SATURDAY: Mainly cloudy, cool and grey, highs in the low 50s
SUNDAY: Pretty much a rain out…temperatures ranging between 45-50 most of the day
MONDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy, few showers possible, highs 45-50
IIt is the quintessential “rite of passage” during springtime in New England, the Boston Marathon. Thousands of locals come out of their winter hibernation. Boston literally comes to life with cheering fans lining the Marathon route and filling the seats for a rare morning Sox game at Fenway.
There is just one “X” factor, the weather.
Over the 130 years of the Boston Marathon, we have literally seen and felt it all.
We’ve had driving rain, frigid temperatures, sweltering heat and snow squalls.
The forecast for this year is decidedly better for runners than spectators.
We now expect there to be more clouds than sunshine and some scattered showers around as well. No heavy or driving rain, but there could be enough to get the runners and roads a bit wet.
Some good news, with this slight change in forecast, the winds look less gusty/impactful.
Conditions will not vary much along the course. Many times, we have a warm tailwind through about Newton, and then runners hit a cooling seabreeze head on as they close in on Boston. This will not be the case this year. Temperatures will slowly climb from near 40 degrees at the start line in Hopkinton to the mid to upper 40s by early to mid-afternoon.
Skies will be mostly cloudy, again with a chance of some rain showers or sprinkles.
Winds will be steady from start to finish between 5-15mph out of the northwest (blowing across the runners from left to right).
Over at Fenway, temperatures will range from the mid to upper 40s between late morning and mid-afternoon with a chance of a few showers.