NYC Is Still Snowless This Winter As Predicted Flakes Fail To Fall

NEW YORK CITY — Snow keeps flaking out on New York City — and now the city is nearing winter weather records.

New Yorkers contended with plenty of rain Wednesday, but no measurable snow, despite forecasters' predictions of up to 2 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

The lack of significant snowfall not only means the city's "snow drought" continued, but is nearing an all-time record for latest snowfall.

"If no measurable snow is recorded through January 29th, this season will replace the current record," a National Weather Service statement reads.

New York City last saw significant snow 323 days ago, AccuWeather reported.

This snow drought is the second-longest snowless streak on record, behind a 332-day span that ended Dec. 15, 2020, according to the report.

Now, this doesn't mean the city hasn't seen snow — the National Weather Service's Central Park climate site reported flurries Wednesday.

But a few flakes doesn't count as measurable snowfall, according to AccuWeather.

The city did see fairly significant rain Wednesday, with 1.63 inches reported from Fordham in The Bronx, according to the National Weather Service. This winter actually has been quite wet — overall precipitation in December was more than 2 inches above average, AccuWeather reported.

"It’s not like we’ve been in just a dry weather pattern and we can’t get a raindrop or anything to fall out of the sky," said David Dombek, AccuWeather's senior meteorologist, in the report. "It’s actually been a pretty moist and pretty active weather pattern, we just haven’t had the cold air."

Precipitation, whether rain or snow, isn't in the city's forecast until next week, according to the National Weather Service.