Boston, MA – A warmer-than-normal weather pattern is favored across much of New England next week, with Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island also facing increased odds of below-normal precipitation. The latest federal outlook covers Tuesday, October 20, through Saturday, October 24, and suggests a potentially milder stretch of late October weather across the six-state region.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, temperature and precipitation outlooks issued Wednesday, October 14, favor above-normal temperatures across most of New England. However, the precipitation forecast reveals an important regional difference, with southern and northern communities showing different probabilities of drier-than-normal conditions.
Warmer temperatures favored across six states Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island fall within NOAA’s above-normal temperature probability shading, generally indicating a 40% to 50% chance of temperatures averaging above their historical normal during the five-day period…