{"id":941508,"date":"2026-07-17T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/941508\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:15:19","slug":"nyc-weekend-weather-air-quality-to-improve-for-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/941508\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC weekend weather, air quality to improve for World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday storms could give way to clearer skies<\/a> Sunday when the world\u2019s eyes turn toward the New York City area to watch the World Cup finals between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

A \u201cslight chance of showers\u201d Saturday could help wash away orange skies over the tri-state area caused by Canadian wildfires, according to the National Weather Service,\u00a0 though areas of smoke may persist.<\/p>\n

A thunderstorm is possible after 11 a.m. Temperatures will reach roughly 82 degrees with wind gusts as high as 23 mph.<\/p>\n

Saturday night is expected to bring showers accompanied by possible thunderstorms in the early hours of Sunday morning. That may include rainfall of up to nearly an inch.<\/p>\n

Wet conditions are expected to give way to sunny skies<\/a> over MetLife Stadium Sunday. A high temperature of 82 degrees and winds just over 10 mph hint toward nearly ideal conditions for the highly anticipated 3 p.m. showdown<\/a> between the world\u2019s top two soccer teams.<\/p>\n

\"AA general view of the MetLife stadium during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Brazil and Morocco in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)<\/p>\n

Smoky air had threatened to complicate that event in East Rutherford, N.J. But forecasts indicate poor air quality shouldn\u2019t be an issue<\/a> when the World Cup tournament finally reaches its climax, with President Trump and Mayor Mamdani<\/a> in the stands.<\/p>\n

The Weather Channel says New Yorkers can expect Monday\u2019s weather to look a lot like a lot like Sunday\u2019s conditions, but under partially cloudy skies. Thunderstorms could return Tuesday night and roll into Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

That would be a welcomed change over the past few days<\/a> in New York City. The city fell under a dangerous, code red air quality alert Thursday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting southeast from Ontario. Those looking to kick a ball around or do anything at all have been forced indoors thanks to an unfriendly yellow and orange haze that\u2019s coated the skies.<\/p>\n

Accuweather says Spanish soccer fans watching their team play in Madrid will be dealing with nearly 100 degree weather<\/a> on Sunday. Temperatures in Argentina \u2014 where it\u2019s wintertime<\/a> \u2014 are expected to hit a high of 56 degrees.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday storms could give way to clearer skies Sunday when the world\u2019s eyes turn toward the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":941509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1599,32980,401,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313,9953,21490],"class_list":["post-941508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-forecast","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-weather","tag-weekend","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116936451311978463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941508","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=941508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}