Saturday December 27 2025 Forecast (8:15AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 27-31)

It’s all over ‘cept the ocean effect! Here we are heading down the home stretch of 2025 and these last 5 days are going to establish the fact that winter is most certainly underway, having arrived officially with last Sunday’s solstice, and more visibly with last night’s snowfall, which deposited a general couple to several inches across most of the WHW forecast area, depending on your location. Minimum amounts according to available reports at the time of this writing (WHW forecast area only) are a little under 2 inches in parts of the Merrimack Valley and southeastern NH to between 3 and 6 inches in many areas to the southwest of Boston. Anybody reading this is encouraged to report your snow amount and at least approximate location in the comments. What this system has left for our area today are some ocean-effect snow bands that will deposit additional accumulation of up to an inch or two mainly from the MA South Shore to Cape Cod, before the wind shifts around to northwest and puts an end to that “post-script” event. The sky will begin a clearing trend to the northwest this morning and it will progress south and east through midday into afternoon when a fair amount of sun is expected across the region. The last place to see the clearing will be Cape Cod. Tonight, a clear night and light wind allows it to get rather cold. The snow cover will allow temperatures away from moderating influences (oceanside, urban areas) to undercut guidance numbers. The next weather system we have to contend with spreads its clouds into our region Sunday, which starts sunny and ends cloudy, but remains dry during the daylight hours and into the evening. It is between 8:00 p.m. and midnight that it will have warmed up enough so the arrival of precipitation will be rain, but in some areas away from the coast that rain is going to be in the form of freezing rain with cold air trapped there for several hours. It won’t be until sometime Monday morning that these areas warm adequately with the passage of a warm front to melt any ice accretion. While I am not looking for icing that is enough to create tree damage and power outages, any untreated surfaces can be quite slippery for walking and driving early Monday before conditions improve. Our region will only be in the warm sector of low pressure that tracks well northwest of us, then redevelops as it heads into southeastern Canada. Its cold front will bring a band or two of rain showers through the region during the day Monday, and the timing may be quick enough that areas to the west of Boston are drying out with breaks in the clouds by the end of the day. It will clear out and get much colder Monday night, and once again we’ll have to watch for icy spots on untreated surfaces that cannot dry out in time from an increased westerly wind blowing the cold air into the region. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature blustery, cold, but dry conditions as we are in a west to northwest flow and cold air mass from Canada. Current timing suggest the wind should start to slacken as we get to Wednesday evening, perhaps making it a bit easier to be outside for those doing so during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

TODAY: Cloudy start including additional snow showers with a coating to 2 inches additional accumulation MA South Shore to Cape Cod. Clearing northwest to southeast starting by late morning. Highs 23-30. Wind NE to N early then N to NW up to 10 MPH except 10-15 MPH Cape Cod.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 5-12 inland low elevations, 12-19 elsewhere. Wind variable under 10 MPH

SUNDAY: Increasing clouds. Highs 32-39. Wind variable up to 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with freezing rain (inland) and rain (coast) developing. Lows 29-36 evening then a slow temperature rise overnight. Wind N to E under 10 MPH.

MONDAY: Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely midday into afternoon. Highs 38-45. Wind E shifting to S increasing to 10-20 MPH with higher gusts, shifting to W late-day from west to east.

MONDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Lows 15-22. Wind W 15-25 MPH.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 25-32. Wind W 15-25 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows 13-20. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Highs 27-34. Wind NW 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (JANUARY 1-5)

A trough brings a good chance of snow showers for the opening day of 2026, then watching for another precipitation threat later in the period after a cold, dry interlude.

DAYS 11-15 (JANUARY 6-10)

A few hints the pattern gets a little more active with moisture-filled systems, but I’m hesitant to buy into these guidance trends yet, so for now just keeping the outlook for a few mostly minor systems valid, with variable temperatures averaging out around the normal for this point in the winter season.

67 thoughts on “Saturday December 27 2025 Forecast (8:15AM)”

    2. Logan 2.9 inches on 0.11 qpf!!! That is a little more than
      26:1 ratio. I really don’t think it was that high. On the COD site the 0Z HRRR showed 17:1 at the height of the precipitation.

      SO, something looks WHACKY here!!!!!

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  5. Good morning and thank you TK

    17 here and that was the low.

    Ocean: 44

    I just came in from cleaning up. 3.75 inches of fluff.
    Just low enough that clean up required only a nice shop broom
    as the shovel was not needed, even though I purchased a brand new one. 🙂

    I was surprised at the amount as it just didn’t look like that much viewing from the window.

    Wordle: 4

    Nice job Tom and happy you held on SCLarke. 🙂

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    1. Snowed quite heavily last evening around 11PM, by midnight it was just very light snow. When I got up around 730, it was NOT doing anything at all.

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  7. Very pretty out! Thanks for providing the snow 🙂 let’s go take some pictures of it today.

    Wordle 4. I sound like a broken record.

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    1. There sure have been many 4s lately. Nice going.

      Tom is the Engineer so far today. Vicki will probably join him. 🙂

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  8. Now, if there’s one thing I could hope to go different, it’s after it snows, can we have some weather that keeps the snow around for more than a day?

