Long Island weather: New year to start with sun, mild temperatures
Alexandra Leal Allen, left, and Dee Allen walk their 1-year-old Doberman pinscher Kenya in Bellport on Saturday.
Credit: Tom Lambui
Long Island will kick off the new year with sunshine and mild temperatures, forecasters said.
Saturday evening New Year's Eve revelers faced the prospect of showers, mainly before 1 a.m., with areas of fog before 4 a.m.
But come Sunday, New Year's Day, it should be mostly sunny with a high temperature near 53 degrees, the National Weather Service said Saturday evening. The normal high for Jan. 1 in Islip is only 41 degrees.
The wind Sunday is predicted to come out of the west at 8 to 13 mph.
According to the weather service, a low-pressure system will move "into the Canadian
Maritimes on Sunday as high pressure gradually builds into the area through Monday. The high moves over the Atlantic on Tuesday."
Monday, the first day of the first workweek of the new year, is expected to be partly sunny with a high temperature near 51 degrees.
Rain could make its 2023 debut on Tuesday. The chance of precipitation is 30% after 1 p.m. and 70% Tuesday night.
More rain is considered likely Wednesday, but Thursday should be partly sunny before Thursday night and Friday both have the chance of rain and snow.
High temperatures will be in the mid 50s Tuesday and Wednesday, in the high 40s Thursday and the low 40s Friday, the weather service said.
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