Currently in Boston — July 31, 2023: Sunny and dry

The weather, currently.

High pressure will keep sunshine across the region for the next couple of days. Will be comfortably cool at night with lower humidity than we have seen. Highs on Monday will be in the upper 70s and it will be in the mid to upper 70s on Tuesday both with sunshine. Canadian Air is in place and this means that the humidity is not as much of a factor as it's been. Shower activity will be absent.

It will start to become a little more humid toward the end of the week. There might be some showers by Saturday depending on how a weather system evolves. After that it looks seasonably warm for that first week of August. I don't see any extended heat in sight for now.

— Dave Epstein

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