Cool and Wet the Last Few Days in NYC Metro Area

It has felt like autumn here in the NYC metro area with highs only at 70 degrees in Central Park on August 23, 2010 and August 24, 2010. Lows have been in the mid to upper 60s since Sunday and through August 24, 2010 a total of 2.76 inches of rain has fallen in Central Park. A very slow moving coastal low has kept us in a cool onshore flow with periods of rain. There was heavy rain and flooding in the Lower Hudson Valley Sunday night with more than 5 inches of rain in parts of the area. Also, there was heavy rain and flooding in parts of Long Island.


George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.