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New England Weather This Week: Calm Start; Rain & Wind to End
We’ll start off calm and seasonable, but a storm will be moving into the region later Thursday. At this time, the height of the storm looks to be Thursday evening through Friday morning for most. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY This week will start off with troughing at the upper levels and high pressure at the surface. This high pressure system will be centered to the north of New England through midweek. This setup will allow for cool afternoons and mainly dry weather, with a low chance f
Tim Dennis
Oct 274 min read
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Will There be a Storm for New England Next Week? Breaking Down the Setup
The trough axis we've been under will begin to shift eastward while high pressure builds in from the west this weekend. Overall, broad troughing is expected to persist over the region while surface high pressure keeps the region dry (something that was in question earlier in the week). This will allow for partly to mostly cloudy skies and continually dropping temperatures, with widespread highs in the mid 40s north to mid 50s south. A stubborn upper-level low will remain east
Tim Dennis
Oct 253 min read
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Troughing to Remain Dominant Over New England
The upper-level low responsible for the frontal passage across New England will remain north of New England through the end of this week. This will promote broad cyclonic flow across the northeast. Broad cyclonic flow is synonymous with partly to mostly cloudy skies building in the afternoon, cool temperatures and breezy conditions. This time will be no exception as this will be the general weather for Thursday and Friday. Below: 500mb height anomaly showing the upper-low nor
Tim Dennis
Oct 233 min read
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Cooling Trend Underway for New England
Another frontal system will continue to cross New England from west to east through the day today. This system is progressive and will move rather quickly across New England this afternoon and evening. Widespread rain across much of the region this morning will have pushed into Maine for the afternoon. This frontal passage will usher in a multi-day cooling trend that will likely last for a good week at least. Once the front clears, the thick cloud cover associated with the ra
Tim Dennis
Oct 223 min read
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New England Weather This Week: Trough-Dominated
It'll be a generally active week with troughing dominating. Frontal systems will cross the region today and Wednesday, making those days the wettest ones. Troughing will help keep things cooler later in the week as well. MONDAY A strong frontal system will cross New England through the day today. The center of this system will remain just to the north of Vermont today, with its cold/occluded front pushing through the region from southwest to northeast. This will support a lin
Tim Dennis
Oct 205 min read
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Multiple Factors Have Led to Drought Conditions Across Northern New England
Throughout much of last winter, New England began to creep toward drought conditions as much of the season saw long stretches of cold and dry weather. By the start of 2025, much of New England was in moderate or severe drought conditions. A rather wet spring came along (with a wetter end to winter as well) and eased those drought concerns. This was punctuated by May of 2025, which saw much of New England receive 150 to 200% of normal precipitation for the month. Even as recen
Tim Dennis
Oct 184 min read
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Chilly Breeze Continues Before a Weekend Warm-up for New England
Today, an upper-level low will drop down from the Nova Scotia area into New England's coastal waters, likely around eastern Maine. This system may retrograde westward a bit, putting New England within a trough. The pressure gradient will remain rather tight on Thursday, keeping conditions on the breezy side, with 20-30mph gusts. Canadian high pressure to our west and the developing trough centered just to our east will be responsible for this gradient. As the upper-level low
Tim Dennis
Oct 163 min read
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Drier Weather with a Persistent Breeze Settles in for New England
The nor'easter that arrived on Sunday has finally pulled out to sea after getting hung up by high pressure. Final rain totals from the storm show over a half a foot fell across southeast Massachusetts. Unfortunately, not all of New England got in on the storm, and the areas entrenched in an extreme drought across northern New England didn't very see much as that high pressure helped keep the rain to the south. Below: Final rainfall map and totals by state: Today will get a no
Tim Dennis
Oct 153 min read
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New England Weather This Week: It's Mid-October
This week will begin with rainy and breezy weather. After that, pretty typical mid-fall weather will be in the air for the rest of the week. MONDAY The center of the nor'easter will remain hung up around the southern New Jersey coastline throughout the day today. The easterly flow around this system, along with strong upper-level flow, will continue to push bouts of rain across New England from east to west today. Rain will continue to be most widespread across southern New E
Tim Dennis
Oct 133 min read
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Coastal Storm to Bear Down on New England Beginning Sunday Afternoon
A coastal storm system will work up the east coast Saturday and Sunday. Its movement will likely be quick initially, but it will slow...
Tim Dennis
Oct 114 min read
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Watching for a Coastal Storm Late this Weekend in New England
After the freezing start, Friday's recovery will be quick, so the sub-freezing temperatures won't last very long for southern and central...
Tim Dennis
Oct 103 min read
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Freezing Night in Store Tonight Before Potential Coastal Storm This Weekend
Cool, Canadian high pressure will build into New England behind the cold front, helping to lock in the cooler air through the rest of the...
Tim Dennis
Oct 93 min read
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Summer-Like Weather Set to End as Cold Front Pushes Toward New England
Most of New England has one more day of well above average temperatures today. Far western and northern areas will be a notch cooler as...
Tim Dennis
Oct 73 min read
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New England Weather This Week: Summer-Like Start, Fall-Like End
This week will start off where the weekend left off. A cold front mid-week will bring a nice slug of rain before cooling things back off...
Tim Dennis
Oct 64 min read
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Sustained Warmth Begins Today for New England
A multi-day stretch of well above average temperatures has arrived for New England. Widespread mid-70s north to low 80s south will...
Tim Dennis
Oct 43 min read
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New England October Weather Outlook: Warmth Persists?
It's officially the month of Halloween, pumpkins, fairs and fall foliage. Average high temperatures drop about 12 to 15 degrees from...
Tim Dennis
Oct 24 min read
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October Chill will Quickly be Replaced with Summer Warmth for New England
A large area of Canadian high pressure has built into New England behind a cold frontal passage. This will bring a much cooler air mass...
Tim Dennis
Oct 12 min read
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New England Weather This Week: High Pressure
After some active weather last week, New England will revert right back to quiet and bone-dry weather for this week. Temperatures will...
Tim Dennis
Sep 293 min read
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New England Reverts Back to Dry Times as Rex Block Sets Up
After New England's first decent round of rainfall in some time, the region will revert right back to drier times as high pressure...
Tim Dennis
Sep 273 min read
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After a Rainy Day Today, Dry Weather and Warmth Return to New England
After a round of scattered showers and downpours, mainly across southern New England this morning, a more widespread moderate rain with...
Tim Dennis
Sep 253 min read
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