Good Sunday All!

Our holiday weekend got off to a great start and more gorgeous weather is on the way! High pressure will bring mainly clear skies all day long. Temperatures dipped into the upper 30s and 40s overnight and you might encounter a bit of patchy fog out there this morning, but that’s about it. Like yesterday, today will feature abundant sunshine and very mild temperatures in the afternoon. Many locations will likely see the mercury rise above 70 degrees!

Tomorrow, Columbus Day, a backdoor cold front will slide through New England from north to south. However, the front will have little impact on our weather. The only thing you might notice are a few more clouds during the day. Temperatures in Connecticut will likely rise into the 70s once again! Overall, we couldn’t ask for a nicer Columbus Day weekend.

Fortunately, we’ll go back to work and school on Tuesday in great shape. A southwesterly breeze will push temperatures well into the 70s Tuesday afternoon under mostly sunny skies. In fact, we may have a shot at 80 degrees! Wednesday looks fair and mild too with highs in the 70s. By Thursday, a cold front will sweep across the state, but it won’t have much moisture to work with. There may be a brief passing shower, but nothing significant. We could get through the next 7 days with little or no rainfall, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Temperatures could still top 70 degrees on Thursday, but that won’t be the case by the end of next week. A cool northwesterly breeze may hold temperatures to the lower 60s next Friday. Saturday and Sunday should be even cooler with highs in the 50s. However, it looks like high pressure will bring more sunshine next weekend.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Meteorologist Scot Haney

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August went into the record books as a cool, wet month. The average temperature at Bradley International Airport was 70.0 degrees, which is 1.6 degrees cooler than normal. The mercury never reached 90 degrees in August, which is quite unusual. The highest temperature was 87 degrees on the 18th and the lowest temperature was 49 degrees on the 20th. Total rainfall for August was 6.74", which is 2.76" above normal. However, most of the rain fell within the first 2 weeks of the month. In fact, 6.21" of rain fell in the first 12 days. The second half of the month was rather dry.

July 2008 was wetter and warmer than normal. Total rainfall for July is officially 7.88", which is 4.21" above normal. Also, this July moved up in the ranks and is the 4th wettest on record! July 1938 was the wettest with 11.24". July 1988 is in 2nd place with 8.43", and July 1960 is in 3rd place with 8.20". The average temperature was 75.5 degrees. The normal average temperature for July is 73.7 degrees. Thus, July 2008 was 1.8 degrees warmer than normal.

The month of June came to an end and it will go into the record books as a wet and warm month. The total rainfall for June is 5.87" at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. Normal June rainfall is 3.85". That means this June is wetter than normal by more than 2.0"! The average temperature is 70.6 degrees. The normal average temperature for June is 68.5 degrees. Thus, June 2008 will be 2.1 degrees warmer than normal. June was also a stormy month with nearly triple the normal number of days with thunderstorms. Normal is about 4 days.