It’s beginning to look a lot like … summer?
The thermometer in Central Park reached a record 68 degrees Saturday, smashing a 25-year-old record of 63 degrees and sending surprised New Yorkers outside to bask in the winter reprieve.
A group of West Villagers chased the sun in Central Park in an outing more fitting for a beach in their native California than a New York City January.
“That’s one of the best parts of moving to New York — you get above 60 and people are flocking outside, playing music in the streets. It’s crazy,” said Ari Reisman, 32.
Los Angeles weather had nothing on New York Saturday — it was colder in Tinseltown than the Big Apple, thanks to a mass of warm weather that moved up from the south.
Reisman and four friends laid out a picnic and broke out their sunglasses for a sun session amid the browned grass and bare trees.
Two from the crew peeled off their shirts in a bid to soak in some rare rays.
“It’s good for Vitamin D and Vitamin V — vanity, hello,” said Aaron Albert, 27, spoken like a true Californian.
Their friends back in the Sunshine State aren’t so tough, Albert said.
“In this weather, you go to LA, and everyone is in parkas. It looks like we’re in the middle of Siberia. But you come here in 60-degree weather, and everyone is in a Speedo,” he said.
Temps may match or break a record again on Sunday as the thermometer reaches for 66 degrees, said Brett Rossio, an Accuweather meteorologist. That was the balmy record set in 2017.
Rossio said Sunday will start out windy, and there could be a thunderstorm as a front moves through. But by the afternoon, the sun will return and the record temp could fall.
The air will cool slightly on Monday, topping out around 50 degrees, but unseasonably warm weather will continue through the early part of the week.
Overnight Thursday, Rossio said, temperatures will drop back down to the 20s. Friday’s high will be in the 30s. Otherwise known as “winter.”
Additional reporting by Robert Miller