Big Weather Changes for Durham and Middlefield: Major Change in Temps, Windy and Some Rain

Enjoy the temperatures today in Connecticut as you’ll need to remove those air conditioners you had to put back in this week and turn the heat back on Saturday. We’re in for kind of a rude awakening as temps will be seasonal this weekend and won’t even hit 60 degrees.

This is a big change from just a day or two when high temps in parts of Connecticut were in the mid 80s. Over the next seven days temps at night will start to dip below 40 degrees and temperatures will struggle to remain in the low 50s during the day.

The one thing we desperately need is rain, lots of it, and we saw some last night and we’ll get a bit more on Friday but after that it’s looking very dry once again over the next seven days.

The National Weather Service has issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” for Hartford and Tolland counties for Friday afternoon saying “locally heavy rain this afternoon and evening could produce localized urban and poor drainage flooding.”

The rest of the state has no advisories.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons said we can expect “some spotty rain at times today. Have the umbrella with you It will be humid and warm today with high temperatures in the 70s. Some showers expected into the middle of the day on Saturday. Very windy Saturday afternoon! Some sunshine and decent weather on Sunday.”

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Here’s a detailed look at this weekend’s weather and beyond via the National Weather Services:

Friday: Showers during the day with a high near 73 degrees. Up to a quarter of an inch of rain is expected. Northern Connecticut is running a rain shortfall of more than 10 inches while southern Connecticut has a rain deficit of nearly six inches. Showers end after midnight.

Saturday: It’s mostly cloudy with a chance for a shower or two but the high temp is only near 57 degrees. Winds also pick up during the afternoon and approach 20 mph at night.

Sunday: Sunny, high in the upper 50s. Still windy with gusts between 20-30 mph at times.

Monday: Sunshine, high near 60.

Tuesday: Sunny, cooler and a high in the low 50s.

Wednesday: Sun and continued cooler with temps near 53.

Image via AccuWeather.com

— By BRIAN MCCREADY (Patch National Staff)