The cold weather in the Plains and eastern slopes of the Rockies is quite remarkable for any time of the year, and almost unprecedented in mid November. Record low temperatures were smashed by several degrees in Colorado and Wyoming. Fortunately, the brunt of the cold weather will not reach New England, but it will be rather chilly for the next week.
The cold snap begins with a touch of snow early Friday. After that, it will be dry from midday Friday into Monday before the next system bring mainly or all rain as it passes over or very close to Southern New England. Highs will only be in the 30s to low 40s over the weekend. Lows will be in the 20s.
The rain on Monday into early Tuesday will be followed by another surge of cold and dry weather in the middle of next week. Highs will probably not reach 40 on Wednesday. It looks like it will stay on the cool side through next weekend, and a bit of snow is possible next weekend. After that, the cold should ease up during Thanksgiving week. There may be a storm that brings rain sometime between the Wednesday before and weekend after Thanksgiving. The overall pattern looks to stay fairly active, but not brutally cold through early December.