{"id":169270,"date":"2026-03-20T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/169270\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:48:24","slug":"mild-weather-on-1st-day-of-spring-in-new-york-city-rain-later-before-warmup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/169270\/","title":{"rendered":"Mild weather on 1st day of spring in New York City, rain later before warmup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring officially arrives today in New York City with the vernal equinox  at exactly 10:46 a.m., and while it may not feel like it right away, Friday&#8217;s weather does deliver a clear shift in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Early on, temperatures hover around 40 degrees in NYC, with colder readings in the 30s and even 20s across the Tri-State Area suburbs. It&#8217;s a chilly start, but not totally unexpected for the first day of spring.<\/p>\n<p>By Friday afternoon, conditions improve noticeably. Milder air moves in, winds pick up a bit, and temperatures climb into the mid to upper 50s.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jl-fa-normal-temperature.png#.png\" alt=\"jl-fa-normal-temperature.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  Friday forecast for rain<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the kind of day that offers a preview of April, even if clouds increase and a few late showers develop before sunset. But keep an umbrella nearby, especially heading into the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Showers continue at times tonight as a system pushes through, but it won&#8217;t linger long enough to spoil the weekend. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tonight-csv-1.png#.png\" alt=\"tonight-csv-1.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  Warmer weekend<\/p>\n<p>Saturday looks like the brighter of the two days, with mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures once again reaching the mid to upper 50s. It&#8217;s a solid day to get outside and enjoy that early\u2011spring feel.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday stays mild as well, with highs climbing into the low 60s. Clouds increase later in the day, and a few showers are possible late, but much of the day remains usable.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/weekend-1.png#.png\" alt=\"weekend-1.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a gradual and welcome transition into spring \u2014 not a dramatic flip, but a steady warmup that sets the tone for the days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/am-super-7-day-1.png#.png\" alt=\"am-super-7-day-1.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  First Alert Weather maps<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring officially arrives today in New York City with the vernal equinox at exactly 10:46 a.m., and while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-169270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169270","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=169270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}