The Big Apple is finally poised to begin thawing; even if only slightly.

Temperatures are expected to start rising on Tuesday, but not before New Yorkers endure one last night of punishing, bone-chilling cold, according to forecasters.

For the first time in weeks, New York City is projected to reach the 40s on Wednesday.

“The next 24 hours is trending to warm temperatures,” Chad Merrill, a meteorologist at AccuWeather, told The Post.
“The coldest weather of the season is departing as we speak.”

Wednesday is expected to be the warmest day of the week, topping out at 41 degrees before dipping to 34 on Thursday and 35 on Friday.

Forecasters say the city should see highs in the 40s through much of the following week.

The gradual warmup marks a sharp shift from the paralyzing conditions over the weekend, when temperatures plunged to 3 degrees and fierce winds drove the real-feel reading to 14 below zero.

The outdoor death toll from the historic freeze climbed to 18 after a person was found dead on a Bronx street Saturday morning, City Hall officials said Monday.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Brooklyn residents were left without power until early Monday following a widespread outage that struck at the height of the record-shattering cold snap.