winter

Sure, the thermometer may have hit 55 degrees in Boston Thursday, but for many of us, this week usually features the coldest day of the year! The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information this week released an interactive map showing the day of the year with the coldest average temperature between 1991 and 2020. Knowing 30-year averages helps industries ranging…

Beauty expert Christina Gallardo joins Current to preview hair trends she’s expecting to see this winter.

It’s critical to take extra precautions for your pets during the winter. Shultz’s Guest House shares a few tips to keep your dog safe when the temperature drops.

Have you ever considered taking these 6 precautions with your pets during the winter? Schultz’s Guest House shares critical safety steps.

Snow continued to fall and accumulate throughout the afternoon, in areas west of Boston around Leominster and Fitchburg on Friday. Less than an inch had residents in cities like Gardner out shoveling driveways and sidewalks. “Our driveway is a hill. I want to get it off the hill before it gets to be too much, but this isn’t much,”...

What started as a warm and wet week will finish with a winter feel. Temperatures will hover in the 40s for another day, as rain and scattered showers linger Thursday. There’s an isolated risk for a thunderstorm off of the coast and for Martha’s Vineyard. Storms aren’t expected to be widespread. With temperatures dropping and residual moisture, there will...

After multiple people fell through ice Monday in Massachusetts, safety officials are urging people to be careful. A Stoneham man is now home recovering today after falling through the ice in Winchester. Rescuers rushed to the scene Monday to help get him to safety. Winchester Fire Chief Rick Tustin says it’s an example of why they train for these...

Scattered power outages could persist in parts of Vermont until Friday — a full week after tens of thousands of addresses were knocked offline by powerful winds Dec. 23. That word came from one electricity provider in Central Vermont Tuesday. Washington Electric Co-op told NECN and NBC10 Boston that at the worst of the outages, between 5,000 and 5,500 of…

Power outages in parts of rural Vermont could last a full week, authorities warned.

Winter weather is blanketing the U.S. as a massive storm sent temperatures crashing and created whiteout conditions.

The winter solstice, which usually occurs on Dec. 21 or 22, is when the tilt of the Northern Hemisphere is farthest from the sun, and marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Grace Chlosta of @gracesreadingnook shares her top five winter reads from thrillers to love stories.

Bookstagrammer Grace Chlosta shares some of her top picks for cozy reads this winter.

When it snows this winter, Boston city workers will be quickly working to clean up pedestrian areas like school buses and public transit stations, officials said. It’s an expansion on a pilot program last winter that residents appreciated, according to Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Boston’s chief of streets. “This year, it will become a formal part of our cleanup operation,” he...

Unmovable tow trucks, slick roads and lots of shoveling. See how Worcester handed the first snow storm of the season.

Many commuters reported crashes Sunday evening as the season’s first snow storm arrived. Kirsten Glavin has more on what the roads are looking like, and what the state of Massachusetts is doing to fix it.

“I belong in Miami on the beach, so I’m just dreaming I’m there because the snow is not fun.” The first snowfall is here, and the state of Massachusetts has their work cut out for them. Massachusetts Department of Transportation officials said Sunday that at least 500 pieces of equipment were out on state roads to combat dangerous driving...

Fair weather ends our workweek Thursday and Friday, as dry and cool air spills southeast from Canada behind a second cold front, reinforcing the first push of new air that ushered out our midweek showers. With the new installment of cool air, our clearing sky will allow temperatures to drop into the 20s overnight Thursday night, then only recover to…

Seasonal Affective Disorder affects countless Americans every year, but how many actually know what it is? Dr. Kelly Rohan and Dr. Norman Rosenthal explain the disorder, and how to treat it.

Beauty Expert Christina Gallardo shares the hair and makeup trends for winter.