Temperature takes dramatic plunge from the 60s to 30 and dropping

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 March 2026 at 8:48 pm

Photo by Marsha Rivers

This swan was out on Lake Ontario this morning in a photo taken from the Oak Orchard State Marine Park in Carlton. The temperatures plunged from the low 60s to 30 this evening. Tomorrow morning it will be 15 degrees at sunrise just after 7.

The high on Tuesday will be 24 with 16 as the overnight low. On Wednesday, the high is forecast for 34, followed by a high of 42 on Thursday.

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Orleans County beginning at 6 p.m. today and continuing until 4 a.m. Tuesday with 2 to 5 inches of snow expected. The advisory includes Niagara, Genesee, Erie and Wyoming counties.