Polar Vortex To Inject Massachusetts With Burst Of Cold

A polar vortex? But spring just started!

Cold air will move in from Canada, dropping low temperatures back close to freezing and even as low 20 degrees over the next few days. Even high temperatures will be stuck in the 30s early next week.

Monday will bear the brunt of the unseasonably cold temperatures. Temperatures will hit freezing overnight and not recover until Tuesday afternoon.

Besides just being unnecessarily cold as we meander our way to April, the sudden drastic chill means anyone who may have already started planting season should bring the vegetation inside.

Snow might pop up in the westernmost part of the state this weekend, but any precipitation in the rest of the state Saturday will be rain.

"The chill following any cold fronts looks to be normal or unremarkable for the middle two weeks of April, but there is the risk for more jet stream dips with bigger cold shots later in April or early May and that could then set the stage for late-season frosts moving forward in the Northeast," AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.