New York City Snow Coats Roads and Snarls Sunday Air Travel

Jan. 18, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

New York City and the Northeast will get a shallow blanket of snow from two slow moving waves of precipitation that have already lead to more than 100 flights being canceled at regional airports.

As much as 5 inches (13 centimeters) of snow may fall through midnight in New York, across Long Island and around the Tri-State Area, the National Weather Service said in winter weather advisory. Light snow is already falling in Manhattan, but may taper off before returning later in the day, said Joe Wegman, a forecaster with the US Weather Prediction Center. The snow will come in ...

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