Paul Piorek WICC

Today's weather menu in southwestern Connecticut includes thunder, lightning, fog, rain, rapidly falling temperatures, wind, and snow. It's a typical New England March day.

Special Weather Statement for Fairfield and New Haven counties: forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...

Less than one-half inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT.

Tuesday's high and low temperatures at the Bridgeport climate station as of 4 p.m. EDT were 59° F (12:09 p.m.) and 35° (6:33 a.m.), respectively, for a 47° average, which is 9° warmer-than-normal.

Monday's high temperature at the Bridgeport climate station was 64° F (1:52 p.m. EDT), which tied the record high for the date (2021).

Less than one-quarter inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT.

Forecast daytime high temperatures across southwestern Connecticut are expected to climb into the low 60s Monday and upper 60s to near 70 degrees Tuesday under mostly sunny skies.

Traditionally, the start of Daylight Saving Time was originally set on the first Sunday in April. However, former President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in August of that year. The Act changed the date for the start of Daylight Saving Time to the second Sunday in March.

The Bridgeport climate station reported an average temperature of 29.9° F for meteorological Winter, which is 3.9° colder-than-normal. The total snowfall of 55.9" is 31.2" above normal from December 1 through February 28.

Saturday's high and low temperatures at the Bridgeport climate station as of 4 p.m. EST were 42° F (3:18 p.m.) and 34° (6:49 a.m.), respectively, for a 38° average, which is 1° warmer-than-normal.

A Dense Fog Advisory will be in effect for Fairfield and New Haven counties from Saturday at 10 p.m. EST until Sunday at 9 a.m. EDT: forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...

Less than one-tenth of an inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Sunday at 2 p.m. EDT.

The National Weather Service in New York preliminarily confirmed that blizzard criteria was met February 23, 2026, in southern Fairfield and New Haven counties.

Wednesday's high and low temperatures at the Bridgeport climate station as of 4 p.m. EST were 45° F (3:38 p.m.) and 32° (6:41 a.m.), respectively, for a 39° average, which is 2° warmer-than-normal.

More than one inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Friday at 1 p.m. EST.

Danbury Airport is reporting freezing rain and 0.06" of ice accretion as of late this afternoon. Please be careful driving this evening and tonight.

A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect for northern Fairfield and New Haven counties Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. EST: forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...

More than one-half inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Wednesday at 7 a.m. EST.

More than one-half inch of precipitation is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST.

3/01/2026 @ 4:45 p.m. EST: The air temperature is 39° F with a dry 11° dew point and a gusty northwest wind under a sunny sky on Brookside Drive in Fairfield. (Photos by Paul Piorek)

Today marks the first day of meteorological Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, which runs from March 1 through May 31. Astronomical Spring begins on the Vernal Equinox, which occurs Friday, March 20, at 10:46 a.m. EDT.

One inch or less of snow is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Tuesday at 7 a.m. EST.

Saturday's high and low temperatures at the Bridgeport climate station as of 4 p.m. EST were 48° F (1:37 p.m.) and 26° (5:28 a.m.), respectively, for a 37° average, which is 1° warmer-than-normal.

2/28/2026 @ 3:45 p.m. EST: The air temperature is 49° F with a 34° dew point and a light west breeze under a mostly sunny sky in bucolic Easton. (Photos by Paul Piorek)

The average daily temperature for February at the Bridgeport climate station has been colder-than-normal for 19 of 26 days this month.

The Full Worm Moon occurs Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 6:38 a.m. EST. It signifies the time of year when the ground begins to thaw, allowing earthworms to reappear and signal the start of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

A trace of snow is expected across southwestern Connecticut through Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.

Here is a visible satellite view of the Blizzard of 2026. North Stonington, CT, received more than 30 inches of snow, and Groton, CT, clocked a 68 mph wind gust during the height of the storm.

Here are the latest snowfall totals from across southern Connecticut as of Wednesday afternoon, courtesy of the National Weather Service.

2/24/2026 @ 5:00 p.m. EST: The air temperature is 32° F with a dry 10° dew point and a west breeze under a mostly sunny sky at Samp Mortar Lake in Fairfield. (Photos by Paul Piorek)