Weekend Weather: How Much Rain Will Bethel Get?

BETHEL, CT — We need the rain, this we all know, and we’re going to get some over the next few days but nowhere near enough to put a real dent in our current drought status in Connecticut. Since it’s going to be cold and cloudy through Monday night in Connecticut we might as well see some heavy rain right? Well, we’re only going to see showers and most of the heavier rain, if you want to call it that, is confined to midday Friday and afternoon.

Between Friday and Monday night we may see about a half to three quarters of an inch of rain in total and again the sun doesn’t make its return until Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons said, “I hope you're having a great day! Plan on rainy and chilly weather for the middle of the day today! Highs today will only be in the 50s but it's going to feel even colder with the wind. Some scattered hit or miss showers tonight through Sunday. None of the days look like a complete washout with the heaviest rain expected for the middle of the day today.”

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Here’s a detailed look at the weather forecast for the area over the next several days via the National Weather Service:

Friday: Showers pick up midday, cloudy with highs barely hitting 60 degrees. Windy with gusts between 20-28 mph in southern CT and around 10 mph in Hartford and Tolland counties.

Friday night: More rain and windy conditions near the coast.

Saturday: Showers and mostly cloudy with a high in the mid 60s. A quarter of an inch possible of rain.

Saturday night: 50 percent chance of rain.

Sunday: Notice a pattern? More showers, a 50 percent chance and more clouds.

Monday: 30 percent chance of showers, more clouds, the sun is still missing.

Tuesday: The sun returns and temps back into the upper 60s. By Thursday, we hit 70 again and more sunshine is forecast.

Written by Brian McCready

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