Boston area faces coldest temps since April, freeze watches issued
StormTeam 5 weather alert day: Friday
TEMPERATURES GOING DOWN. YEAH, YEAH, TONIGHT’S GOING TO GET COLD, BUT TOMORROW IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO GET EVEN COLDER. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR RADAR WAS VERY BUSY TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WE HAD GOING THIS MORNING. AND ON OUR RADAR RIGHT today WE’RE LOOKING AT CLEAR AND COOL CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT. today OUR NEXT THREAT IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT REALLY IS GOING TO BE THAT FROST FREEZE POTENTIAL ON FRIDAY MORNING. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE SOME RAIN ARRIVING HERE ON SUNDAY AND IT MAY BUILD INTO A BIGGER STORM, INCLUDING WIND DRIVEN RAIN. BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SO TODAY’S RAINFALL, WELL, WHEREVER YOU LOOKED, IT WAS A GOOD HALF INCH OF RAIN, BOSTON PICKING UP 85/100, BUT THERE WERE A FEW SPOTS THAT PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, SOME PLACES PICKING UP OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. FRAMINGHAM COMING IN AT AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS. SO THERE WAS QUITE A DOWNPOURS COMING THROUGH, BUT THEY CAME THROUGH speedy. THE OTHER THING IS WE’VE GOTTEN USED TO THE WARM WEATHER 75, 84, 81. TODAY’S HIGH WAS 70. THAT WAS AT MIDNIGHT. AND THEN WE KIND OF DROPPED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. AND today WE’RE HEADED FOR TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CLOSER TO NORMAL. AND IT’S GOING TO FEEL KIND OF COLD OUT THERE. SO TOMORROW NIGHT IT IS GOING TO GET CHILLY. WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 30S. MOST EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPE WILL BE IN THE 30S, BUT THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A LOT OF TEMPERATURES THAT DROP OFF INTO THE 20S. ONCE WE GET TO 28 DEGREES OR BELOW, THAT’S CONSIDERED A HARD FREEZE. AND I THINK SOME PLACES, ESPECIALLY OFF TO THE NORTHWEST, MAY GET THAT COLD TOMORROW NIGHT. THEN WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THAT WEEKEND STORM, LOW PRESSURE COMING UP ALONG THE COAST. HOW CLOSE IT GETS TO US WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET. IF IT GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO US, WE’LL HAVE A DECENT RAIN. IF IT KIND OF PASSES DOWN TO THE SOUTH, NOT SO MUCH. BUT THIS HIGH PRESSURE DOESN’T WANT TO GIVE UP. LOW PRESSURE WANTS TO COME THIS WAY. HIGH PRESSURE WANTS TO STAY HERE. AND THAT MEANS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A STRONG WIND COMING RIGHT OFF THE OCEAN. THAT SQUEEZE PLAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH. today THIS WILL BE AROUND WITH US ON MONDAY AND THEN FINALLY ON TUESDAY, KIND OF PULLING ITS WAY ON OUT OF HERE. SO YOU GET THE IDEA. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO RAMP UP. WE COULD SEE SOME WIND GUSTS ON MONDAY MORNING, 40, 50 MILES AN HOUR, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE CAPE. AND AS FAR AS RAIN IS CONCERNED, THIS COULD BE ANOTHER 1 OR 2IN, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THAT STORM TRACKS AS IT MOVES ITS WAY CLOSER TO US. IN THE MEANTIME, LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR YOUR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. JUST REMEMBER FRIDAY MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BE AWFUL COLD. SATURDAY. REBOUND A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE’LL CALL IT RAIN MOVING IN BECAUSE IT WILL BE DEVELOPING DOWN ALONG THE SOUTH COAST FIRST AND THEN EVENTUALLY WORKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BUT EVERYONE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME WIND DRIVEN RAIN BY MONDAY. AND THEN IT SLOWLY GETS OUT OF HERE ON TUESDAY. BUT NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES ALL PRETTY MUCH IN THE 60S. PRETTY C
Boston area faces coldest temps since April, freeze watches issued
StormTeam 5 weather alert day: Friday
Updated: 7:42 PM EDT Oct 8, 2025
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Brace yourself and your gardens: A more appropriate feel of fall will blast into New England for the second half of the week. Temperatures will fall to below freezing in many areas just outside of Boston, prompting freeze watches for parts of Massachusetts Thursday night through Friday morning.StormTeam 5 tools: Interactive Radar | Map Room”Thursday night it’s going to get chilly,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum said. “Most everyone outside of the Cape will drop into the 30s with some even dropping into the 20s. Some places, especially off in the northwest, will get that cold.” Low temperatures on Friday morning will be in the 20s for most areas, even along the Route 128 corridor. The city of Boston will drop into the 30s, which would be the coolest since April 13.Temperatures will struggle into the upper 50s on Thursday, then remain about five degrees cooler than average for this time of year through early next week, when a coastal storm may bring strong winds and rain to the area.
Brace yourself and your gardens: A more appropriate feel of fall will blast into New England for the second half of the week.
Temperatures will fall to below freezing in many areas just outside of Boston, prompting freeze watches for parts of Massachusetts Thursday night through Friday morning.
StormTeam 5 tools: Interactive Radar | Map Room
“Thursday night it’s going to get chilly,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum said. “Most everyone outside of the Cape will drop into the 30s with some even dropping into the 20s. Some places, especially off in the northwest, will get that cold.”
Low temperatures on Friday morning will be in the 20s for most areas, even along the Route 128 corridor. The city of Boston will drop into the 30s, which would be the coolest since April 13.
Temperatures will struggle into the upper 50s on Thursday, then remain about five degrees cooler than average for this time of year through early next week, when a coastal storm may bring strong winds and rain to the area.
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