Snowstorm Snarls Air Traffic In New York City—Here’s Where Flights Are Getting Canceled
- On Sunday, January 18, 2026, New York City Emergency Management issued a travel advisory as up to 3 inches of snow is forecast citywide, with isolated 4-inch pockets in eastern Queens and southeastern Brooklyn.
- An Arctic air mass is expected to settle in late Sunday night, driving temperatures down for the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, Jan. 19, with Milwaukee morning lows near zero to 2 degrees and wind chills around minus 20.
- City sanitation teams mobilized, with DSNY reporting nearly 1,000 sanitation workers, more than 700 salt spreaders, 44 bike lane spreaders, roughly 700 million pounds of salt, and a Bladerunner 2.0 GPS Room.
- Flights and commutes were disrupted as LaGuardia and JFK faced delays and Newark crews de-iced planes; officials urged travelers to avoid roads or check nyc.gov/snow and 311 for updates.
- The cold is already altering plans, including event rescheduling as the city of Red Bank moved its MLK Day of Service Community-Wide Cleanup to Sunday, Feb. 8, while relief should return Jan. 20 with some wind chills near minus 30 in parts of Wisconsin.
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Up to 3 inches of snow forecast for NYC ahead of MLK Day
New York City is expected to get up to 3 inches of snow ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NYC Emergency Management said Saturday. New Yorkers are being urged to stay off the roads and travel with caution as snow, slush and rain are expected to cause slippery conditions. One inch of snow was expected to fall on Saturday, but not stick. The Big Apple will see most of the messy weather early Sunday morning as around 1 to 3 inches of snow is fore…
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