{"id":298786,"date":"2026-07-17T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298786\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:57:40","slug":"nyc-weekend-weather-air-quality-to-improve-for-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298786\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC weekend weather, air quality to improve for World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday storms could give way to clearer skies<\/a> Sunday when the world\u2019s eyes turn toward the New York City area to watch the World Cup finals between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

A \u201cslight chance of showers\u201d Saturday could help wash away orange skies over the tri-state area caused by Canadian wildfires, according to the National Weather Service,\u00a0 though areas of smoke may persist.<\/p>\n

A thunderstorm is possible after 11 a.m. Temperatures will reach roughly 82 degrees with wind gusts as high as 23 mph.<\/p>\n

Saturday night is expected to bring showers accompanied by possible thunderstorms in the early hours of Sunday morning. That may include rainfall of up to nearly an inch.<\/p>\n

Wet conditions are expected to give way to sunny skies<\/a> over MetLife Stadium Sunday. A high temperature of 82 degrees and winds just over 10 mph hint toward nearly ideal conditions for the highly anticipated 3 p.m. showdown<\/a> between the world\u2019s top two soccer teams.<\/p>\n

\"AA general view of the MetLife stadium during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Brazil and Morocco in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)<\/p>\n

Smoky air had threatened to complicate that event in East Rutherford, N.J. But forecasts indicate poor air quality shouldn\u2019t be an issue<\/a> when the World Cup tournament finally reaches its climax, with President Trump and Mayor Mamdani<\/a> in the stands.<\/p>\n

The Weather Channel says New Yorkers can expect Monday\u2019s weather to look a lot like a lot like Sunday\u2019s conditions, but under partially cloudy skies. Thunderstorms could return Tuesday night and roll into Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

That would be a welcomed change over the past few days<\/a> in New York City. The city fell under a dangerous, code red air quality alert Thursday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting southeast from Ontario. Those looking to kick a ball around or do anything at all have been forced indoors thanks to an unfriendly yellow and orange haze that\u2019s coated the skies.<\/p>\n

Accuweather says Spanish soccer fans watching their team play in Madrid will be dealing with nearly 100 degree weather<\/a> on Sunday. Temperatures in Argentina \u2014 where it\u2019s wintertime<\/a> \u2014 are expected to hit a high of 56 degrees.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday storms could give way to clearer skies Sunday when the world\u2019s eyes turn toward the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20233,17314,1066,9,11,10,133,5572,14771],"class_list":["post-298786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-forecast","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-weather","tag-weekend","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298786","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=298786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}