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Jan 23, 2026

NYC region set to be pummeled with most snow in decades as monster storm set to wreak havoc

The Big Apple’s gonna be buried! 

A fast-approaching massive storm is expected to dump as much as 16 inches of snow on New York City beginning as early as Saturday night — potentially the most in years, forecasters said Thursday.

A total of 8 to 16 inches will fall in the region, including in the Hudson Valley, nearly all of New Jersey and Connecticut, according to meteorologists cited by NBC New York.

If the Big Apple gets a foot of snow, it would mark the most in the city since February 2021, when 16.8 inches fell in Central Park over a two-day period.

Still, despite the warnings, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the jury is still out on just how badly the city will be hit.

“We are expecting precipitation to begin late Saturday or early Sunday and to possibly last into Monday. The forecast is predicting anywhere from 3 to 12 inches of snow,”  Mamdani said at a press conference Thursday.

“It is entirely possible that we get less than three inches — and it is just as possible that we get over a foot,” he said.  “New Yorkers know that forecasts do not always get it right.”

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