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Mansfield’s Weekend Weather: Cooler Temperatures Saturday, Warm-up on Sunday

Connecticut is in the midst of a severe drought and we'll let you know when the next rain chance is.

It has to rain again in Connecticut someday, right? Well it won’t be this weekend, and this weekend will be dominated by sunshine and chilly temps on Saturday and a bit of a warm-up on Sunday and Monday.

As for when will it rain again, maybe on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

It will be very chilly Friday night with lows around or just below the freezing mark and the wind chill factor will be close to 25 degrees.

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On Monday, we could hit 60 degrees in parts of Connecticut. Not too bad. And there are no snow chances coming up over the next week.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons wrote on Facebook, “Mild temperatures through the middle of the day today followed by windy and cold weather later on this afternoon. (A) chilly night tonight! Chilly weather all day Saturday (followed) by a warm up on Sunday! Thank you to all veterans!”

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Veterans Day: Sun, beautiful and 60 degrees. Temps falling to around freezing tonight with some wind too.

Saturday: Sunshine, chilly with a high temp near 50.

Sunday: Sunny with temps in the upper 50s.

Monday: More sun and a high in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees.

Tuesday: Partly sunny and temps in the mid 50s.

Wednesday and Thursday: Chance for some showers and rain both days.

— Written by Brian McCready, Patch Staff

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