Red Sox home opener forecast: Warmer temps, partial sun at Fenway Park

IT’S COLD. CHILLY. YEAH. THERE’S BEEN A COLD DAY FOR A GAME, ALTHOUGH I THINK I CAN REMEMBER A FEW GAMES THAT WERE PLAYED IN DAYS LIKE THIS. BUT ANYHOW, 42 DEGREES ALL THE WARMER WE GOT TODAY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE 51. BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SPRING? WE RARELY GET TO AVERAGE EITHER WAY ABOVE IT OR WAY BELOW IT. AND TODAY WE WERE WAY BELOW IT. NOW, WHAT’S THE RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY WERE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY DOWN IN THIS POCKET THROUGH HERE. NOW MOST PLACES PICKING UP 12:45 HALF INCH OF RAIN. BUT WE HAD A FEW ISOLATED AREAS SOUTH OF THE CITY THAT PICKED UP OVER AN INCH OF RAIN OUT OF THE WHOLE THING. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ACTUALLY COULD USE THE RAIN. WE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DROUGHT FROM LAST FALL. I KNOW IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE GOT ALL THAT SNOW IN THE WINTER, BUT JUST THE MOISTURE CONTENT IS STILL ON THE LOW SIDE, SO SOME MOISTURE IS WELCOME. RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT MOISTURE KIND OF SITTING JUST ABOUT READY TO EXIT. CAPE ANN IF YOU TRAVEL TO THE NORTH, YOU WILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF SLEET AND A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW, A LITTLE COVERING ON THE GROUND. REPORTED FROM SOME AREAS UP IN SOUTHERN MAINE. ALL RIGHT, HERE’S THE EXPRESSWAY TONIGHT. STILL WET, 38 DEGREES, WINDS STILL OFF THE WATER. AND THAT IS KEEPING US COOL AND DAMP. THAT’S WHY IT FEELS REALLY LIKE THAT WIND IS JUST KIND OF CUTTING THROUGH YOU TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW? TOMORROW MORNING WE MAY HAVE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES. THEY ARE STILL COLD OUT THERE AND COLD ENOUGH THAT YOU MIGHT SEE SOME POCKETS OF SLEET EVEN IN THE MORNING. THEN WE’LL GET SOME PARTIAL CLEARING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS TEMPERATURES WARM UP INTO THE 60S. IT’S ALL BECAUSE THIS MILD AIR IS SURGING ITS WAY IN. THAT WILL CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, BUT IT WILL ALSO MEAN WE WARM THINGS UP TOMORROW. AND AS I MENTIONED, A BIT OF SUNSHINE THERE. NOW, WHAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. WE START MILD AND THEN THIS COLDER AIR COMES BACK IN. AND OF COURSE THAT MEANS OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING. AND THEN WE WATCH FOR THIS SYSTEM TO TRAVEL ALONG THAT LINE. AND AS IT MOVES IN HERE ON SUNDAY, IT MEANS RAIN FOR YOUR EASTER SUNDAY. MOSTLY IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SO ON SATURDAY WE START AT 60 DEGREES. IN THE MORNING YOU WAKE UP AND GO, WOW, THIS IS A GREAT DAY. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THE COLD AIR COMES RIGHT OFF THE OCEAN. AND AS IT PUSHES ITS WAY INLAND, YOU SEE THE TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE 60S INTO THE 40S. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN WESTERN MASS, BUT OVERALL PRETTY CHILLY IF YOU’RE ANYWHERE NEAR THE WATER. OUT TO ABOUT 4.95, AND TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS. SO WE’LL WARM UP TOMORROW. THEN WE’LL COOL DOWN SATURDAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY. IT JUST DROPS. WE’LL WARM IT BACK UP ON SUNDAY, BUT THAT COMES WITH RAIN. AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO NEXT WEEK, IT’S A LITTLE COOL, BUT AT LEAST IT’S A LITTLE MORE SUBTLE THAN THE WEATHER WE’VE HAD LATELY. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MIX OUT THERE YET SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE, 32 TO 38 DEGREES FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW AND TOMORROW GRAY SKIES IN THE MORNING. MAYBE A LITTLE DRIZZLE OUT THERE, BUT PARTIAL CLEARING AS WE HEAD TO THE AFTERNOON. 60 TO 66 BUT COOLER AT THE CAPE WITH THAT BREEZE OFF THE WATER. THEN ON SUNDAY, HERE COMES THE SYSTEM MOVING IN. AND THIS IS AT 2:00 ON SUNDAY. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS ALREADY STARTING TO MOVE IN HERE. IT WILL BE MILD, SO IT’LL ALL BE RAIN. BUT THAT RAIN WILL BE WITH US. AND THERE’S A PRETTY DECENT AMOUNT WITH THIS ONE. SO AS YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH RAIN WE’RE EXPECTING, WE COULD GET ANOTHER QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN OUT OF THE WHOLE THING. LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE’RE REALLY INCHING OUR WAY, GETTING OUT OF THAT DROUGHT SITUATION. ALL RIGHT, HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS AT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. TOMORROW A LITTLE MORNING DRIZZLE BUT BRIGHTENING IN THE AFTERNOON AT 60 FOR SATURDAY. THAT 58 IS EARLY. AND THEN WE DROP INTO THE AFTERNOON BACK INTO THE 40S. BUT WE WARM IT BACK UP AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AND WITH IT WE BRING RAIN IN PROBABLY AROUND LUNCHTIME. AND RIGHT AFTER THAT INTO THE NOON HOUR. MIGHT LINGER A LITTLE BIT EARLY MONDAY, I THINK MONDAY IS CLEARING DAY FOR US AND A LITTLE BIT COOLER, AND THEN IT GETS EVEN COOLER TOWARDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BUT YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT WE STAY INTO SOME SUNSHINE AND THEN GRADUALLY WARM UP TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. 60 WOULD BE NICE

