{"id":123696,"date":"2026-02-05T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/123696\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:28:08","slug":"n-y-weather-arctic-blast-continues-with-hazardous-wind-chills-on-staten-island-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/123696\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Weather: Arctic blast continues with hazardous wind chills on Staten Island this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Staten Island residents should prepare for a frigid weekend as an Arctic cold front approaches the area. <\/p>\n

The National Weather Service forecasts dry but cold conditions through Friday before dangerously cold temperatures and strong winds arrive Friday night into Saturday.<\/p>\n

According to the National Weather Service, light snow accumulation of up to an inch is expected on Staten Island beginning Friday night as the Arctic front moves through the region. <\/p>\n

However, the primary concern will be the extreme cold and powerful winds that follow. Northwest winds are expected to reach 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 50 mph on Saturday, creating potentially dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n

The most severe weather will occur Saturday night into early Sunday morning, when temperatures are forecast to drop into the single digits across Staten Island and New York City. Combined with strong winds, this will produce wind chills between 10 and 15 degrees below zero. The National Weather Service indicates that Extreme Cold watches may be necessary for Saturday night into Sunday morning due to the dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n

Before the Arctic blast arrives, Thursday and Friday will remain cold but dry, with temperatures continuing to run about 10 degrees below normal for early February. High pressure will keep skies clear through Friday before conditions deteriorate Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Sunday will remain very cold with northwest winds of 10 to 15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph, though not as severe as Saturday\u2019s conditions. Temperatures will slowly moderate by Monday, though still remaining below seasonal averages.<\/p>\n

The upcoming weekend temperatures could approach record territory. The record low maximum temperature for Sunday, February 8 at Central Park is just 8 degrees, set in 1895, though current forecasts don\u2019t indicate temperatures quite that extreme.<\/p>\n

A draft of this story was generated using AI. It was reviewed, edited and approved by Advance\/SILive.com staff.<\/p>\n

\"SunriseThe sun rises over Great Kills Park at Hylan Boulevard and Buffalo Street. Remnants of ice and snow remain on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\"SunriseThe sun rises over Great Kills Park at Hylan Boulevard and Buffalo Street. Remnants of ice and snow remain on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Staten Island residents should prepare for a frigid weekend as an Arctic cold front…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-123696","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\/123696","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=123696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}