Weatherday: New world, new life

A generally dry and bright day. Overnight frost on yesterday's slushy conditions can make underfoot dangerous.

Highest temperature 4deg and going back to below freezing after dark. Light northerly breeze.

On this day in 1892, Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station and would be the gateway for an eventual 12 million people arriving in America.

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