A Very Changeable Week Of Weather Is Expected Across Western & Central Mass, Including Warm Temperatures, Scattered Thunderstorms & Then Some Beneficial Rainfall (Posted Midday Sunday 5/3/2026)

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: A northwesterly wind flow behind a strengthening low pressure system that’s now located to the south of Nova Scotia will bring a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds to the area throughout the rest of this afternoon. It’ll also be windy throughout the rest of this afternoon.

Temperatures will be around 55 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph.

Tonight: Varying amounts of clouds can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Monday: An area of high pressure system is expected to build over the southwestern Atlantic during Monday. This will lead to a southwesterly wind flow to set up over the region.

A partly sunny and windy day can be expected on Monday. High temperatures will be near 70 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

Tuesday: A cold front is expected to push into far northern New England by late Tuesday.

Partly sunny skies can be expected throughout the day on Tuesday and it’ll be windy. In addition, there’s the possibility for some scattered late day showers and thunderstorms over far Western Mass. Meanwhile, the rest of Western and Central Mass should stay dry throughout Tuesday.

High temperatures will be between 75 and 80 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

Wednesday: That cold front is expected to slowly push through the area during the day on Wednesday.

Widespread showers are expected throughout the day on Wednesday & there’s the possibility for some isolated thunderstorms. In addition, it is expected to be windy with southwesterly winds gusting up to 35-40 mph at times. High temperatures will be between 65 and 70 Degrees.

Thursday Through Friday: The period from Thursday into Friday could be active as multiple low pressure systems may ride along a frontal boundary that’ll be positioned just to our south and southeast.

It appears that rain can be expected throughout the day on Thursday. The rain looks to continue into Thursday night before it comes to an end very late Thursday night. High temperatures Thursday will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Low temperatures Thursday night will be near 40 Degrees.

Friday looks to be a cloudy and windy day with high temperatures near 60 Degrees.

Weekend Weather Forecast For Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: Generally partly sunny skies are expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Tonight: A weak weather disturbance is expected to begin affecting the area late tonight.

This means that skies will start out partly cloudy this evening and will quickly become cloudy by midnight. Cloudy skies are then expected during the after midnight hours of tonight. Additionally, some scattered showers will affect much of the area during the after midnight hours.

Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday & Sunday: That weak weather disturbance is expected to gradually exit the region during Saturday morning. At the same time this is occurring, it appears that a coastal storm system will track northeastward from the Mid-Atlantic states on Saturday afternoon. This storm system is then expected to track well east and southeast of Nantucket during Saturday night.

Saturday is expected to be cloudy throughout the day. In addition, scattered showers can be expected throughout Saturday morning with the showers becoming much more isolated in coverage during Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

It appears that the track of that low pressure system tracking east of Nantucket Saturday night may be a bit too far east to give us any appreciable rainfall, especially across Western Mass into the western and northern parts of Worcester County.

Because of this, I think that Saturday night will be cloudy across all of Western and Central Mass. In addition, there may be some rain across areas near and east of I-190 and I-395 during the after midnight hours. Meanwhile, all of Western Mass and areas of Central Mass that are west of I-190 may stay completely dry on Saturday night. Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Any leftover rain across eastern and southeastern parts of Worcester County should come to an end during Sunday morning. Most of the rest of the day Sunday looks cloudy, however, skies look to become partly sunny by late afternoon. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Next Week: Monday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 70 Degrees.

Tuesday also looks partly sunny, however, clouds may start to be on the increase by late in the day as a cold front begins to approach the area from the west. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees.

That cold front is expected to slowly push through the area during the day on Wednesday. This will lead to a cloudy day on Wednesday along with some widespread showers throughout the day. It also looks windy on Wednesday with southwesterly wind gusts of up to 35-40 mph at times. High temperatures Wednesday will be between 65 and 70 Degrees.

Turning to Thursday, there’s the possibility that the frontal system may stall near our area. At the same time this is happening, a low pressure system may track along the frontal boundary across the area. This all means that Thursday could be a wet day with widespread showers continuing all day long. High temperatures Thursday will be between 60 and 65 Degrees.

Next Friday may be a windy day under a mixture of sunshine and clouds. Additionally, there may be some scattered showers around from time to time. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Widespread Showers Are Expected From Well After Midnight Tonight Through Thursday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon: Sunshine early this afternoon will give way to increasing clouds during the mid and late afternoon hours.

Temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be East to Southeast at around 10 mph.

Tonight & Thursday: An area of low pressure and its associated frontal system is expected to push through the area during late tonight and Thursday morning.

Cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. In addition, widespread showers will affect the entire area starting during the predawn hours of Thursday morning. Low temperatures tonight will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be East to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Widespread showers are expected to continue across the entire area throughout Thursday morning. The shower activity will become much more isolated during Thursday afternoon as that frontal system begins to push to the east. High temperatures Thursday will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and Northwest at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Total rainfall amounts from late tonight through Thursday will average between one quarter of an inch (0.25”) to one half of an inch (0.50”).

Friday: A generally cloudy day looks likely for Friday. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

This Weekend: The weekend weather forecast is going to hinge on the track of a low pressure system that’ll track off of the Mid-Atlantic coast. At this point, I do think that the low pressure system should probably stay too far south and east to really affect our weather with rain.

Saturday looks cloudy throughout the day. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.

Sunday also looks cloudy all day long. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.