BOSTON, MA – Streetlights gleam off wet pavement across downtown Boston this early Monday, as steady rain and low clouds move through the city. The smell of damp leaves mixes with salt air from the harbor, marking another pulse of strong fall weather for coastal Massachusetts.
According to the National Weather Service in Boston/Norton, showers and embedded thunderstorms will continue through midday Monday, some producing heavy rainfall and localized ponding. Winds from the south will increase along the coast, gusting 25 to 30 mph — strongest across Cape Ann and the South Shore. Drivers on I-93 and Route 128 should expect slower travel and patchy fog, especially through early afternoon.
Rain tapers later Monday, and by Tuesday, New England enjoys a brief stretch of calm, sunny weather with highs near 65°F. It’s a comfortable, dry window for leaf-peeping trips and outdoor cleanup before the next round of unsettled weather midweek.
Wednesday brings another chance for showers, mainly north and west of Boston, as a cooler air mass pushes in behind the front. Temperatures will settle into the 50s by late week, with gusty breezes along the waterfront and clearing skies Thursday.
By Friday, the region transitions into a classic late-October pattern — cool mornings, sun-filled afternoons, and crisp evenings ideal for fall events or Halloween decorating. Lows dipping into the 40s could even flirt with upper 30s in interior valleys, an early sign of frost potential for parts of central Massachusetts heading into the weekend.
