Thank god for global warming! It was only 59 degrees today in NYC, tying a record set in 1911! Just think how cold it would’ve been had there not been global warming!

Tuesday’s high temperature in Central Park was just 59 degrees. The normal high for today is 82 degrees. The normal low is 67.

“This unusual blast of cold air smashed our previous record for the coldest high temperature on August 21, which is 64 degrees, set back in 1999,” CBS 2 meteorologist Jason Cali told wcbstv.com.

In fact, the 59-degree high tied the record for the coldest high temperature ever for the month of August in New York City, when it reached just 59 degrees in 1911.

Today’s highs are more common in the city for the final days of October, when the average high ranges from 59 degrees to 61 degrees.