MA Weather: Record Cold To Grip Region Following Snow

A bit of snow Tuesday is expected to be followed by a bout of record cold this week. Forecasters are warning of 25-40 miles-per-hour wind gusts that will drop overnight temperatures Tuesday into the teens and wind chills as low as negative-5 degrees.

There is a gale warning in effect from 1 p.m. Tuesday to 1 p.m. Wednesday for the blustery wind gusts. Tuesday afternoon will also see rain briefly change over to snow. Forecasters said to expect only a coating, but it could make for dangerous travel coupled with the quick-falling temperatures.

The low temperatures from Tuesday to Wednesday will be in the teens and highs in the low 30s, so expect whatever falls to freeze rather quickly.

The record low in Boston for Nov. 13 — this Wednesday — is 14 degrees set in 1883. The record low high, which is how cold even the day's warmest temperature is, is 36 degrees set in 1874.

Boston-area forecast via NWS

Veterans Day — Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight — Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Tuesday — Rain before 3pm, then a chance of snow. Patchy fog between 8am and 11am. Temperature rising to near 44 by 10am, then falling to around 31 during the remainder of the day. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night — Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 16. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday — Sunny, with a high near 30. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night — Mostly clear, with a low around 13. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday — Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night — Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Light and variable wind.

Friday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Friday Night — Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday — Sunny, with a high near 36. North wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night — Mostly clear, with a low around 23. North wind around 6 mph.

Sunday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon.