Staten Island Chuck predicted a quick end to winter — but it feels as if it never arrived in the first place.
The mercury cracked the 50s for a second straight day on Tuesday, continuing an alleged winter of higher-than-average temps and virtually nonexistent snowfall.
“This winter has definitely been mild, no doubt,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Jack Boston — noting that the average temperature this season has been 36.7 degrees, or 1.6 degrees warmer than the historical average of 35.1.
It’s a trend Boston said will likely hold throughout February.
“You might get a couple of pretty chilly days [for] two, three days, and then it’ll bounce right back,” he said.
That forecast jibes with that of Staten Island Chuck and his more famous cousin, Punxsutawney Phil, who on Groundhog Day also predicted an early spring.
As of Tuesday, only 4.8 inches of powder have fallen in Central Park so far this winter — or just 22 percent of the 21.6 inches that usually turn the green space white by this point in the season.
“If you’re a snow lover, you’re very disappointed,” Boston said.
Many New Yorkers greeted the warm weather on Tuesday with open (and bare) arms, packing parks in T-shirts and shorts for pickup basketball games and tennis matches.
“I’m OK with this, really,” grinned Yehuda Avital, 65, as he headed to a doubles match in Inwood Park.
“I can play tennis when it’s this warm!”
But at least one New Yorker was left pining for Old Man Winter.
“It’s unnatural. I don’t like it,” griped Kay Murphy — even as she took advantage of the mild day by shooting some hoops in the park.
“I can’t get my winter fashion on,” said the high-school teacher, 47.
“My shearling and my furs are just sitting in the closet right now.”