Chilly winds continue to whip across Greater New York on Thursday as some of the coldest air since last January makes its way into the region.

Thursday morning won’t be quite as cold as Wednesday, though if you’re outside walking your dog before sunrise, you probably won’t be able to tell the difference.

Early Wednesday, wind chill values fell to 13 degrees above zero in Central Park. A bit further upstate, in the Hudson Valley, the calm weather helped temperatures plummet much colder than that: Albany reached 5 degrees above zero with a wind chill of -2F. Near the Canadian border, Watertown, Plattsburgh, and Glens Falls all dropped well below zero, with the latter registering the coldest temperature statewide at -9F. These temperatures were some of the coldest in Greater New York since last Jan. 22, which was only a handful of degrees colder.

Air that cold (which typically blows in from Siberia or north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska or Canada) can’t survive long before being locally warmed by the sun’s meager rays. Without reinforcing jolts of cold fronts, our weather will gradually warm over the remainder of the week until seasonally normal (perhaps even above normal) temperatures arrive again later this weekend.

Looking out a bit farther, there are no significant snowstorms on the horizon. However, another jolt of Siberian air may arrive next weekend, around Jan. 12. After that, there’s a possibility of switching back into a more active pattern that may support accumulating snow, but it’s much too far away for any kind of firm prediction.

Brooklyn: 34/27
Queens: 32/27
Bronx: 32/26
Staten Island: 34/26

(Source: WSJ)