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Springlike weather is ready to take over the Northeast this week, making snow and frigid air seem like distant wintry memories as temperatures skyrocket.
AccuWeather Global Weather Center – March 14, 2022 – A flip back to warmer weather will bring one of the most consistent stretches of temperatures for cities such as Philadelphia since the middle of the fall. High temperatures in the City of Brotherly Love are forecast to settle in the 60s for much of this week and into next. The lone day when temperatures are forecast to be out of the 60s is this Friday, as AccuWeather meteorologists are predicting a high in the low 70s that day.
“The wild swings in March will continue this week, and this round will be an upward trend, after a cold weekend, for much of the eastern U.S.,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Matt Rinde, adding that most areas from the southern Great Lakes to New England are expected to have highs in the 60s and even low 70s by Friday.
The recent bursts of warm weather have usually been accompanied by rain, but fortunately for the outdoor lovers this week, it’s looking like dry weather for most while temperatures rise up to 20 degrees above normal in places. This won’t be the case everywhere, however.
AccuWeather forecasters predict residents in areas from Detroit and Erie, Pennsylvania, to Boston and Portland, Maine, should keep an umbrella on hand, but it shouldn’t be more than a nuisance storm for most. Washington, D.C., and Baltimore could receive some rain early Thursday as showers spread northward. By the afternoon, the rain is forecast to expand into Philadelphia and New York City. Temperatures are expected to approach 70 F in the southern mid-Atlantic and settle into the lower 70s to the north on Thursday afternoon.
Friday is expected to be the peak of the warmth for most across the region, with temperatures settling in the lower 60s in Boston to the upper 70s in Washington, D.C., which is over 20 degrees above average in places. Along with the temperature increase, the next big storm is expected to approach the region from the west.
A larger storm will be possible Friday into Friday night from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast with rain and thunderstorms possible. During the day, rain and thunderstorms could occur from Detroit to the Tennessee Valley, and forecasters expect rain to push farther into the Northeast on Friday night. After Friday, temperatures are forecast to moderate a bit as the storm moves through but could remain above average for some time across much of the region.
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