Election Morning in New York: A Cold Start Near 47 Degrees, Overcast Skies and a Dry Day for Voting
The station's live feed puts tonight's low at 44, Tuesday's start near 47 and the Election Day high at 69 with a 3 percent chance of rain — the dry day the forecast promised, before the week's rain arrives Thursday.
Election Day will start cold and stay dry. The station's live Open-Meteo feed, read on Monday night, puts the city at 55 degrees and clear in the evening, falling to a low of 44.1 degrees overnight — which means the first voters in line when polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday will be standing in temperatures near 47 degrees, under overcast skies, with the day warming to a high of 69.
The rain chance for Tuesday itself is 3 percent — effectively the dry Election Day this desk forecast on Monday morning, with the numbers barely moved: the earlier file's high of 69.3 and 4 percent precipitation chance now read 69 and 3 percent on the live feed. Voters heading out early will want the heavier coat; voters heading out at lunchtime will not need it, and nobody, on this forecast, needs an umbrella to vote.
The mild pattern holds one more day beyond the election. Wednesday reads a high of 69.7 and a low of 52.5 with fog in the feed's conditions and a 3 percent precipitation chance — the warmest night of the week, and the last dry one. The turn comes Thursday and Friday, when the feed's precipitation chances climb to 49 and 54 percent with light rain conditions, ahead of a cooler, drier weekend (Saturday high 58.6, Sunday 51.7).
For Tuesday itself, the weather is a non-story in the best sense: nothing in the forecast gives any New Yorker a reason to stay home from the polls, and the coldest hour of the day is the one when they open. Dress for 47 at 6 a.m., 69 by afternoon, and dry streets throughout.
