cold weather

The frigid weather hampered a large response to a house fire in Oxford Friday night. Officials say the fire broke out around 7:45 on Jensen Farm Road and crews remained on scene for about eleven hours working to quell the flames, which had already extended through the roof. Thankfully, the family that lived there wasn’t home when the fire broke…

While the extreme cold is now subsiding, the effects of that weather remain putting a strain on homes and other buildings across the state.

New England experienced record-breaking cold as arctic air swept into the region Friday and Saturday, dropping temperatures below zero for millions. One place laid a claim for coldest in New England: Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, which made history nationwide. As of about 3 p.m. Friday, the observatory had already hit 36 degrees below zero, breaking the…

The cold snap is upon us as people bundle up to stay warm and crews work to restore power all across Connecticut. “It’s starting to get colder in the house, so can’t wait until they turn the electricity back on,” said Charles Bellingrath, of West Hartford. The power was out for a few hours for Bellingrath at his West...

Towns all across Connecticut are opening up warming shelters for people to get away from the sub-zero temperatures expected to come starting Friday. “It’s freezing out. Literally freezing right now,” Sydney Piekerz, who lives in New Haven, said. People in New Haven County not mincing words when it comes to the cold. While temperatures remained in the double digits...

“Stay home, stay in, stay warm. That’s my thoughts,” said Alice Cody of Terryville.  Cody’s thoughts make a lot of sense because this weekend, you could say winter has finally arrived. “People underestimate how cold it is. I think we’ve gotten so used to a certain climate that we’ve had here, said Dr. Anuj Vohra, Chairman of Emergency Medicine...

Temperatures are expected to drop significantly as the weekend approaches, making it cold enough to warrant some preparation for your house and car.

As New Englanders celebrated Christmas Eve, the power grid operator came closer to ordering rolling blackouts than it had in more than four years as several power plants failed to deliver on reserve capacity. ISO New England imposed penalties of roughly $39 million on power plant operators for failing to provide reserves during a confluence of factors including extreme cold…

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Ensuring maximum protection for the holiday season, the White House is making a push for people to get their updated COVID-19 booster shots before Halloween to combat what officials say will be a “challenging” virus season. With temperatures dropping as fall sets in, doctors are expecting more cases of COVID-19 to pop up. “We know from priors experiences from COVID-19…

The men’s 50km mass start was shortened to 30km due to weather conditions but cross country skiers still felt the cold temperatures and high winds Saturday.

Cross-country skiers and biathletes got a bit of a respite from the bitter conditions at the Beijing Olympics this week as winds calmed and temperatures hovered around 19 degrees

After a fairly busy weather week, things are looking much quieter over the next several days. We’ll see cold weather heading into the weekend. Single-digit low temperatures appear in areas overnight and into the morning hours. It appears that there will be a prolonged period of colder-than-normal weather through the end of next week. There doesn’t appear to be...

Gov. Ned Lamont has activated the state’s several cold weather protocol beginning Friday through Wednesday, January 19. A blast of Arctic air is expected to arrive in Connecticut late Friday night and into Saturday morning. Temperatures in Connecticut will be in the single digits Saturday morning and strong winds will bring wind chills that could make it feel anywhere from…

Despite the cold, some community members who spent the majority of their day outside today to keep life as we know it going. Like Chris Dayton, who delivers oil for Tower Energy. “I like being able to keep people warm.” Even on a freezing cold day like Tuesday, “Without a doubt it’s definitely cold.” Keeping people cozy, keeps Dayton...

People across the state may be choosing to stay indoors but for some working outside in rigid temperatures is their normalcy.

AAA says now is the time to give your car a once over and make sure things are good to go so you don’t find yourself having to call for help.