Thursday March 19 2026 Forecast (7:31AM)

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DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 19-23)

The weather pattern remains active, which is typical as we transition from winter to spring. In fact we mark the “official” transition with the occurrence of the vernal equinox Friday morning at 10:46 a.m. EDT. Before we get to that, we’ll see a sun / cloud mix today as high pressure slides offshore and we experience a slight temperature moderation off yesterday’s late winter refrigerator chill. A weak low pressure area will pass north of our region tonight and may produce a brief light snow shower mainly north of I-90, but any that do occur will have no impact as they occur with limited available moisture and last a very short time. Friday’s weather will feel a tiny bit more like the season that’s incoming as we warm up a little bit more, but sunshine will give way to clouds as the next in a series of disturbances approaches – this one another low heading for a path north of our region, sending a frontal system through late day and evening. Milder air and more available moisture means that much of the region will see a period of rain, but not too heavy. This exits our region overnight and sets up a fair weather day Saturday with a sun / cloud mix and temperatures fairly typical of late March. Sunday, the next frontal boundary comes our way as the next in a series of lows passing to our north does so. Timing is a little in question on this, but at some point we are likely to see wet weather move in. It may wait until midday or afternoon to do so. Details to be worked out. It looks like a milder day, at least initially. Once the front goes by, however, we see another temperature drop. This may not occur until sometime late Sunday or Sunday night, again depending on frontal timing. Monday looks like a breezy, chilly early spring day as some areas may see a few snow flurries with an upper low moving across the region behind the recently-passed frontal boundary.

TODAY: Partly sunny. Highs 42-49. Wind S 5-15 MPH.

TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. A brief snow flurry possible mainly southern NH / northern MA. Lows 32-39. Wind S up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Sun followed by clouds. Late day rain arrives west to east. Highs 45-52. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with evening rain. Breaking clouds and patchy fog overnight. Lows 38-45. Wind SW to W up to 10 MPH.

SATURDAY: Sun / cloud mix. Highs 48-55. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows 40-47. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Cloudy. Chance of rain, mainly midday and afternoon and favoring northern areas first, southern areas later. Highs 52-59, cooler South Coast. Wind SW 5-15 MPH, shifting to N from northwest to southeast late-day.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Lows 30-37. Wind N 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Highs 38-45. Wind N 10-20 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 24-28)

Brief rain / mix chance later March 24 and / or early March 25, and another chance of some precipitation toward the end of the period, otherwise dry weather with near to below normal temperatures.

DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 29 – APRIL 2)

Overall pattern looks mostly dry and on the cooler side of normal with one brief interruption from a passing disturbance or storm system, favoring mid to late period.

43 thoughts on “Thursday March 19 2026 Forecast (7:31AM)”

  2. Thanks TK !

    12:06 of sun, never mind daylight and a 47.2 degree sun angle in Boston today and we’re “warming up” later on, into the 40s.

    Too cold !!!! Even though I know Boston’s long term average for today is 45F. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow to moderate up here. Not looking for 90F, but 50-55F would be nice.

    I guess I’ll be happy with Fri-Sun temps, until I start complaining again early next week. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  5. Thanks, TK.

    Needless to say, Phoenix is NOT on my bucket list.

    As a friend of mine told me after he spent 3 months there on a job, “they call it dry heat, well, when it’s 106F almost every day it’s hotter than $#%*, dry or not.”

    I really couldn’t take it. I don’t know how he did for 3 months.

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    1. I’ve said before that Mac’s cousin who’s lived in the phoenix area for many years said dry of wet heat, it’s still miserably hot

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    2. I’ve only been to Phoenix once and that was on a very brief layover at Sky Harbor International Airport on the way to Las Vegas. Not sure how hot it was outside.

      I’ve been to Las Vegas many many times, including a few times in the Summer. It was 100 once in June and that wasn’t too bad, but we had 108 once in August and that was brutal!!!!!! And there were people working construction in that Heat. Don’t know how they do it!!!!

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  7. On a non-weather topic, but of interest to all, I think. You may have read about the rapidly expanding meningitis (of the B variant) outbreak in Kent, England, which has claimed two lives and hospitalized at least 16. The known case number is 27, up by 7 since yesterday. In all my professional life of tracking diseases like meningitis I’ve never seen something like this. Meningitis is normally not particularly contagious. There needs to be prolonged close contact. Yet, one superspreader event in a nightclub appears to have caused the fast rise in cases.

    My brother-in-law is still in the hospital in Maastricht after he contracted meningitis. His case is totally separate from what’s happening in Kent. He’s lost some hearing and eyesight. He will be discharged soon.

    But this is a dangerous disease. I am wondering whether something has amplified its ability to spread. Bacteria aren’t as `smart’ as viruses and certainly not as nimble. However, this strain appears to be behaving in some ways more like a virus than a bacterium.

    Other than a cluster of cases of a different variant in the Chicago area, the U.S. has not been recording a similar upswing in meningitis.

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  8. Thank you TK!

    Wordle: 4 Great job to all of who have played today. I am serving mimosas in my car so feel free to join me.

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    2. So far I’m driving the train, so maybe I should hold off on the drinks. Then again, how hard can it be when you’re just following the rails? 🙂

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  9. I totally missed the train, tough guesses on my part.

    Heading to Phoenix next weekend on a guys golf trip… thought we’d be in the low 80s per the averages…. Looks like the 100s might be gone by then but still in the 90s

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  13. Wordle 4…

    I need it to warm up. I have had enough of the cold. I’m putting together a stand for a bird feeder to encourage mother nature.

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  15. Side by side drought maps for MA. The map on the left is of 3/17 and the right is of 3/10. There has been improvement which happens as winter snow and ice melt and spring brings some rain.

    A D1 level drought will take a sustained period of off-and-on precipitation events over many weeks to make improvement. At D2, it will take several weeks to a few months. Currently no one in MA is under a D3 drought level which takes months to a year and even two years to fix itself.

    https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/CompareTwoWeeks.aspx

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