Some parts of CT could hit 70 on Saturday

When was the last time we saw temperatures as high as 70 degrees?

For Danbury, it was on Nov. 1, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center.

Along the shoreline you have to go as far back as Oct. 12 when Sikorsky Memorial Airport hit 70 degrees.

This Saturday, interior Connecticut has a good chance of hitting 70 degrees.

“Temperatures will be unseasonably mild, rising a few degrees warmer than Friday,” the National Weather Service says. “Highs will be in the 60s with some spots in the interior touching 70 or just over on Saturday.”

Because of the still chilly waters of Long Island Sound - 41 degrees - temperatures will be several degrees cooler on the shoreline Saturday. Bridgeport and New Haven will have a high of 62 degrees; interior locations like Danbury could be a degree or two short of the 70-degree mark.

Although temperatures will be unseasonably mild on Saturday, it won’t feel like summer. It will be mostly cloudy Saturday with a wind that could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday will be cooler with showers likely.

Temperatures will fall back into the upper 20s and low 30s Sunday night.

And on Tuesday night, there’s a chance of some snow mixing in with rain.

The forecast

Today: Showers likely, mainly after 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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