Another Cold Night Is Expected Across Western & Central Mass; This Will Be Followed By Gradually Milder Temperatures For Thursday & Friday (Posted Wednesday Evening 3/18/2026)

For Tonight & Thursday: Another cold night is expected across the entire area as a high pressure system controls the weather. Skies start out clear this evening, but will become partly cloudy by after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees. Winds will be South at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds throughout the day. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds South at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: That high pressure system will continue to control the weather during the day on Friday.

This means that skies will start out sunny during Friday morning, but there will be an increase in clouds during Friday afternoon. High temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night & Saturday: A frontal system is expected to push through the area during Friday night into the first part of Saturday morning.

Skies will be cloudy on Friday night and there will be some widespread rain showers around. Low temperatures will be around 35 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Scattered leftover morning rain showers Saturday will end by late morning. Skies during Saturday afternoon will be cloudy. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees.

Sunday: Cloudy skies are expected during the day on Sunday. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees.

Sunday Night & Monday: Yet another frontal system is expected to cross the region late Sunday night into Monday. While the temperatures look quite mild out ahead of this front, they become quite cold right behind the front. Because of this, we will need to keep tabs on the possibility of rain showers changing to snow showers right after the frontal passage. In fact, some of the weather forecast guidance have hinted at some accumulation of snow during Monday morning. While I’m not ruling out the possibility of some snow accumulation Monday morning, I’m not buying into it being anything substantial. That being said, it is something that I’m going to keep an eye on, just in case.

Sunday night looks cloudy & there may be some widespread rain showers during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.

Turning to Monday, widespread rain showers may change to widespread snow showers during the morning. Snow showers then end by Monday afternoon. For now, it appears that any snow accumulation that does occur should be on the light side. Temperatures during Monday will remain in the low to middle 30s.

Quiet Weather Is Expected During The Rest Of This Week Across Western & Central Mass (Posted Tuesday Afternoon 3/17/2026)

After an absolutely wild night in terms of very strong winds & heavy rain, the rest of this week looks quiet across the entire area. Last night’s very strong winds led to a 56 mph wind gust being recorded here at my home in Sturbridge. A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at Worcester Airport. For Tonight: Clear skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Wednesday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout Wednesday.

This means that partly sunny skies can be expected throughout the day Wednesday. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph in the morning and South to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Through Friday: That high pressure system will continue to control the weather during Thursday and Friday.

Thursday will be partly sunny with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be South at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 50 and 55 Degrees.

This Weekend: A weak low pressure system looks to cross the area during Saturday morning. This means that some rain shower activity can be expected during Saturday morning with skies remaining cloudy during Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees.

Another low pressure system is expected to track across the area during Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. This means that widespread rain showers look possible during Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees.

1:45 am Tuesday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

And here comes the strong cold front, which is now pushing through the Berkshires & will rapidly move across Western and Central Mass over the next 60-90 minutes or so.

So, between now and about 3 am or so, expect heavy rain and some very strong winds. South winds are likely to gust up to 50-65 mph and this will lead to the potential for downed trees and power lines causing power outages across the area.

Conditions will improve by about 4 am with the rain rapidly ending & the winds shifting from a southerly direction to a westerly direction and decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Additionally, temperatures will rapidly fall from after 3 am through dawn from the upper 50s to near 60 Degrees into the 40s.