In a Cold Winter, This Weekend May Be The Coldest Yet

Expect another weekend full of extreme winter weather.

There is an Extreme Cold Warning from 7AM Saturday until 1PM Sunday Afternoon as more arctic air moves into our area tonight along with snow and wind.

“We call this pattern the Siberean Express because the airmass is originating in Siberia, going over the north pole, and then descending into the northeast,” Adam Gill, Meteorologist with The National Weather Service (NWS), Binghamton tells Radio Catskill.

If this sounds like a similar forecast to those in the past month, it is. The difference this time, says Gill, is just how cold this air will be.

“With this pattern persisting, we just keep getting these bouts of really cold air, and it looks like this weekend will be the coldest that we’ve seen this season.”

With single digit temperatures and winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, the NWS says there will be dangerously cold wind chills, possibly as low as 25 to 30 below zero. Exposed skin could get frostbite in less than 30 minutes outdoors.

There will also be snow Friday night into Saturday. With the cold and wind, whatever snow does fall will be light, fluffy, and drifting around.

“It’s going to blow around pretty easy,” Gill explains. “Once those winds pick up on the back side of the cold front Friday night into Saturday, you’re probably going to have blowing snow issues, especially near open areas. …It’s definitely going to be a pretty raw day on Saturday and into early Sunday.”

Looking past this weekend’s cold front, temperatures are expected to rise next week, possibly reaching the low 30s by Tuesday.

Image: Pedestrians walk down Fifth Avenue during a winter storm Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)