Spring-like Warmth Visits Eastern U.S.

ByJim Bria January 17, 2020June 28, 2023

The calendar may read January, but a taste of spring visited much of the eastern United States last weekend. Boston’s Logan Airport recorded a high of 74F last Sunday, which broke the all-time warmest temperature for the month of January of 70F set back in 1950. Meanwhile, Providence, Rhode Island topped out at 70F on Sunday, which broke the January record of 69F set in 2002. It was even warmer in Charleston, West Virginia, where the mercury reached 80F. Though that temperature easily broke the daily record of 71F from 2018, it was still 1F short of the all-time January high temperature.

This weekend’s weather will be much different across the eastern United States, with many places expecting accumulating snow on Saturday.

Jim Bria

Certified Consulting Meteorologist & Weather Expert

Rare Late-Season Tornadoes Strike Rhode Island and Massachusetts

ByJim Bria October 25, 2018June 28, 2023

Just 8 days before Halloween, the weather turned spooky in parts of eastern New England on Tuesday, as two tornadoes and a waterspout touched down in the region. The first tornado touchdown occurred in North Providence, Rhode Island, and was classified as an EF-1 by the National Weather Service. Numerous trees were uprooted and shingles…

Early Season Snowstorm Blasts Southern U.S.

ByJim Bria December 11, 2018June 28, 2023

This winter’s fast and furious start across the central and eastern United States has continued as the calendar flipped to December. This time, it was the southern states’ turn to take the brunt of winter’s wrath. An impressive early season storm brought heavy snow and ice stretching from Texas to Virginia this past weekend. As…

April 2018: Cold Locally, Warm Globally

ByJim Bria May 9, 2018June 28, 2023

Much has been written about the cold weather experienced during the month of April 2018 across much of the United States, especially the central and eastern United States. Indeed, the country experienced its 13th coldest April since record-keeping started in 1895 and its coldest since 1997. Two states, Iowa and Wisconsin, had their coldest Aprils…

Hurricane Michael to Make Landfall on Florida Panhandle Wednesday

ByJim Bria October 9, 2018June 28, 2023

Just a few weeks after Hurricane Florence battered the Carolinas, the Gulf Coast is now the target of rapidly strengthening Hurricane Michael. As of Tuesday morning, Michael was located 365 south of Apalachicola, Florida and was a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center, Michael is…

Tornadoes Leave Path of Destruction in Connecticut

ByJim Bria September 1, 2020June 28, 2023

When one thinks of places in the United States getting hit by tornadoes, New England usually does not come to mind. But on Thursday, it was Connecticut’s turn to get hit as a cluster of thunderstorms produced two tornado touchdowns in the state. The first touchdown was an EF0 tornado in the small town of…

Early-Season Snowstorm Buries Great Lakes, Interior Northeast

ByJim Bria November 15, 2019June 28, 2023

Though the calendar still reads November, the weather more resembled January this week across parts of the Great Lakes and northeastern United States. An unusually strong winter storm blanketed the region with heavy snow Monday and Tuesday. The storm struck the state of Michigan hardest. At Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, 9.2” of snow fell…

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