Weather up nyc5/28/2023 ![]() “If there was more snow we would have canceled work today, but there wasn’t much, it’s business as usual today,” he said as he walked to a job site in Long Island City. His metric: whether or not his construction crew had to go in to work. An inch of snow had collected on the grass and tops of cars.įor Luis Miranda, 34, the wet snowfall did not count as a real winter storm. “Who’s going to come to wash today?” she said.Īt Queensboro Plaza, a commuting hub in Queens, business went on as planned for food vendors, bodegas and commuters. ![]() Her only complaint, as she walked off to open the laundromat where she works, is she expected a slow day. Her son is now 27, and she said she would post photos on social media of her posing in the spot. When she moved to New York from Mexico in 1996, her young son would often come to the same spot to build snowmen on days like this, she said. In Brooklyn, Rosario Lopez, 46, traveled 10 blocks from her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant to stand in the white expanse of Fort Greene Park and take pictures. “Of course the first year we get a sled and store it in our New York City apartment, there’s like no reason to go sledding.” “I have two little boys and they’ve been dying to go sledding,” Ms. The Utah native is used to epic winters but said this New York season has been “underwhelming and disappointing” in terms of snowfall. “Being a dad of a 5-year-old, you quickly learn these moments go by quickly,” he said. He felt a pang of guilt that she would be late to school, but he said the memories they were making were worth it. The park was a detour on the way to taking Zoey to kindergarten, Mr. “It used to be me having to sit with her on that sled and it hurt my back.” Shanahan said, laughing.Īcross the city in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, another parent was choosing to delay school for a little while.Ĭhhay Chhun and his 5-year-old daughter, Zoey, built tiny “snowpeople” out of baseball-sized snowballs.Īs they worked, Zoey pelted her father with more than a few snowballs, flopped on her back to make snow angels and even tugged a blue plastic sled to the top of a low hill and skidded down by herself. “We’re meant to be at school and we said no school,” Ms. The family, originally from Australia, was enjoying their first real snowfall in the city since they arrived nearly a year ago, Ms. Their younger sister, Nancy, 1, watched her siblings while bundled up in a stroller. Her grandchildren Billie, 5, and Ted, 4, laughed as they sledded down the hill, even when they rolled more than glided. Cunico said of the snowfall, adding that “we’ve all been looking out the window and seeing it build and build and build.” Michelle Cunico, 59, who was visiting her daughter, Tahnee Shanahan, 29, on the Upper West Side, watched her grandchildren as they sledded down a hill. “It’s a little too wet for sledding but perfect for a snowman,” Bethy added.įurther south, in the northwestern corner of Central Park, another group was taking advantage of the snow still clinging to the grass. ![]() “We tried sledding but it didn’t really work,” Sophie said. The trio shrieked as they chased each other through the park. Kite, 35, a nursing student who grew up in Chicago, said she was no stranger to harsh winters, so it “feels weird” to experience a snowless season. “The novelty of four distinct seasons is never lost on me.”ĭown the slope, Maya Kite and her daughters Bethy, 8, and Sophie, 5, put finishing touches on a snowman. “I’m from Southern California so I take every opportunity I get to go out in the snow,” he said. Billiter, a Washington Heights resident, said he went outside as soon as he could Tuesday morning, before his workday started. In New York City and the rest of the region, some marveled at what would usually be considered unremarkable snowfall, sharing photos of the first flurries and expressing disbelief about “actual snow” accumulating on the ground. Several school districts in New York City suburbs are closed today, including schools in Ossining, New Rochelle and Yorktown. In New York City, after not recording an inch of snow all winter, Central Park recorded 1.8 inches, La Guardia Airport 2.7 inches and Newark Airport 1.7 inches. It has been an unusually snow-free winter in the city, although other areas of the Northeast have had a more typical season.įorecasters were anticipating up to seven inches of snow across parts of northeast New Jersey, the Lower Hudson Valley and Southern Connecticut. The snow had stopped in the city by late morning, but the National Weather Service warned of slick roads and hazardous travel, especially for those attempting to reach the city from the northern suburbs.
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