NEW YORK, NY — Wednesday's simmering springtime heat tied a high-temperature record in New York City — a month to the day after a record-breaking snowfall. The mercury hit 90 degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon for the first time since May 2, 2001, when the record was first set, according to the National Weather Service.

The unseasonable heat surpassed the high of 86 degrees that was expected as high pressure hovered around the area's southeast coast.

The temperature is scorching compared to a month ago, when Central Park was covered in five and a half inches of snow in the snowiest April 2 on record.