High Wind Warning, Gusts 50+ MPH: When Will MA's Deep Freeze Ease?

MASSACHUSETTS — Damaging wind gusts, frigid feels-like temperatures and treacherous icy conditions will continue across Massachusetts Tuesday as the punishing stretch of winter weather continues for another few days before signs of easing toward this weekend.

A High Wind Warning was in effect for parts of Worcester County and northwest Middlesex County for Tuesday morning and afternoon — with a High Wind Advisory in effect for much of the rest of the state — with sustained winds 15-30 mph, gusts to 50 mph across the state, and up to 60 mph in the higher terrain of Worcester and Fitchburg areas.

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The National Weather Service alerts were set to remain in place until 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The harsh winds, combined with temperatures stuck in the low 20s, will keep wind chills and "feels-like" temperatures in the single digits during the day Tuesday and below zero Tuesday night.

Here are the highest wind gusts recorded across Massachusetts on Monday (source: NWS):

• 68 mph — Fitchburg Airport
• 68 mph — Worcester Airport
• 66 mph — Blue Hills Observatory, Milton
• 64 mph — Mt. Tom
• 64 mph — Wrentham
• 61 mph — Martha's Vineyard
• 60 mph — Hanscom Airport, Bedford
• 59 mph — Children's Island, Salem
• 58 mph — Harvard Bridge, Cambridge
• 58 mph — Norwood Airport
• 56 mph — Beverly Airport
• 56 mph — Hatch Beach, Eastham
• 55 mph — West Falmouth
• 55 mph — New Bedford
• 53 mph — Hyannis Airport
• 50 mph — Fenway Park, Boston

Wednesday will be another cold day — with less wind — as highs are in the upper 20s and a west wind of 9-13 mph making it feel like the single digits.

A coastal storm appears to be a miss to the south on Thursday, according to the NWS, with only a "slight" chance of snow in Boston. The best chance for accumulating snow will be on Cape Cod and the Islands with up to 3 inches of snow possible. Little to no snow is expected north of Greater Boston.

What will follow —to the relief of many New Englanders after a numbing succession of cold, icy and snow over the past two months — should be a gradual warming trend with more seasonable days and melting.

Friday will be a windy and slightly warmer day with highs in the low 30s. Highs should hit the upper 30s to 40 degrees this upcoming weekend — with no winter weather storms in the forecast for the first time on a weekend in 2025 — before temperatures inch above normal into the low- to mid-40s next week as the chance of precipitation returns.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)