Local Weather News, Weather Forecast, Radar for Springfield

Today will be nice and warm with plenty of sunshine, high around 69. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a shower in places late, low around 39. Tomorrow expect mostly cloudy and cooler with a shower in the area. High around 58. Tomorrow evening should turn out mostly cloudy with a passing shower late, low near 39. Full story »

By: abc40 Meteorologist Eric Fisher -- Facebook Yesterday we fell just shy of a record high, which still stands at 68 degrees. We only made it up to 67 at Westover ARB in Chiocopee, but I don't think there are many complaints about that! Today will be a different story, as the record is a relatively low one for mid-March... Full story »

By: abc40 Meteorologist Eric Fisher -- Facebook We'll continue to enjoy an unusually warm early-spring treat for the next few days, as temperatures run a solid 20 degrees above average during the afternoon hours! I've seen plenty of people running around outside soaking it in, and we'll continue to have that chance through at least Saturday. As for the record... Full story »

Usually the month of March is reserved for wild swings in the weather. Mild for a day or two, followed by a snow storm or two. This month is turning out to be rather benign as readings have averaged out to be well above normal. In fact, in some cases it may be as high as 25 degrees above the... Full story »

By: abc40 Meteorologist Eric Fisher -- Facebook The nicest stretch of weather since last October has settled in, and we will be downright spoiled over the next several days. We hit 60 in Springfield yesterday for the first time since December 3rd (103 days), and we may hit 60 for 6 straight days for the first time since mid-October of... Full story »

By: abc40 Meteorologist Eric Fisher -- Facebook Once again we dodged a major bullet in Western Mass., with a massive storm impacting just about everyone but us. If you think it was bad here, parts of eastern Mass. saw nearly 10" of rain! (Storm Reports) That's a quarter of the average rainfall for an entire year in just a few... Full story »

Gusty winds will continue across Western Mass. through Monday night, reaching 40 MPH at times. Full story »

It has been an awful weekend of weather with all the rain and wind. However there were lots of subtle signs of spring to be found. Robins seem to be a common sighting now a days and the daffodils and crocuses started popping up a few weeks ago. The biggest sign of spring this weekend was the setting of... Full story »

Today: Rain. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 46. East wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight: Rain. Low around 39. Breezy, with a northeast wind between 18 and 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall... Full story »

The national weather service in Taunton has issued a flood warning for urban areas and small streams in... Hartford county in northern Connecticut... This includes the cities of...Windsor Locks...West Hartford... Newington...New Britain...Manchester...Hartford...East Hartford... Bristol... Tolland County in northern Connecticut... This includes the cities of...Vernon...Mansfield... Extreme south central Hampden county in western Massachusetts...until 1045 am edt Rainfall totals of 1 to... Full story »

Rain, wind and cold. The rest of the weekend looks ugly. A huge storm will keep us in a strong, northeasterly air flow bringing in lots of moisture from the Atlantic. A Flood Watch and a WInd Advisory remain in effect for all of western Massachusetts. Winds could gust up to 50 mph. If that wasn't enough there is also... Full story »

Rain from a major nor'easter will continue to blast southern New England with heavy wind-swept rains this evening into early Monday before moving farther out to sea late Monday. As a result of the soaking rains, a flood watch has been issued for most of the area, in effect from 7 p.m. this evening through Monday morning. Pockets of minor... Full story »

Low pressure tracking up from the south will bring some wet weather across the area especially Saturday night and early Sunday. A few rain showers are possible until then, but the bulk of the rain will fall overnight Saturday. Once the wet weather ends early on Monday, we are in for another series of nice days next week. Full story »

After a beautiful stretch of nice weather now our weather is slowly going downhill. Today will be very much like yesterday with a lot of clouds and only a few showers. Showers will blossom into a steady, heavier rain late tomorrow into Sunday morning. This storm is slow to move in and it will be slow to move out so... Full story »

Today: A chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Northeast wind between 6 and 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 36. Northeast wind between... Full story »