The recent sudden switch from very warm to very chilly and wet conditions will be reversed in the Northeast in coming days, with the sun and mostly dry weather returning for the balance of the new week.
Memorial Day weekend 2026 will be remembered as an unseasonably chilly and wet one for many in the Northeast. As the rain begins to moves away, many are wondering when the warmer weather will return. AccuWeather meteorologists say they won’t have to wait long.
“The holiday weekend started off with one of the coldest days on record in late May,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tyler Roys. “While the cooler and wetter weather might be beneficial for the ground and for the grass, it wasn’t for those trying to get outside.”
Signs of change were already afoot on Sunday, as high pressure was building into parts of the Midwest. By later on Memorial Day, that drier weather will begin to arrive in the Northeast states…