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Cold weather returns to region

Mar 26, 2012 12:36 pm
Bryan Fitzgerald reports in the Times Union after a week of record-setting high temperatures, the cold weather is back. The National Weather Service predicts temps will peak around 45 degrees this week, close to the average March temperatures of 46 to 48 degrees. The National Weather Service is also predicting "a slight chance of snow showers," Tuesday. Four record highs were set last week in Albany, ranging from 69 degrees on Sunday to 81 degrees, Thursday. Snowfall this season will be far below 55.5-inch average for the date and the 86.3 inches Albany had seen by this time last year. The area reported a total snowfall this winter of less than two feet -- 23.3 inches -- as of Monday. Read the full story in the Times Union.