"Much cooler air prevails through the weekend. Some wet weather too."
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National Weather Service: ‘Very wet on Sunday, before things dry out for Memorial Day’
After lingering light rain moves out later this morning, dry weather returns through early Saturday. Rain moves in from southwest to northeast on Saturday, but some locations likely get through much of Saturday dry. Very wet on Sunday, before things dry out for Memorial Day. pic.twitter.com/VudTO4MCry
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) May 21, 2026
Dave Epstein: ‘Most of it is rain free’
Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: ‘A dry start to Memorial Day weekend then rain moves in by Sunday – cool too’
Good Thursday morning! COOLER air continues to move in a northerly breeze- no more 90s. Temps hold in the 60s today with mostly cloudy skies. A dry start to Memorial Day weekend then rain moves in by Sunday- cool too. Breaking down your holiday weekend forecast on #WCVB pic.twitter.com/5VDS1C4uXY
— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) May 21, 2026
Chris Lambert, 7News: ‘Highest rain chance over the weekend is Sunday. Showers keep it cool too.’
Boston forecast today
Daily Local Weather Forecast
Boston, MA
64°Cooler
High 65°Low 51°
- RealFeel® 69° F
- Humidity 40%
- Precipitation 34%
- Wind 2 MPH CLM
- Visibility 10MI
Hourly Forecast
- 64° 64 degrees clouds clouds Precipitation 34% 12PM
- 64° 64 degrees clouds clouds Precipitation 22% 1PM
- 64° 64 degrees clouds clouds Precipitation 0% 2PM
- 63° 63 degrees clouds clouds Precipitation 0% 3PM
- 63° 63 degrees suncloud suncloud Precipitation 0% 4PM
- 63° 63 degrees suncloud suncloud Precipitation 0% 5PM
- 62° 62 degrees suncloud suncloud Precipitation 0% 6PM
- 61° 61 degrees suncloud suncloud Precipitation 0% 7PM
- 57° 57 degrees suncloud suncloud Precipitation 0% 8PM
- 55° 55 degrees mooncloud mooncloud Precipitation 0% 9PM
- 53° 53 degrees mooncloud mooncloud Precipitation 0% 10PM
- 52° 52 degrees mooncloud mooncloud Precipitation 0% 11PM
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Boston forecast this week
Daily Local Weather Forecast
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Today May 21
Mostly cloudyMostly cloudy
65° 51°
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Fri May 22
Partly sunnyPartly sunny
60° 51°
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Sat May 23
CloudyCloudy
61° 51°
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Sun May 24
RainRain
54° 50°
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Mon May 25
CloudyCloudy
61° 55°
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Tue May 26
Mostly cloudyMostly cloudy
72° 61°
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Wed May 27
Partly sunny with showersPartly sunny with showers
75° 56°
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Heather Alterisio, a senior content producer, joined Boston.com in 2022 after working for more than five years as a general assignment reporter at newspapers in Massachusetts.
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