winter

New Englanders have a special affinity for the Almanac – both of them!  The Old Farmer’s Almanac is published in Dublin, New Hampshire, with the recognizable yellow cover, while the Farmer’s Almanac and its customary orange color is a product of Lewiston, Maine.  Both Almanacs offer an opportunity to thumb through forecasts a couple of days at a time...

The bill has to pass the House to become law, but if passed, it could mean the end of changing clocks twice a year.

Many of you reported hearing a “boom” Saturday night and our top meteorologists think it was likely a frost quake.

BOOM!  Random loud booms aren’t entirely unheard of in New England, and one such loud noise was heard this Saturday evening in southeast New Hampshire and northeast Massachusetts.  Did you hear the boom?   In New England, we’re lucky to have a fairly sophisticated seismic network that picks up on even small earthquakes when they rattle our communities, but...

The snow is falling and our dogs, and a few cats, are ready to go outside and have some winter fun.

Snow was light and fluffy in Leominster, Massachusetts.

As mild air continues to unfold across New England, potholes continue to grow but ice and snow deliquesce to puddles that make for sloppy walkways and regular road spray on windshields.  Temperatures Friday exceed 50 degrees in some communities then never drop below freezing Friday night, so no widespread re-freeze is expected in most of central and southern New England…

Today (Friday): Bright, mild, breezy. Highs around 50. Overnight Friday Night: Variable clouds. Lows around 40. Saturday: Remarkably mild, clouds & sun, breezy, chance sprinkle. Highs in the 50s. Sunday: Light snow develops. Generally 1″-3″ in Southern New England. Highs near 30.

Today (Friday): Bright, mild, breezy. Highs around 50. Overnight Friday Night: Variable clouds. Lows around 40. Saturday: Remarkably mild, clouds & sun, breezy, chance sprinkle. Highs in the 50s. Sunday: Light snow develops. Generally 1″-3″ in Southern New England. Highs near 30.

Maureen Regan says it happened without warning. She was driving on Route 24 after a dentist appointment when her car was hit by a piece of ice from a passing box truck “I swear, instantly, it hit the underpass, the whole thing came on my windshield, and boom,” Regan said. “Smashed!” She took photos of the damage to her windshield….

Authorities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts are warning of the dangers of snow and ice flying off vehicles.

Friday’s storm brought an all-day mess of sleet, snow and ice to just about all of Maine. The exact kind of slush or snow pile you found yourself in depended on how close or far you were from the ocean. Coastal areas like Portland saw sleet that fell so hard at times, it was coming out of downspouts. Interior...

Non-emergency state employees in Massachusetts are being asked to stay home, with a freeze expected during the morning commute.

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, storm preparations are underway once again as a system moves into New England on Friday. Plus, you can now get up to three N95 masks for free at local pharmacies. And Sam Adams and Boston Dynamics team up to make an epic commercial for Super Bowl LVI.

Much of New England is still buried in snow after Saturday’s blizzard, and another round of winter weather is on its way. More ice than snow is expected Friday, and public works crews are being called in overnight to treat roadways. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is telling non-emergency state workers in the executive branch not to go to their...

As snow remains on the ground just days after the blizzard, New England is preparing for ice Friday.

Winter is changing across the Great Lakes region, and scientists want to know what that will mean

A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.

With another round of winter weather on the way, many Bostonians are still dealing with Saturday’s storm. Untreated sidewalks, buried cars and space savers are still a common sight in the city, and crews are racing to address them. “It’s really scary to navigate,” Adrianne Haslet of Boston said. Haslet, who lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombings,...

Many Bostonians are still fighting through the remnants of Saturday’s snowstorm.