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Bitterly Cold Today, Insanely Colder Tomorrow

2011_01_coldcold.jpg According to WCBS 2, we'll be experiencing the coldest day and night of the winter today! "New York City will have a high of 25 degrees—13 below the average—and has already seen its low Sunday morning at 16 degrees. Meanwhile, a frigid arctic wind is keeping temperatures anywhere from below 0 to single digits and into the teens as the Tri-State bundles up for the cold. The wind chill will be -10 to -20 in parts of the upstate while the Tri-State will feel a wind chill anywhere from 0 to -10 degrees." And tomorrow morning may be in the single digits!

New Yorkers seem tired of the cold and the snow (which may be coming back this week. One Bronx resident told the Daily News, "This is the weirdest weather I've ever seen and I'm 34. Getting around sucks because they don't clean off the snow right. It's depressing," while another said of predicted snow on Tuesday-Wednesday, "The mayor will probably screw it up again. The whole thing will be mismanaged."

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Via AccuWeather

By the way, it is heat season, which means all NYC building owners are required to follow these guidelines: "Between the hours of 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM, if the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees, the inside temperature is required to be at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit; and, Between the hours of 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM, if the temperature outside falls below 40 degrees, the inside temperature is required to be at least 55 degrees Fahrenheit." Also, building owners are "required to provide hot water 365 days per year at a constant minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit."

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  • NlGGAZ

    One tip. down vests are your friend. anything with down in it. preferably 600 fill or more. No wool. wool won't do shit in weather like this. Down puffer jackets with a hood with a nylon/polyester shell to protect against wind. uniqlo or lands end have them cheap. it's the secret to being warm.

  • Ph

    What if you're allergic to down?

  • Then you're really ducked

  • whitecastlerock

    the fucking humidity is killing me today...

  • mmheidelberger

    Its not just cold, its scrotum shriveling cold!

  • mrmanhattan

    Shrinkage!

  • All I have to say is, goddamn, it's fucking cold.

  • schmeep

    We all seem to be pretty kvetchy already- must be the cold. Or we're just assholes.

  • Guest

    hey, i *click* *click* to get here -- i better get my finger's worth!

  • Spirit of 76

    Uh, Jen. Heat season means landlords have to provide hot water 365 days a year? So how many days a year do they have to provide hot water when it's not heat season? Might be a bit better to delete all the words after "which means" up to "also."

  • Bitterly Cold Today, Insanely Colder Today

    I'm not sure I understand that headline.

  • Definitely brain freeze.

  • moocowstoo

    Brain Freeze!

  • Guest

    i blame the weather. BRRRRRRRRR...

  • schmeep

    Extra, extra, winter is cold. Waah.

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