Bitter winter weather is making for a tough morning commute for many across the Tri-State area.
Temperatures have dropped dramatically in the first days of the new year. In New York City, the Bryant Park fountain in Manhattan was partially frozen early Tuesday morning, a far cry from the record 72 degrees just 12 days ago.
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With temperatures feeling like they’re near or below zero for the commute, some waited in the cars at the Mineola train station.
“It’s terrible out there so trying to keep my body warm right now and run on this train,” commuter Angelo McDeggan told CBS2’s Diane Macedo.
Some kill time in the waiting area.
“Thirty degrees warmer in here than it is outside,” said commuter James Schuster.
But Tri-State area businesses that sell cold-weather accessories are loving the winter blast.
“People are finally buying ice melter and cold winter supplies and that kind of stuff and it’s great,” said Bill Weinblatt of Wise Hardware.
“We do better when it’s cold,” said Mark Epstein of Epstein’s Dry Goods. “Last year was a great year for snow boots and hats and gloves and all that stuff, you know. You sold out pretty much everything you owned.”
It’s set to remain cold the rest of the day Tuesday with a high around 30. Tuesday night will be very cold with a low of 16 in some suburbs to 23 in Midtown.
It warms back up Wednesday afternoon with a high of 40.
what about the other states arnd ” THE TRI STATE ” they got exempted from ” the bitter cold ” ( like erets goshen )
It always gets freezing for Yud Shevat and Chof Beis Shevat.