Sunset January 8th by Harris Graber on Flickr

Record highs were set or tied all over the region on Saturday except for Central Park, where the high of 62 fell two degrees short of the record set in 1907. While the weather is expected to remain warmer than normal for most of this week, no records are anticipated and things are looking good for a return to more seasonable temperatures by the weekend. Despite the cool start this morning, plentiful sun throughout the day should warm the city to the lower 40s this afternoon. The warming trend continues through mid-week with highs in the upper 40s tomorrow and near 50 on Wednesday. Then things begin to change.

Late Wednesday we get a double whammy. A low pressure system that's currently over Texas is going to move eastward and then up the East Coast. That storm is expected to bring rain from late Wednesday night through Thursday. More significantly that surface low is going to help drag an upper level trough of low pressure down over the northeastern U.S. bringing with it at least several days of more seasonable temperatures.

It's probably going to get windy once the rain lets up on Thursday. Friday's high is likely to be a brisk 40 degrees and the holiday weekend will be cooler with highs only in the mid to upper 30s. Unlike previous dips into cooler weather this upcoming change currently looks like it will stick around for a while.