DURHAM-MIDDLEFIELD WEATHER UPDATE: Spring-Like Weather Continues

By Barbara Heins (Patch Staff)

Ah, the first day of Daylight Saving Time — it was still light well into the evening and for the first time in weeks, the temperature was well above the freezing mark.

This weekend was the first since mid-January, that there hasn’t been a snowstorm or significant weather event. And in many towns and cities across the state with temperatures in the 40s, it’s a trend that should continue through the week. Although, weather forecasters and the National Weather Service are predicting that could change by week’s end.

Here’s what NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney writes on his Facebook page, “Getting milder through Wednesday. Mildest day is Wednesday. Then, colder air starts trying to make a comeback at the end of the week.”

For Durham and Middlefield on Wednesday, the high temperature forecast by the National Weather Service is 51 degrees.

WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scot Haney writes “While we got a break from the stormy weather this weekend,, we won’t be as fortunate next weekend. A storm will move northward from the Gulf States while high pressure will set up shop to our north across Eastern Canada. The storm will likely move off the Mid-Atlantic Coast to the south of New England Saturday night and Sunday. Since the storm is still 6 days away I won’t get too specific just yet. However, it does look like we’ll have to deal with wet snow, sleet, and rain. Precipitation will probably develop on Saturday (although the timing is still in question) and it could linger well into Sunday.”

In the meantime — enjoy this balmy weather and hope we don’t have a ‘throwback Thursday’ to the near zero temps we’ve endured for the past seven weeks.

But in the interim, we may see a few flurries overnight Sunday into Monday.

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Photo credit: Barbara Heins. Photo #1: temperature on Sunday, March 8, 2015.