The Week Ahead in New York City: a Dry Election Day, Then Rain Arrives Thursday and Friday
The city's driest days are the ones it votes in — Monday near 66 and Tuesday near 69 with almost no rain chance — before the feed turns wet: 52 percent on Thursday and 60 percent on Friday, with warmer nights ahead of the front.
New York City gets its voting weather first and its rain after. The station's live feed puts Monday at a high of 65.6 degrees with a precipitation chance of just 1 percent, and Election Day itself — Tuesday — at a high of 69.3 with a 4 percent chance: dry, mild, and no excuse the weather can be blamed for. It is 55.9 degrees in the city this morning, feeling like 51.2.
Wednesday holds the pattern — a high of 66.1, no rain in the feed, and a notably warmer night, with the low rising to 56.3 from Tuesday's 46.4. That warm night is the tell: the air changes before the rain does.
Thursday and Friday are the wet part of the week. Thursday's precipitation chance rises to 52 percent with a high of 64.4 and a low of 59.3, and Friday's reaches 60 percent — the week's highest — with a high of 68.4 and a low of 61.2, the warmest night of the seven. Saturday stays unsettled at 44 percent before the feed dries and cools on Sunday, a high of 57.5 and a 17 percent chance.
The practical week, then, splits cleanly in two: outdoor plans, campaign plans and polling-place lines belong to Monday through Wednesday, and the umbrella belongs to Thursday and Friday. The Election Day file this newsroom published this morning stands — Tuesday is the dry heart of the week — and the next update to this outlook files when the feed moves the rain chances materially.
