The Weather Forecast May Be So-So, But State Parks And Beaches Are Open

The weather may not be absolutely ideal (see forecast below), but all 23 state park beaches where water quality tests are conducted are open for Memorial Day weekend, according to a press release from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Four shoreline parks and 19 inland lakes and ponds are included in the list.

Shoreline

• Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
• Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic
• Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
• Silver Sands State Park, Milford

Lakes and Ponds

• Black Rock State Park, Watertown
• Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
• Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
• Cockaponset State Forest (Pattaconk), Chester
• Day Pond State Park, Colchester
• Gardner Lake State Park, Salem
• Gay City State Park, Hebron
• Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
• Indian Well State Park, Shelton
• Kettletown State Park, Southbury
• Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
• Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
• Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
• Pachaug State Forest (Green Falls Pond), Voluntown 
• Quaddick State Park, Thompson 
• Squantz Pond State Park , New Fairfield
• Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
• Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield
• Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford

Note: Water quality information is updated Friday afternoon and then again starting on Mondays. For the most up-to-date information on the status of beaches over the weekend, please call the Water Quality Report Information Line at 1-866-CTPARKS (option #5).

The weather forecast for Clinton for the weekend:

Courtesy of our friends from NOAA.

Saturday: Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southwest between 5 and 8 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. East wind at 10 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Memorial Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.