Connecticut Weather: 02-21-2026

Good evening! I'm Aaron Jolly, and this's the Connecticut Weather Podcast for Saturday, February 21st. Folks, I need you to listen closely tonight. A historic blizzard is bearing down on Connecticut. Today felt almost springlike. Highs hit 46 degrees along the coast, eight degrees above normal. Enjoy that memory. It's about to get buried. Here's the deal. That half inch of snow overnight? Just the appetizer. The National Weather Service is throwing around words like "life threatening" and "treacherous." They don't do that lightly. Down along the coast, rain and snow mix moves in around 7 tonight. By Sunday night, heavy snow and wind gusts to 44 miles an hour create near zero visibility. We're talking 10 to 14 inches by Monday. If you're near New London, expect moderate coastal flooding. A foot and a half to two and a half feet of water in low spots. Roads will vanish. Head inland to central Connecticut and you'll want to watch for light snow starting around 9 tonight. Sunday night is when it gets brutal. Four to eight inches with gusts to 39 miles an hour. Blizzard warnings here too. Wet, heavy snow means snapped branches and likely power outages. Monday's high barely crawls to 33 degrees. Wind chills in the teens. Eastern Connecticut gets hammered hardest. Snow starts between 6 and 9 tonight. Eight to twelve inches pile up by Monday with gusts to 46 miles an hour. Monday's 35 degrees will feel like 16. That's frostbite cold, folks. Here's your heads up for the week ahead. Monday night the snow finally quits, but lows crash to 16 degrees inland. Wind chills near zero. Everything refreezes solid. Wednesday brings a brief thaw near 38 degrees with another chance of light snow. Thursday and Friday we slowly climb into the low 40s, but snowmelt flooding becomes the next headache. Stock up tonight. Charge everything. don't drive Sunday night or Monday. One more thing. If this podcast helps you stay prepared, share it with a neighbor. Storms like this are why we do this. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Stay safe out there.