New York City Is About to Cap Its Driest Month Ever as Rain Stays Scarce
A ridge of high pressure is blocking moisture over the US East.
Visitors walk in front of trees turning color near the Central Park Boathouse on Oct. 28.
Photographer: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
New York City is on track for the driest month in its history after 28 days with no measurable rainfall — and low chances of precipitation between now and November 1.
Until Tuesday afternoon, when a passing shower dropped one-hundredth of an inch of rain (0.03 cm) over Central Park, New York had received only the barest traces of rain throughout the month of October, too minute to be measured even with the sophisticated automatic gauges stationed around the city. New York will likely beat June 1949 as the driest month since recordkeeping began in the 19th century.