Red Sox home opener forecast: Warmer temps, partial sun at Fenway Park

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Updated: 10:27 PM EDT Apr 2, 2026

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Boston’s weather will turn milder with improving conditions in time for the Red Sox home opener Friday afternoon, with temperatures climbing during the game, according to StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Mike Wankum.Overall, he said the conditions should be “not bad for an early April game at Fenway Park.”Cloudy, damp conditions are expected to start the day Friday, with patchy mist or drizzle lingering through the morning before conditions improve in the afternoon, Wankum said.”If you are headed to Fenway for the Red Sox home opener tomorrow, it will be in the upper 50s for the first pitch at 2:10 p.m. and by the later innings, sneaking into the lower 60s with some partial sunshine developing,” Wankum said in the forecast.Skies are expected to gradually clear as winds shift to the southwest during Friday afternoon, helping boost temperatures across much of the Boston area, according to Wankum. The forecast for this weekend’s games includes cooler temperatures on Saturday, when the first pitch is at 4:10 p.m., and rain on Easter Sunday, when the game begins at 1:35 p.m.

BOSTON —

Boston’s weather will turn milder with improving conditions in time for the Red Sox home opener Friday afternoon, with temperatures climbing during the game, according to StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Mike Wankum.

Overall, he said the conditions should be “not bad for an early April game at Fenway Park.”

Cloudy, damp conditions are expected to start the day Friday, with patchy mist or drizzle lingering through the morning before conditions improve in the afternoon, Wankum said.

“If you are headed to Fenway for the Red Sox home opener tomorrow, it will be in the upper 50s for the first pitch at 2:10 p.m. and by the later innings, sneaking into the lower 60s with some partial sunshine developing,” Wankum said in the forecast.

Skies are expected to gradually clear as winds shift to the southwest during Friday afternoon, helping boost temperatures across much of the Boston area, according to Wankum.

The forecast for this weekend’s games includes cooler temperatures on Saturday, when the first pitch is at 4:10 p.m., and rain on Easter Sunday, when the game begins at 1:35 p.m.