Temperatures Going Down

By Melissa Mack, WBZ-TV

March 23, 2012 6:42 AM

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It was an amazing Thursday as Boston and Worcester broke their record highs! Boston reached 83, breaking the previous record of 72 set back in 1948.

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Worcester broke their former record of 76 set back in 1938 as temperatures climbed up to 78. This is the first time that Boston has reached 80+ degrees in March since 1998.

While today is not going to be a record-breaker, it is still going to be mild for late March. Highs will be in the 70-75 degree range except for the Cape and Islands hovering in the middle and upper 60s.

The sun will be shining, and the wind will be gusty from the northwest.

The 1st weekend of Spring ’12 will be cooler and more seasonable than the past few days. Clouds will be thickening during the day on Saturday. Highs will be in the 60s. Skies will be overcast along with a few showers Saturday night through Sunday.

However, the majority of the showers on Sunday will be during the first half of the day. Highs on Sunday will be near-normal around 50.

Early next week is showing signs of ‘frosty’ overnights, including Monday and Tuesday nights. Highs on Tuesday will struggle to ‘touch’ 50 degrees. Temperatures will begin to moderate and climb above average during the middle part of next week.

*Models are hinting at more seasonable to slightly above average highs through the beginning of April. At the moment, it doesn’t look like any record-breaking heat will be returning in the near future.

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Happy FRRRiday!

~Melissa :)

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Thank you Melissa.

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You’re welcome. Happy FRRRiday! ~Melissa :)

Tim

Channel 5 is predicting much colder air throughout next week….they’re saying 40 on Tuesday and 45 on Wednesday…every other Boston station is still going for 50s on both those days and every other forecast I’ve looked at….what’s with the extreme pessimism?
Italo

There is always too much drama hype about everything. Whatever days and temps we get after this beautiful stretch that aren’t as warm, unless they are nor’easter soaking ocean storms or extremely cold-windy, we will not experience them as a freezing change. Each day is now getting longer and the sun higher — the momentum from this warmth will now carry us on. Especially in the city centers where this early spring warmth gets trapped. And we will get those occasional 3 days-3 weeks long soaking spring Boston-area rainstorms that will end up balancing out the dry spell we’ve been getting. It always happens eventually.
man-o-wx

there’s no escaping a moderately hot summer as arctic sea ice will melt sooner this year. It’s the end of the world and I feel fine!
Tin

This is totally off topic, but I think it is cool and for a very special boy….wanted to pass it on, maybe you all will want to do the same.

A little 9-year old boy in Dracut is battling Neuroblastoma (an agrressive, malignant brain tumor). His birthday is coming up IN FIVE days and he LOVES getting mail. He has a FB page: “Super Nick Power”. His mother wanted to try to get him a birthday card from every state. Do any of you know anyone in: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Louisianna, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, N. Carolina, N Dakota, S Dakota, Tennessee, W Virginia and Wyoming… could you ask them to send Nick a card?

This is what his Mother wrote on facebook:
“So as some of you know Nick’s birthday is this month, the 27th and he will be 9 years old. I thought I would surprise him with some happy mail. He loves getting mail. Was trying to see if he can get a card from EVERY STATE. We know he has a lot of followers. Will collect all the cards and give them to him on his birthday. Any one interested send to:
Super Nick Power
PO Box 142
Dracut, MA 01826