Those waking up to raindrops on their windows Thursday morning may be wondering if the weather will clear up by New Year’s Eve. Well, consider your prayers answered.
Up to a half inch of rain is expected throughout the state with some areas, mostly on the south coast and on Cape Cod, at risk of getting up to 1.5 inches.
Scattered showers will linger Friday into Saturday with temperatures several degrees above normal, with highs in the mid-to-low 40s throughout the rest of the week. By New Year’s, things will dry out.
Thursday starts with light showers before heavier rain arrives by mid-day, the weather service said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The rain will reduce to a drizzle by Thursday afternoon and evening, the weather service said in a statement.
AccuWeather expects the weather to be nearly as good as it can get for outdoor New Year’s Eve celebrations across the United States, with no major storms or Arctic cold in the forecast.
However if you have plans to spend New Year’s Eve outside in Massachusetts, you may still want to bundle up.
The forecast for Sunday, Dec. 31, calls for mostly sunny skies with highs between 40-42 degrees statewide. Sunday night temperatures could drop to the high 20s, according to the National Weather Service.
Monday, Jan. 1, will also be partly sunny with highs between 39-42 degrees across the state. Monday night could see temperature drops into the low-to-mid 20s, making for a rather chilly start to 2024.
