NYC Weather Forecast For Rest Of January: Not Normal

NEW YORK, NY — Weather predictions released Wednesday for the rest of January, and rough projections for early February, show the only pattern for NYC's 2016-17 winter season is that there's no pattern at all.

December was marked by highs and lows that swung tens of degrees both above and below historic averages.

January so far has been crazy warm in general — we even hit a record high last Thursday. But then the midweek heat was bookended by two weekends of substantial snowfall, because like we said, this winter is weird.

Here's what's next. For the coming week or two, NYC is expected to be just as unseasonably warm as mild Pacific air blows over the East Coast, according to long-term forecasts from AccuWeather and the National Weather Service. High temps should be in the upper 40s and low 50s, as opposed to the upper 30s, as is typical for January. Rain is expected to fall at least every other day.

"Conditions will feel more like March rather then the middle of January for the Midwest and Northeast," according to Accuweather.

But all those drizzly springtime feels could be rudely interrupted at the very end of January by the residual effects of a "major storm" heading eastward through the central states.

As the storm travels toward the Great Lakes — then Ontario, Canada — colder, even arctic air is likely to funnel southward and eastward, according to AccuWeather.

"January may end with near to below-average temperatures and a return of snowy conditions around the Great Lakes and part of the Northeast," Boston said.

Lead photo via Mars Infomage/Flickr. Weather graphics courtesy of AccuWeather