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MASSACHUSETTS · SUFFOLK COUNTY

Boston

673,458 people, 0 ft above sea level in Suffolk County.

0 ftElevation, city center
673,458People, 2024 estimate
48 sq miLand area
Mostly cloudy 56°
Mostly cloudy now Dew point 54° · NW 13 mph · high 69°
City of Boston River Interstate 2 miles
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The Boston plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Boston

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 AM EDT
RIGHT NOW Logan International Airport (KBOS) · 3:54 AM
Mostly cloudy
56° Mostly cloudy Feels like 56° · high of 69° near 2 PM
WindNW 13 mphno gusts
Humidity93%falling to 73% this afternoon
Pressure29.85 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsBrokenbases near 500 ft
UV index4 by 11 AMmoderate
Dew point 54° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 290.01 in · 0 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Suffolk County
NWS Boston / Norton and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:37 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:38 AM6:30 PM ↓
11 h 51 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 92% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
12
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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mostly sunny
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TEMPERATURE °F
55°
66°
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CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 53 to 61° More humid: 61° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 68° / 53°
TUE Sept. 29 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
69° 57°
0% rain — WNW 8 B
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
70° 58°
0% rain — ESE 4 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
79° 66°
0% rain — SW 11 B
FRI Oct. 2 Chance of showers Chance of showers
81° 60°
40% rain up to 0.1″ WSW 12 C
SAT Oct. 3 Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
68° 52°
30% rain — E 7 C
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
64° 52°
50% rain up to 1.3″ ESE 9 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 47°
10% rain — NW 12 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
Map of a 72-hour back-trajectory: the air now over Boston was over a point about 550 miles to the northeast three days ago.
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Boston at 5,000 feet was over a point about 550 miles to the northeast three days ago, and over Quebec a day ago, about 660 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land the whole way. Traced hour by hour through GFS analyses of the 850 hPa wind.

THIS WEEK IN 1984 Oct. 1–2, 1984

The wettest two days this week has seen

3.67 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1872. The next wettest, 3.21 inches, fell in 1962.

3.21″
3.67″
19621984
Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Boston Area threaded record since 1872.
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Around Boston on the Forecast Network

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MASSACHUSETTS · SUFFOLK

Boston

673,458 people, 0 ft above sea level in Suffolk County.

0 ftElevation
673,458People
48 sq miLand
Mostly cloudy 56°
Mostly cloudyDew point 54°
1

Today in Boston

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 55° 1%
7a mostly cloudy day 54° 2%
10a partly cloudy day 61° 1%
1p partly cloudy day 65° 1%
4p mostly cloudy day 66° 2%
7p mostly cloudy night 65° 3%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 40%
→
Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
57
69
B
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58
70
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
66
79
B
Fri40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
60
81
C
Sat30%
Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
52
68
C
Sun50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
52
64
C
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
47
64
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 1984 · OCT. 1–2, 1984

3.67 inches in two days, the most for this week since 1872.