New York City Escapes Freeze Warning, Barely

NEW YORK CITY — Here’s the good news: New York City won’t be under a freeze warning Friday. The bad news is temperatures will drop to 35 degrees.

New Yorkers hopeful for dry weather after a rain-soaked Thursday will have to huddle through more wet and wind weather followed by a chilly night, the National Weather Service said.

Friday’s forecast calls for rain, mainly before noon, and wind gusts as high as 33 mph.

“New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible,” the National Weather Service forecast states.

The wet weather will be followed by cold, barely-above-freezing temperatures overnight.

The forecast spares the city from a freeze warning issued in surrounding areas in Long Island, New Jersey and up through Connecticut. Instead, the city is under a coastal flood advisory Friday until 11 a.m.

Skies should clear later Friday afternoon and into Saturday, according to the forecast. Then rain likely will return Sunday.

The full National Weather Service forecast is:

• Saturday Night — Increasing clouds, with a steady temperature around 46. South wind around 7 mph.
• Sunday — A 30 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 5 to 14 mph.
• Sunday Night — Rain likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.