City will see at least 8 inches of snow from the storm set to impact the city on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.(National Weather Service)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PX6YXOIYGJGDHIVYA6VOLDP7UI\">The forecast from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\">National Weather Service<\/a> issued at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday indicates that the city will receive around 10 inches of snow. There is at least a 50-60% chance that Staten Island will receive 8 or more inches of snow from this storm, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5TX35AGK6BBINHWVTF6KZ4WNFU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/weather\/tenday\/l\/f892433d7660da170347398eb8e3d722d8d362fe7dd15af16ce88324e1b96e70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/weather\/tenday\/l\/f892433d7660da170347398eb8e3d722d8d362fe7dd15af16ce88324e1b96e70\">The Weather Channel<\/a> forecasts 8 to 12 inches of snow and ice will fall on Sunday alone; additional snow and ice of less than an inch is expected to come down Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4S54M4WZ5BGOPLWGPGZ7GAROVQ\">While it is possible the forecast may change, as of Saturday afternoon, the consensus appears to be that the city will likely see at least 8 inches of snow.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cold outside\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4EJHAEYA3BEYXCVFKBA7CSKFQ4.JPG\"  \/>Windchills made it feel like -8 degrees on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, but that didn&#8217;t stop brothers Jim and Rick Galloway, of Annadale, from taking a walk in Great Kills Park before the big storm hit on Sunday.(Steve White for the Staten Island Advance)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Will New York City receive a foot of snow or will accumulation fail to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-112344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}