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  9. Thanks TK
    I measured 9 inches of snow. The biggest snowfall I have since January 29, 2022. For those on X who said NYC was a bust they ended up getting 4.3 inches of snow. The forecast was 4-8 inches for NYC. I don’t call that a bust. It is the first 4 inch snowfall for NYC since January 29, 2022
    Snowfall Standings. Please correct the BOS total if I am wrong.
    NY 7.0
    BOS 4.2

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    1. Pattern was most definitely expected to feature a mix of the 2, but with the emphasis on clippers – exactly what we’ve had. 🙂

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  13. Good morning and thank you, TK

    We are 17 degrees up from a 16 low.

    And we have 3.9 inches of white gold.

    It’s such a thrill being able to call that into the spotter network. Having done that with Todd Gross for years, I know it will never get old.

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  14. Bernie Rayno looking ahead
    when I get back to work on Mon.Concentrating on The wave along the arctic boundary new years eve (discussed on Cristmas eve) & an intriguing potential for mid-atlantic & northeast snow first full week of Jan. Same old game does storm hug the coast or go out to sea.

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  18. Thanks TK! Driving my wife to Logan at 4am was not fun- was on 140 and 24 – further north was not as bad but roads were snow covered from New Bedford to 495

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  19. nice little snowfall last night. Very fluffy. enjoyed it from on the porch as I couldn’t sleep coughing up a storm and suffering from chills. Got sick over the holiday. I think I got one thing when I got here and then I got a second thing yesterday.

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  22. Winter Weather Advisory
    for Southern Worcester County

    Issued by National Weather Service
    Boston, MA
    12:40 PM EST Sat, Dec 27, 2025

    …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM EST MONDAY…

    * WHAT…Freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulations up to two tenths of an inch. Greatest amounts across western Massachusetts into the Merrimack River Valley in northeast MA.

    * WHERE…Portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern, northeastern, and western Massachusetts, and northern Rhode Island.

    * WHEN…From 7 PM Sunday to 6 AM EST Monday.

    * IMPACTS…Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Difficult travel conditions are possible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute, especially northwest of the I-95 corridor.

    * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Longest duration of freezing rain and greatest impacts will be over western Massachusetts into the Merrimack River Valley of northeast MA.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

    Slow down and use caution while traveling. Prepare for possible power outages.

    Be prepared for slippery roads. Slow down and use caution while driving. If you are going outside, watch your first few steps taken on stairs, sidewalks, and driveways. These surfaces could be icy and slippery, increasing your risk of a fall and injury.

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  24. TK – Is the 2.9” at Logan still TBD? Why is there always an issue there with regard to taking snow measurements?

    Boston Common MUST be the location for observations imo! Logan is CURSED…or something!

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    1. We shouldn’t have to wait an entire day to get an accurate measurement! SHEESH!!

      NYC can do it. ORH can as well. Not to mention JPD. Why can’t BOS??

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    2. Wherever you put a climate/meteorological site there are issues. Actually the Boston site used to be on Milk St and was moved to Logan 90 years ago. I suspect the move was made for aviation reasons and maybe not so much for meteorological reasons. (If the decision was purely for meteorological reasons, you would not choose Logan.)

      There are a bunch of criticisms for Logan site. In NYC, the site is in Central Park and it comes with criticisms too. Personally I think a Boston site would be best in a dense or semi-dense suburban site. For sure, it wouldn’t be free of drawbacks.

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      1. That all makes a lot of sense. TK has mentioned before also that other Nws sites are at airports.

        See-Tac has had complaints also ….not unlike Logan’s. It’s temp accuracy has been questioned and reported and as I recall also unfounded

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    1. Here also. I’m hoping it will melt snow on my car. I never mind clearing snow and actually miss shoveling. I never worried about slipping and falling. Now I do.

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      1. Talked to Verizon at length today. Was on the phone for 45 minutes and tried some solutions with them like Fox Sports and FoxOne but nothing is going to work.

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        2. I subscribed to FoxOne for $19.99/month and then called Verizon and demanded (and received at $20.00 credit). I will do the same if this goes on past the 30 days.

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          1. They gave me a similar option. I didn’t take it … yet!

            I asked for money off because I can’t get Fox and they took $10 off my monthly fee.

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  26. So is the Pats game tomorrow on FOX? NOT CBS?
    That would be ch 25 in Boston? Correct? if so, our Comcast Cable does, indeed, carry Ch 25. Why would the game be on FOX? I don’t get it.

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      1. I do not have Verizon. They tried to railroad us into verizon by cutting our landline!! Comcast isn’t perfect, but SCREW Verizon and the horse they rode in on!!!!!!

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        1. I have Comcast/Xfinity as well. 🙂

          Frankly I don’t know one company from another. Comcast was what was offered to me when I moved in here. Been fine so far.

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  27. Today was deep winter.

    Outside of streets with chemicals added, I don’t think a flake of snow melted.

    It was a nice late afternoon with the sun shining off the new snow cover.

    The roads are in great shape and the rest of the landscape looks awesome !!

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