#NYC hits record cold Memorial Day weekend, but sun coming on Monday

Mother Nature can be cold.

This weekend’s chilly, rainy, unofficial start to summer in the city was a wash for everyone from Manhattan tourists to Coney Island shopkeepers — with Saturday’s high of just 51 tying a record set back in 1884 — but things should warm up again starting Monday.

“It’s like winter weather in the middle of spring,” said Victoria Gonzalez, 32, of Orlando, Fla., in Manhattan on Sunday.

Gonzalez told The Post she came to the city with her parents for her birthday weekend and “was personally expecting to go to a rooftop bars because I love going to rooftop bars, especially to celebrate with a drink.

“I wasn’t able to,” Gonzalez lamented.

Sunday’s city temps were expected to remain in 50s — threatening to actually break the record low for the day, 55, also set in 1884, said Accuweather meteorologist Alan Reppert.

“It looks like it’s going to at least come close,” he told The Post on Sunday afternoon, referring to the potential history-making mercury dip.

“We’re getting a lot of air right now out of Canada,” the weather expert said, adding that the temperature has been uncharacteristically low because of the clouds, too.

“Things should get better,’’ he said.

On Memorial Day Monday, “There might be a shower in the early morning, but temperatures are going to rise to around 70 degrees,” Reppert said. “There will be some sun in the afternoon.”

Then “we’re looking at temperatures continuing to climb for the week,” with highs in the upper 70s and 80s for the weekend, he said.

“It looks like by the middle, end of next week, things should be much closer to average than what we’ve seen this weekend,” the meteorologist said.

Still, there will be some rain, particularly around Wednesday and possibly through Friday, Reppert said.

Store owners in Coney Island, Brooklyn, said they are banking on next weekend to help make up for some of their losses over the holiday.

Many shop owners on the boardwalk either closed early or shut down completely Sunday to perform more productive tasks such as inventory, rather than keep their doors open to absolutely no customers.

“This weekend, yeah, It’s bad!” said Peter Agrapides Jr., 45, who owns Pete’s Clam Stop on the boardwalk.

“Yesterday, we closed at 7 p.m.,” he said Sunday. “On a Saturday during this weekend, we go 11, 12 at night usually. Today we’re completely closed. It’s not worth what we made yesterday.”

But “don’t feel too bad for us too much,” Agrapides said. “We had a great weekend last weekend! I had to call the clam guy for two extra deliveries on the same day. First time in a long time I ran out of food. Next weekend is going to be big!”

Maya Miller, the 39-year-old owner of the Brooklyn Beach Shop on the boardwalk, spent part of her Sunday standing on top of a ladder cleaning and stocking shelves.

“We’re using it as an opportunity to tidy up,” she said of the weather. “I’m preparing for a very busy Monday or if not, a very busy weekend next weekend.”

There wasn’t a soul on the beach early Sunday afternoon — except the lifeguards in their chairs.

“I’m layered up real good,” said a guard on Stillwell Avenue — dressed in a waterproof snow suit.

“I saw one bay swimmer this morning. That’s the only person out there so far. It’s just too cold.”

The promise of better weather to come did little to warm the hearts of city tourists.

Brenda Cunha, 23, a Brazilian native who lives in Kentucky, came to Manhattan for three days with a friend.

“We were going to go to a lot of places outside, so it messed it up,” she said of the cold, rainy weather and pair’s plans.

“It’s bad and sad because we wanted to take pretty pictures. We wanted to walk a lot outside and go to Central Park, and we can’t because it’s raining.”

But the tourist noted the important part of Memorial Day.

“We still need to remember those serving the country who died. It’s a sad day, but the weather goes with the sad part of the holiday,’’ she said.