As the clock strikes midnight, a storm sweeping through the Northeast will deliver heavy rain with about to a foot of snow in some spots. causing slipperry travel during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Rain is expected to arrive from the southwest to northeast as a low pressure system from the Midwest approaches after nightfall on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and last into the first few hours of 2025 on Wednesday, Jan. 1 for most of the region, according to the National Weather Service.
Farthest inland, especially in parts of New York and northern New England, anywhere between an inch to a foot of snowfall is possible. For projections by location, click on the first image above from AccuWeather.
“We expect rain to move into midtown Manhattan sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and continue until 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex Duffus. “The rain will be heavy at times, and people standing in Times Square will get soaked during the evening.”
It’s possible the steadiest rain may stop by the time the crystal ball drops at Times Square, Duffus noted, adding that there will still at least be intermittent rain and drizzle into the early morning hours on Wednesday.