3/2 Connecticut Weather 6 AM: 16° Below Normal

Good morning. Connecticut. I'm Aaron Jolly. Folks, if you stepped outside this morning and your lungs seized up. That's Canada saying hello. An Arctic high pressure system slid straight down overnight and parked itself over New England. It's the reason your car door felt frozen shut at 6 A.M. Central Connecticut woke up to 7 degrees. Wind chills? Minus 7 degrees. That's the kind of cold where your nose hairs crackle. Over in Eastern Connecticut, you're at 12 degrees. Along the coast, a slightly less brutal 15, feeling like 7. and that dusting of snow from yesterday? Frozen into a slick little trap on every driveway and sidewalk. Watch your step. In the next 24 hours. Now here's the frustrating part. You'll see sunshine today. Bright, gorgeous, completely useless sunshine. It won't push Central Connecticut past 31 degrees. The coast and Eastern Connecticut top out at 29. That's 16 degrees below normal for early March. Winter refusing to leave the party. Tonight stays clear and bitter. Lows hit 12 degrees in Central Connecticut, 17 out east, 20 along the shore. But tomorrow morning. Everything flips. A warm front crashes in around 7 A.M. With a wintry mix. Snow and sleet first, then freezing rain, then plain rain by afternoon. Highs jump to near 40 degrees. A 30 degrees swing in 24 hours. The rest of the week keeps that momentum going. Rain chances Wednesday through Friday, but temperatures climb into the 40s and 50s. By next weekend, we could touch 60 degrees. The spring equinox is just 18 days out. and Sunday might actually feel like it. In One more thing worth celebrating. Sunrise was 6, 25 this morning. Sunset at 5:43. We're gaining nearly three minutes of daylight every single day now. Charge your phone before that commute. Cold kills batteries faster than you'd think. For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.