An unusual May nor’easter was pulling away from New England on Friday after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.Massachusetts and Rhode Island received the most rain, getting at least several inches.

An unusual May nor’easter is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend

As a storm tracks across the West this weekend, it will generate enough cold air for snow to fall over some of the higher elevations from the Cascades to the Wasatch and northern and central Rockies.