New York City Breaks Record High Temperature For Jan. 12

NEW YORK, NY — A temperature of 65 degrees was recorded at Central Park in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, breaking a previous record of 64 degrees set more than a century ago in the year 1890, according to the National Weather Service.

Thursday's record was broken at 1:43 p.m. in Central Park, the weather service said.

The record comes amid a rollercoaster week of indecisive winter weather: Just last weekend, the city was blanketed in 5 to 8 inches of snow, and more snow is expected to fall this Saturday night.

Records were also shattered Thursday at other spots around the city where government weather officials take temperature readings.

At JFK Airport in southern Queens, a high of 61 degrees broke the old record of 60, set in 1975. And at LaGuardia Airport in northern Queens, a high of 65 degrees broke the old record of 60, also set in 1975. (We'll update this post with more readings as we receive them.)

The city's high temperatures on days in the middle of January are usually much lower, in the upper 30s.

Last year was one of the warmest years on record for NYC — and at LaGuardia Airport, 2016 was indeed the warmest year ever.