Labor Day weekend in the New York City metro area is expected to bring sunny skies and milder temperatures \u2014 a reminder that fall is just around the corner \u2014 according to the National Weather Service in New York<\/p>\n
Even though fall won\u2019t officially begin for another three weeks, the unofficial end of summer is expected to give the Big Apple a brief preview of the changing season, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
While scattered thunderstorms are still possible for areas of Southeastern Connecticut and Eastern Long Island on Friday after 2 p.m., the remainder of the holiday weekend is expected to deliver \u201cplenty of sunshine, nice temperatures, and dry weather,\u201d<\/a> the NWS said in a Friday morning update. \u201cPerfect for family outings!\u201d<\/p>\n Temperatures in Central Park are expected to remain mild throughout the weekend,<\/a> with overnight lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and daytime highs topping out in the upper 70s<\/a> \u2014 more typical of mid-to-late September.<\/p>\n While Friday afternoon carries a 20 percent chance of rain, skies are expected to clear later, with a high near 75 and west winds of 9 to 13 mph. Friday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 60 and northwest winds near 11 mph.<\/p>\n Saturday will be sunny and pleasant, with low humidity, a high around 73 and northwest winds near 9 mph, followed by a mostly clear Saturday night with a low near 61.<\/p>\n Temperatures rise slightly on Sunday, with more sunshine, a high near 76, and northeast winds around 7 mph. Sunday night will be partly cloudy, with a low near 64.<\/p>\n Labor Day is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high near 74, before the temperature drops to around 64 overnight, forecasters said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labor Day weekend in the New York City metro area is expected to bring sunny skies and milder…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1370,108,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-185127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-national-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115113229268375136","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}