Nice Weather Is Expected Through Tuesday With Rain Expected From Late Wednesday Night Through Thursday Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: A ridge of high pressure is expected to control our weather throughout the rest of this afternoon and tonight.

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 65 and 70 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph.

Clear skies are expected during tonight with low temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northeast at around 5 mph.

Tuesday & Tuesday Night: High pressure will remain in control of the weather throughout Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Plenty of sunshine is expected throughout the day on Tuesday. High temperatures will be near 65 Degrees. Winds will be East at around 10 mph.

Partly cloudy skies are expected during Tuesday evening with cloudy skies expected during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be between 33 and 38 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: An area of low pressure and its associated frontal system is expected to push across the Ohio Valley and into New York State during the day on Wednesday.

Skies are expected to be cloudy throughout the day on Wednesday. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night & Thursday: That low pressure system and its associated frontal system will slowly push across the region during Wednesday night and Thursday bringing with it some very welcomed rainfall.

Wednesday night is expected to be cloudy and rain will begin across the entire area by well after midnight. Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees.

Rain is expected throughout the day on Thursday and it appears that rainfall totals of around one inch can be expected. High temperatures Thursday will be near 55 Degrees.

Friday: That frontal system is expected to be well east of the area by Friday. This means that skies look partly sunny throughout the day on Friday with high temperatures near 60 Degrees.

This Weekend: Saturday looks cloudy and its possible that there could be some isolated showers during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.

The weather for Sunday looks uncertain as it’ll depend on the track of a low pressure system that’ll be heading northeastward from the Mid-Atlantic states. Some of the weather forecast guidance shows a close enough track to bring rain to the entire area throughout the day on Sunday. Other weather forecast guidance shows a much more offshore storm track, which would mean a cloudy, but dry day on Sunday.

At this point, I’m leaning towards a cloudy, but dry day on Sunday with high temperatures near 60 Degrees.

Weekend Weather Update For Western & Central Mass (Posted Midday Saturday 4/25/2026)

Weather analysis as of midday revealed a northwest to southeast oriented area of rain that stretches from western New York State to southeastern New York State and parts of southwestern Connecticut.

This area of rain is expected to slowly push eastward and will reach far western Mass by early this evening. Once this area of rain reaches far western Mass, it'll be stopped by a large high pressure system that's located over New England. Because of this, I don't think this rain will make it much further east than perhaps the Springfield Metro during tonight.

- FOR THIS AFTERNOON: Sunshine mixed with clouds early this afternoon will give way to cloudy skies by later this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be South at 5 to 10 mph.

- TONIGHT: Cloudy skies are expected across all of Western and Central Mass.

Some light rain will affect the Berkshires and the lower Pioneer Valley of Western Mass for a few hours centered around midnight. Meanwhile, the central and upper Pioneer Valley will likely see no rain at all.

Further east across Central Mass, I think we probably will not see any rain across much of Central Mass during tonight. The exception might be across far southwestern parts of Worcester County, centered around I-84 around midnight tonight when there may be a little bit of light rain.

Low temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph before midnight and West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

- SUNDAY: An area of low pressure will track to the south of New England during the day on Sunday.

This will lead to a cloudy day across all of Western and Central Mass with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph.

- MONDAY: The sun looks to return on Monday with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be East to Northeast at 7 to 15 mph.

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The Weekend Weather Forecast For Western & Central Mass (Posted Midday Thursday 4/23/2026)

For This Afternoon: Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Tonight: Clear skies can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at around 10 mph.

Friday: A large high pressure system will control the weather throughout Friday.

Sunny to partly sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Friday. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at around 10 mph.

This Weekend: An upper level low pressure system over the upper Midwestern US will push a shield of rain showers southeastward into parts of New York State and far southwestern New England during Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. Right now, it appears that these rain showers will stay too far west of our area to affect us here across Western and Central Mass.

Saturday is expected to start out sunny to partly sunny, but there will be more clouds than sunshine during the afternoon. High temperatures will be around 55 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday night looks cloudy with low temperatures near 35 Degrees.

Sunday is expected to start out cloudy during the morning with partly sunny skies expected during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.

Weather Outlook For Next Week: Those you looking for any sort of warm weather anytime soon are going to be disappointed. The weather pattern over the next couple of weeks or so looks to feature below average temperatures as a persistent upper level trough sits over the northeastern United States.

For next week, this means that daytime high temperatures should generally be in the middle 50s to near 60 Degrees and nighttime low temperatures will be in the middle 30s to around 40 Degrees. In addition, showers will probably occur from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. Another round of rain is a possibility from next Friday through next Saturday.

Unfortunately, it may not be until late May or even early June until we snap this below average temperature weather pattern & then we might see summer make an appearance. I also think that we are NOT done with seeing frosts, freezes or even snowflakes from time to time across the area. The threat for frosts, freezes or snowflakes may not be completely done for this season until late May!!