New York City is poised to endure its longest deep freeze in 65 years — and hit a bone-chilling 15-day streak for the first time since the late 1800s.
The Big Apple is expected to have been shivering at 32 degrees or below for 15 days straight by the time the cold is likely to break next Saturday, Feb. 7 – the longest extreme cold snap the Big Apple has seen in well over half a century, AccuWeather meteorologists told The Post on Sunday.
The last time the city endured such a 15-day streak was in the late 1800s, AccuWeather said.
The chill spell is also likely to only just fall just short of the current record of 16 days, with temps expected to finally rise just above 32 degrees next Sunday and into Monday the 9th.
That record was set in 1961.
City temps haven’t broken above 32 since Jan. 24, and next week is expected to be no different.
Forecasts call for another week of days in the mid-20s and nights in the teens and single digits.
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